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From white-tailed deer to grizzly bear, these 10 big-game rifle cartridges have proven themselves most worthy in the field....

With the introduction of the Swift in , ammo makers passed the fps mark.

David E. Petzal began at Field & Stream in as managing editor.

From white-tailed deer to grizzly bear, these 10 big-game rifle cartridges have proven themselves most worthy in the field.

A frequent question goes like this: “I'm in the market for a new rifle, mostly for deer, maybe for elk.

In the current issue of Field & Stream, David Petzal endorsed the diminutive Remington as a long-range deer hunting cartridge.

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Before I lost it while climbing out of a canal lock on a long boat trip down the Atlantic coast, my long-term EDC blade—an older version of the Gerber Harsey Air Ranger that’s no longer made—had done it all.

With that single blade, I had cleaned deer, ducks, squirrels, and a wild hog; carved fuzz sticks; and removed a rotten toenail in the Canadian backcountry. It still cleaned up nicely enough to cut a wedding cake when the caterer failed to bring her own knife.

But I’ll confess: I will cheat on a knife in a sharp skinny minute.

The Springfield cartridge ×63mm in metric notation, and called the Gov't '06 by Winchester, was introduced to the United States Army in

And I encourage you to find and fall in love with a single EDC knife that becomes an extension of your hand—not to mention your pants pocket. But there are simply too many awesome knives out there to tie yourself down to a single blade because no one knife does everything well.

My current EDC knife is a Giant Mouse Ace Grand, whose brawny