Your rifle seems to me to represent about the best of 1930's technology. It would be interesting to know if it started as a barreled action purchased through the DCM. The stock appears to be everything you could wish for in such a rifle.
To give you an idea of the capability of an aperture sight, the 100 yard target used in NRA small bore competition has a 2" 10 ring and a 1" X ring. Perfect scores are not all that uncommon, and the X count decides many matches. Your group would have stayed inside the 10 ring, had it been centered properly.
I would think that Pennsylvania deer should be very apprehensive.
I do wish I knew the rifle's history, as well. The general consensus on several gun forums is that it started life as an NRA Sporter, but it could just as easily have been purchased as a barreled action, as you say. In any case, it is, in my view, a really special rifle which I'm very happy to own. I want to thank you for sharing your view of my Springfield. It makes me even more proud to own it. It has a star-gauged barrel and every indication is that the receiver is of the NRA Sporter-type with its radiused front edge, etc. One thing I discovered right away yesterday is that it has an exceptional trigger. The trigger is light, has no creep, and breaks crisply. Its average trigger pull weight is 3 lbs 3 ozs as measured by my Lyman digital gauge.
I would have finished dialing it in yesterday, but, to be honest, I was getting tired and the weather was getting windy so I called it quits. It is still very much winter here (we're getting another 4"-6" of snow tomorrow) so I'm not sure when I'll be able to get to the range again, but the Springfield will be the first order of business.
I'm seriously thinking about taking this rifle deer hunting this year, but only if the weather is fair. Considering its age, I think it deserves some consideration in that regard.
Thanks again for your post!