appropriate or not...???

[Dick Hosmer]

The two-piece sight was 2-3 years in the future when your barrel was made. For target shooting, stack two targets vertically. Aim at the low one, impact on the high one - adjust separation until you get it right. For hunting, work up a load that hits point of aim, or hold low. Assuming you hunt at modest ranges, that shouldn't be too hard, unless you get flustered with "buck fever". :-)

[Don Steele]

Thanks once again Dick. You've been a great help. I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge. For target shooting, I don't care where the group goes...just how good and reproducible it is. Where I hunt, in S.E. Georgia...most shots are around 50 yds, some less. Holding on the bottom edge of a deer's chest, with maybe a thin sliver of daylight showing, ought to put that 500 gn lump-O-lead right where it needs to go.
At this point, I'm going to just keep shooting it like it is, and enjoy.