A 264 with the right powder will push 140's to 3200 fps from a 26 inch tube. The big problem is, the right powder is often different from one barrel to another. The 264 is, by far, the most persnickety (technical term there) cartridge I have ever worked with.
Then, just when you think you have worked up the ultimate load, you go out on a rather warm day to shoot a few and find they show pressure signs.
A bullet with a short bearing surface helps. I imagine the VLD must meet that criteria. I also moly plate all of my bullets for the 264. Actually, I moly plate every thing I shoot.
From what many posters on these boards have told us, the 257 Wea is easier to work with and capable of higher velocities with the same bullet weight. I find that claim hard to believe, but then I have never loaded for the 1/4 bee.
