Early in my career, I asked Warren Page if he’d hunt with a 26-inch-barreled rifle. “I gave up pole vaulting in high school,” he snarled, and since that was the same as the Word of God, whenever I got ...

You just bought a new rifle—or maybe had a new barrel installed on an old gun—and are about to head to the range. As much as you want to put a bunch of rounds ...