Originally Posted by RickyBobby
Currently I'm liking the Win70 Extreme Weather SS in 264 Win Mag or the Browning Hells Canyon with McMillan stock for factory rifle offerings. Both have 26" barrels and weigh in around 7lbs or a touch more.


I lust over that Winchester. That is a sweet rifle in a sweet chambering. A 264 Win pushing a 140 grain pill with 60 grains of powder at about 3050 FPS will recoil about 20-25% less than the same gun in a 30-06 pushing a 180 grain bullet at 2800 FPS using 60 grains of powder. http://www.handloads.com/calc/recoil.asp

The 264 has a serious cool factor. I have a Creedmoor and appreciate its virtues, but I am honestly sick of hearing the name. If I were to start building a rifle battery today, I may very well start with the 264 in the very rifle you mention. I do hand load.