Was he talking about North America or Africa? I don’t have the context of his quote to guage what he was referring to.
Regardless, I would agree I’d not hunt Africa with a 6.5 anything…but North America (especially if excluding moose and brown bears)?
Aagaard was certainly a legend in the hunting and gun writer world, but based on the current technology of firearms and ammunition available today, I’d say the quote you posted above is about as accurate as Jeff Coopers quotes about the 9MM he made back in his day.
What was ain’t really what is….
But I’m done with this…and will agree to disagree.
You would be laughed out of Sweden ,as to excluding Moose with a 6.5 . Fyi ; One must pass the moving Moose target test in order to hunt Moose in Sweden . Been there and done that .
Basic rifle test
The practical basic rifle test includes the following elements.
- Safe rifle handling
- Precision Shooting
Safe rifle handling
For safe rifle handling, the sampler's ability to safely handle a rifle is tested.
To be eligible, the samplers weapons handling must be completely accurate and weapons habit otherwise acceptable.
If the sampler fails safe rifle handling or fails in precision shooting because of obvious inferior weapons handling, the test is discontinued.
Precision Shooting
In precision shooting, the sampler's ability to shoot two tight match pictures of four shots each is examined. The first shooting series the sampler will shoot from a shooting bench with good support and the other series is shot knee standing or sitting down. Shooting distance should be 80 meters.
To pass requires the bullet holes in each series are fully covered by a circular result image templates.
Series shot from shooting bench may have up to 12 cm spread.
Series shot knee standing or sitting down may have at most 17 cm spread.
If only one series is approved, the test is failed.
Practical big game rifle test
The practical big game rifle includes -
1. Shooting at a stationary moosefigure/target
2.Shooting at running moosefigure/target
Shooting distance is 80 meters.
At the time of the test the sampler may shoot a maximum of 9 series. One series consist of 4 shots, 2 shots at stationary and 2 shots at running target. For series to be approved, all 4 shots should be placed in the result field on the moosefigure/target.
Of these 9 series, at least 3 series must be approved for the test to be approved.
