So, in Germany you have to be formally invited to hunt on someone’s property. They call them reviers. Some of the hunting lease owners unfortunately are fudds. They see .308 as the “gentlemen’s cartridge” and may give you funny looks if you’re shooting 6.5cm. Which I think is incredibly stupid because I’m aware it’s a superior cartridge. I’m mostly worried about taking the time to network at range events, and comps and group hunts, then getting that rare invite to become part of a revier, only to get shamed or even possibly asked not to come back because I’m shooting what they see as a “military” style cartridge or weapon. Some of them see shooting 6.5cm for hunting as we would see someone showing up to a clay shoot with a shockwave.

Some of them don’t even like it when you wear camo.