FWB 124 is a small lightweight rifle, mine is the deluxe model. The stock is designed more for open sights and like I stated after about 40 years I went back to a receiver sight, The gun handles better and is plenty accurate for my style shooting. Not quite as accurate as a scoped gun, especially off a bench. I did also replace the factory front with an Anschuts diopter front, with interchangeable inserts At 77 years old, in a couple of weeks, I have to say I am trending back to metallic(diopter) type sights in preference to scopes, Now the only scoped guns I have are those which are designed specifically for scope use, with no way to mount a front iron sight.
I will be the first to admit that I like a higher power scope for off the bench shooting, but I like to stand up and shoot offhand, and with somethink like the 6-24 Hawke, the inherent movement that is more apparent with magnification even at the lowest 6 power setting is hard to overcome. Higher power with a good rest contributes greatly to accuracy, but I get more fun out of bouncing cans around or hitting some spinner type targets, and I do have to use closer ranges than when using a benched scoped rifle, Same goes for my pistols, old fashioned irons are more fun than red dots or scopes, and I have a hard time with a scope on a pistol. I have seen none that I can use at arms length but have to hold it back a bit closer which again makes it a benched are greatley rested affair.
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