By David e. Petzal
Right at the top of the list of persons, I am still among us is Finn Aagaard, who left for 12 years happier hunting grounds. It was a neat guy and one of the very few of our profession which is challenging incident of Jim Carmichel that there is nothing deader writer died canon.
Finn writing is similar to that of Jack O'Connor - another exception to the rule. It contains a ton of experience, common sense, strong opinions and humour. This book, which is a compilation of his articles for The American Rifleman, is a jewel of 302 pages that covers cartridges, shotguns, scopes and hunting in general. It also contains an excellent and insightful preface by John Barsness, who must read for anyone who wants to really appreciate Finn.
Aagaard was no fan of high technology and would care for a large part of what is today be whipped by the biz of the firearm. He liked action Mauser, old and extended low-power cartridges. He did not fire at long range, since the work of a fighter, there is really that is approaching.
Finn itself governed by a strict code of ethics. He disliked the idea to draw something for fun. If you were going to eat, you could pull the trigger, but if not, not. Once we arrived on a reservoir (a term in Texas for a breeding pond) full of snapping turtles of size not seen since dinosaurs walked the Lone Star State. I chose a reptile the size of a triceratops and raises my rifle.
"Not", he said and fixed me with a filled glare of the wrath of the Earth. I did not. And I bring up the idea again once.
It has also deepened. Once, as the preparation of a seminar where he was to speak on the placement of ball, he shot an aoudad (I think), cut one side of the animal and took photographs where everything was located. Any diagrams for Mr. Aagaard.
But mostly it was a fine, clear writer who also knew how tell a story, and who knew what he was talking about, and you simply step to better than this. Hunting and firearms is $ 34.95 for safaripress.com.
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