Elk are big. Elk are tough as hell. And elk live in the great wide open of the West. Those three things alone should give you a pretty good idea of what you need in a good elk cartridge. It should be ...

Elk are a big deal because they’re a big deer, and thus require big elk calibers. Elk carry enough venison on the hoof to suggest a big cartridge and big bullet. Use enough gun, enough caliber, and ...

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 ...

It was a classic Sandhills hunt for whitetail and I wanted to do it with a classic American rifle, a Winchester Model 70 chambered in .264 Winchester Magnum. The .264 is a great cartridge, from a ...