RPRNY
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Love the cartridge, love the Swedish Mauser. I am a fanboy, partisan etc. In posts past I have eloquently made the case that the 6.5x55 can create world peace, solve the fiscal crisis, feed the hungry etc. etc. Of lesser import, I have noted that the 160 gr RN has been used successfully on moose in Skando-land and should do for any game in NA.
I retract.
This morning as I was on the deer stand, a moose cow and her calf ambled by, utterly disregarding me, at 50 yards. Holy Shizzle I have seen moose fairly close up in Sweden. They pale in comparison. I have seen moose in the US at farther distances - scale is everything. Even if I had had a moose tag, I would not have taken the shot. She was bigger than any hunter or jumper I have ever ridden. Must have been at least 800 lbs. I have never been so close to one. These are not a deer species, they are the last of the dinosaurs. Moososaurus Rex!
Anyway, to quote a line from The Matrix, "we're gonna need a bigger gun".
I retract.
This morning as I was on the deer stand, a moose cow and her calf ambled by, utterly disregarding me, at 50 yards. Holy Shizzle I have seen moose fairly close up in Sweden. They pale in comparison. I have seen moose in the US at farther distances - scale is everything. Even if I had had a moose tag, I would not have taken the shot. She was bigger than any hunter or jumper I have ever ridden. Must have been at least 800 lbs. I have never been so close to one. These are not a deer species, they are the last of the dinosaurs. Moososaurus Rex!
Anyway, to quote a line from The Matrix, "we're gonna need a bigger gun".