For deer hunters who want more punch than the .25-caliber family of cartridges offers, the step step up the scale is the .264-caliber family, or 6.5mm for Europhiles. There is a lot to like about the ...

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Of all the midbore rifle calibers, the .264-caliber, or 6.5-millimeter class, is the most underappreciated among deer hunters. That's probably because they fill no particular niche. The .243- and ...

This story, “Cartridges That Failed,” appeared in the April 1981 issue of Outdoor Life. Three or four years ago when I was hunting elk, I ran into a situation that has become all too common in recent ...