My grandpa had one in 264 Win Mag and he also had a devil of a time to get it to shoot. A guy at the range let him chrono some handloads with 140gr bullets and he realized he got more velocity out of his 270 featherweight using 140gr bullets as well. The westerner went out the door.
I picked up a Cabelas special run, new production “Westerner”. Its an FN70 barreled action with sights, with what looks like a pre-64 straight-comb stock of slimmer proportions. Has the panel checkering instead of the wrap-around too. Shoots awesome. Its a 7mm Rem Mag.
