I always read Aagaard's material as it was worth reading. For the reader wanting to learn something, his writing was never warmed-over stuff that less-imaginative writers had covered many times. After following his published efforts for the twenty or so years he wrote, I was left with the impression that Aagaard had a very modest collection of firearms and most, maybe all, were rather plain but very practical guns. However, I think he used all of them quite a bit, whether for general shooting, hunting, or handloading projects.