No, I wasn't. Cool site.
Nice Rifle he has there, you'll have many hours of fun to come to that one.
This is one of many reasons I miss living in the country. Plinking in the front yard.
PE: rimfirecentral has provided a lot of info on one site, There's a number of threads going on the Rem 597 under Remington heading.
I'm a fan of peep sights (aka receiver sights) as well. Have a Williams on my Marlin 94 .38/.357. They are a very fast sight, giving quick target acquisition.
There's a good number of scopes and red-dot type sights out there, each with their own following. I don't have one myself, yet, but likely will get one soon.