I am a little old fashioned but I have always believed that people who learned to shoot with open sights understood sight picture, aiming, sight adjustment and the overall mechanics of shooting far better. It is also very useful if you ever want to shoot traditional muzzle loaders, shotguns etc. It is easy to go from open sights to a scope, other way round not so much. If the person struggles with open sights to the point of not having fun but likes scoped rifles, then that changes everything because it is all about having fun when you are teaching younger shooters.
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