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 ...

A rifle's barrel length matters only to the extent that it contributes to or interferes with your objectives as a shooter and a hunter. You might have a rifle with a barrel that's too short for its ...

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 ...