MagnumManiac
Well-Known Member
I went in 1997 to Sweden for moose with my buddy, using a 300WM, 180g Speer Grand Slams and a 338WM with Speer 225g Grand Slams for my buddy to use. The hunter proficiency test was a great thing, have to hit a 8" (?) heart target on a sliding moose cutout target. We watched waiting our turn and those Swedes are very proficient, found out they hunt hogs to keep their skills up.Guys have been slucing moose in Scandinavia for 125+ years with the 6.5x55… so I'm sure it's way too small for elk.
We both passed the test quite easily, but there were 3 guys from Germany that didn't get their licenses, you have 3 goes each day, never heard if they passed or not. They were very poor shooters on moving game.
Cheers.