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I launch that one at about 300 fps slower than you and it still impresses.
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I like the looks of both, but do not have either.
I do have a .270WBY. Throw that one into your mix and see how you get along.
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I like the looks of both, but do not have either.
I do have a .270WBY. Throw that one into your mix and see how you get along. Now you're talking!!!!
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The difference is the .264 is one of those dead rounds, excellent but dead like a 7 WSM.
The 257 mag can be purchased new over the counter and bullet choices in factory ammo too.
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But who really uses factory ammo, anyway? The component choices ABOUND in the .264! From 85gr varmint whackers all the way to 140 and 160gr elk slayers. No such thing as a "dead" cartridge when components are available! If there was a bad thing about the .257 (there isn't) it would be that the bullets poop out at 120gr, even though there's plenty enough powder capacity (even in the 'bob) to go higher, and that's when the two cartridges would REALLY become indistinguishable. The .257 would gain in the bc's and sd's, and if that did happen, I'll guarantee you'd start seeing .257-.284's on the 1000 yard competition lines! For that reason, alone, my pick is the .264. Flip a coin, or buy both!
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If this rifle were chambered for the .257 Weatherby, and it shot like it does as a .264, I'd like it just as well (I think). I had to see for myself if .264 bullets bounce off deer...they don't (this one shot with a 120 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip, about 125 yards, about 3300 fps at the muzzle; bullet found under hide on opposite side. DRT.)
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Wow, nice rifle. Classic super grade?
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Yep...New Haven, one piece bottom metal, one of the limited run of "Westerners" made in 2000.
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Is the fellow next to you the owner of the company that made your rifle, I met him at the SCI convention last year in Reno, he has a video where that show some sucessfull shots at game that is way out of reach for most shooters. By the way, nice ram.
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Yeah, but it's well-known that you won't even shoot at an animal unles it's two miles away....
What barrel length/twist are you using on your .264's? 26 inches and 1 in 8 twist. It is MAGIC. My crop sniping rifle has a 26" 1:8 twist and I couldn't agree more about it being magic. So far 620 yards on a deer is still my longest kill. reflex264 Well maybe not MAGIC, but it works really really nice.
.264 barrel current number of shots:2122
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