If one of them jumps a moose he lets his dog loose. The dog will either run the moose or bay him up. If the moose bays up then the dog handler gets to shoot. If he runs then one of the hunters on stand gets to shoot (if his hands are not too numb). Most moose are shot at ranges of less than 30 meters, the cover being quite heavy in most areas. I guess that is why the guns are so pretty and never beat up like mine. Most of the hunters kept their guns in their scabbards until they heard the dogs bark. We did not get any moose and I am just as glad, as I get off on the long-range shots.
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just know I will be back in Sweden soon. There will be first article
inspections on the SMc brass Norma will be manufacturing for us, more
tests to be run, beer to be drunk and that big ol' moose is still
running around out in the woods.
The 6mm/52 SMc cartridge performed to expectation, giving velocities of 3900 ft/sec with 70 gr bullets and 3300 ft/sec with 105 gr bullets, even though it is close to minimum effective design capacity for this caliber. It compared well with my 6/55, which gives over 3500 ft/sec with 107 Sierras from the same case capacity as the 6mm-284 Winchester. Internal case coatings also gave the expected increase in performance in straight walled cases even though optimum loads were not developed for them.