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That's impressive. I would love to see that rifle of yours with my load. What brass were you using? I found that getting AMAZIING speed out of the 264 is easy. But W-W, Nosler and R-P won't take it.

I took my 140's to 3200 and thought it was great. That was long before I measured case head expansion and other methods of measuring "the stop sign"

3300 with a 130. I am impressed. That's serious medicine on game!

Identical twins for all practical purposes.

I used Winchester and Nosler brass. It has lasted pretty good but the W-W brass has been some of the worst I have seen when it comes to run out. I bought a RCBS Casemaster finally which told the tale, some of the brass was terrible and that is why my results were inconsistent. Took a lot of life out of that barrel before figuring it out lol. The Nosler brass was much better in that regard.

I love the 264, I load for my Dad's old Model 70. It loves the 140 Barnes Match Burners, and shoots them just over 3100 with the right amount of H4831. Not hot, not cold, but very flat. Only 2.1MIL to hit at 500yds.


Mooshoo, my late Grandfather had those same two rifles. A beautiful pair.

I thought I hit the lottery with 2 bags of W-W from same lot #. Most inconsistent stuff I ever handled. No saving it.

Nosler is great. But not even pushing buttons it doesn't hold past 5. So after I "fry" the stuff I'm buying RWS and necking down. Turn them if needed I suppose.

Boy I sure wish Lapua made it

Funny thing is, you can tell good brass from bad by a keen eye looking at the color when it's new off the press. I still loaded that Nosler lol

I believe PRVI makes 264 WM brass but I have no idea whp actually makes it and how good it it. Nosler brass is most likely made by Norma and is nice stuff, if I could get the Norma headstamped brass here I would since it is a bit cheaper. I would say the crappy W-W brass is part of the reason some people say the 264 is finicky, use good brass and things change in a hurry. Of course sorting W-W brass would help but in the end buying the more expensive brass ends up being a bargain in my opinion.

been playing with the 160 grainer's

When I bought my first .264, a M70 Westerner, I had a bunch of new Norma 7mm Remington Magnum brass on hand, so necked it down. Accuracy was very good and the brass held up well when loading 140's to a little over 3200 with Ramshot Magnum. However, that was over a decade ago.

Huntington's wants $55 for 20 7mm RM cases - just wow.

+1 on Lapua making belted mag cases.

I am another fan of the 264 Win Mag. Mines a plain old Classic Sporter with a 26" tube and absolutely dotes on RL25 and 140 BT's and AB's @ 3180/3200FPS. Awesome rifle.

Are you guys cleaning up the necks at all after necking down? I didn't have to when I used 7mm-08 for a 260.

They call me the crazy on as I like hot loads. Love my 264WM its a Remington 721 purchased while a senior in high school that was 1963. Never looked back. In 2010 it received its firs new barrel a Shilen 30" 1 in 8 twist 6 grove heavy barrel. Shoots great. 130gr JLK at 3230 fps but then I got crazy and pushed a Woodleigh 160gr PPSN to 3261fps. using obsolete powder. I will be backing that one off to get rid of the pressure signs. Also pushed a Sierra 85gr HP to 3830fps with H4831 no pressure signs so it may go higher very accurate.

I am pushing the 130 AB w/ moly at 3300 fps with 71 gr of Magnum from a 27 inch 3 groove Pac-Nor on a '70 classic.