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I just bought a postal scale and will have to weigh her, I have a Leupold 4.5 x 14 x 50 Mark 4 on it with turrets.....looks bad to the bone.

I think I need a nice day and take some new pics.

Bubba is a nice guy.

Reamers are all SAAMI spec.. Winchester brass will work just fine.. I still have 200 new pieces comfortably stashed away..

Because you have no need for a pole vault??

Thanks Lee. I was hoping for a SAAMI reamer. Accurat enough loads can be made without all that other nonsense. We're not building watches here, they're hunting refles. I'm building my stash too by the way.


I'm used to 22" and 24" barrels, so this 26" is gonna be a bit of an adjustment for me. Can't imagine lugging around a 30" "pole" like Tom.

DW

'Course, mebbe he's 6'7" and it just feels 'right'..

I went with a 27.5" 1 in 8" twist Kreiger #4 fluted on my .264WN. It's very accurate with 129gr Hornady SST's and a healthy dose of Ramshot Magnum powder.



Terry

Yep, Terry, I like that one a lot. Sweet rig. Got some of those SST's in the loading room. Think I've got some Magnum as well. Hell, Terry, I don't think you own a rifle that I don't like, especially some of those with the nice wood handles, like the mini-mauser.


Lee, maybe you're right. Never met Tom. He may be one of them Big 'ol Boys. I'm 5'-8 and I prefer not to hunt with a rifle I can't see over. Of course if the muzzle stuck up above your head, that would be a safety factor of sorts.

DW

Blueprinted Rem 700, 27.5" Lilja 1:9 #3, teflon coated, maple stock, weighs 9.2 pounds scoped.

what i'm surprised at, is how light the recoil is with my model 70.

i guess i'm used to more, and thinking that mine was running light loads.
i gotta break out the chrono, and see what i'm running 130 tsx's at.

Lol, I'm 6' even but I have ape arms....yeah it just feels right.

The 264 was designed around the 140 for long range energy,velocity and wind drift. A "normal" throat makes it much less spikey. A 264 to be worth while has to be both fast and accurate. Mine has given me 1/2" 3-shot groups at 3150 with a 24" barrel.And I have skinny barrel.Ramshot Magnum and 140SSTs.

Man, I love the 264 mag- you guys surely know how to make a guy happy!

downwind2,

Wanna share some load data? Sounds like you've got one worked out there. Terry (TC1) said he likes Magnum as well. Gotta get a can of that.

Any other "must have" powders for this round?

David

you will want some IMR 7828 if you run the .264.

I bet that would be a good powder for 26"+ lengths. I've been using IMR4350 but only out of my 24" barrel.

A slower powder should work well for a longer tube..

I was mostly using 7828 also, but found the new Win 780 to really deliver good velocity and accuracy for me from 120-140 grains. US869 is pretty good with the 140s, H4831 with the 100s, H1000 is a good all arounder.

i was almost ready to accept the fact that my .264 wasnt much of a shooter until i tried h-1000. before h-1000 1.5" groups was the best i could get, and i tried three different bullets in three different weights from three different companies. now with the h-1000 im pretty close to 1" groups. now if i could figure out why every time i take it hunting nothing comes out i would be good. i take any other of my rifles out even the same day i will see a deer to shoot. its like the rifle is cursed. im tempted to find a medicine man on the rez to do a chant or dance or something over the rifle.

deer are smart, they know how deadly a 264 is, and they are skeered!

In that case, we got a lot of stupid deer just east of Minong... Taken mucho deer with the .264 - and not ONE with any other rifle.. Never even see one..

Weird..

Well, I got all those except H1000 and US869. Guess I'll start with 7828. Anybody got a pet load they like? Or with R22, H or IMR 4350 or 4831? I got 'em all.

DW