More years ago than I care to think about, I used to discuss rifles, hunting & weather with a man, now passed on, who was a serious hunter. Multiple trips to Africa and an annual trek to Alaska or Canada after the big bears & elk. I have seen photos of 3 or 4 rifles from his estate discussed on this site. The hunter in question had 2 "bad weather" rifles; a Winchester 71 in .348 and a very custom Krag in .35 WCF. Both were dandy rifles, both had receiver rear sights with large apertures and big bead front sights, no scopes. I think his concern was more with the scopes than with the rifles.