Many years ago, my good friend and hunting partner was the fixed base operator at a small town airport. The runways were over run with hundreds of jack rabbits and pilots were complaining, especially at night fearing damage to the landing gear of their aircraft. I another hunting buddy and I joined up with him to clear out the rabbits. Both their .22's had iron sights and I had the only scoped rifle, a Remington Nylon 66 with a cheap Weaver .22 scope. Those rabbits soon learned to stay out of the headlights of the truck but would stay at the very fringe. To say that I probably got 10 shots to their one would be understatement. Even that el cheapo scope would gather enough light to make hits easier. If you want iron sights as a back up system or just for plain esthetics go for it but for serious shooting, get a scope.
Paul B.
Paul B.