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I'd like to hear your experiences with the .264 Win Mag for elk
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It works very well using 140 Nosler Partition. Aim for opposite shoulder and keep it about 600yds or less. Experience does not include other bullets with this round. Last shot a youngish bull moose with it...200yds, 1 shot, went 30 ft and dead with bullet under hide on opposite shoulder. Mac
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LOL! I would not expect a lot of replies since the .264 Win Mag is not a very common cartridge. Happy Trails
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My youngest son (age 33) took a nice 300" 6x6 last year with a 140gr Partition in a 264. MV was about 3000fps, bull was 200ish yds. Two shots thru lungs and he toppled over.
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The 264 is a great round and with today's quality bullets, there is damn little that you can't kill with one, I shoot 130 gr accubonds and the damage is unbelievable. Good luck and post pics.
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Personally, I have never used the .264 Win Mag. However, five different hunting partners over the last 54 or so years have done so. All killed elk, and I don't remember any of them taking more than one shot. All were handloaders and they all shot Partitions, although I no longer remember exactly which bullet weights and other pertinent info. With good bullets and a rifleman who can shoot, they seemed to work about as well as anything else. Edited to add: The first elk I saw harvested with a .264 Win Mag was a really big Wyoming bull taken with one shot at well over 400 yards. We had no range finders in those days, but two of us paced it off just because it seemed such an impressive feat at the time.
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No 264 Win here, but I have killed an elk or two with 140 gr Partitions. I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again.
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Pals have killed lots of elk with the 125 part. In the .264.. I love the round and have had 3 or 4 of them.. But never killed an elk with any of them..
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Not long range, but took my 2016 bull with a 142 ABLR at 137 yards.
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My experience is that I took mine as a backup on last year's hunt and felt plenty sparky about it. It would have done the job if called upon.
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Perhaps the most effective elk killer I’ve had a great deal of experience with is the .270 Weatherby Magnum using 130-150 grain bullets. Barnes TTSX & TSX plus Nosler Partitions have been absolutely devastating on elk.
The second most effective elk killer I’ve used has been the 6.5x284 using 120 TTSX and 125 NPT. Again, impressive results on bulls out to a quarter mile.
I’ve also killed multiple bulls with both the .300 Wby shooting 180s and the .338 Win Mag shooting 210-250 premiums. Both the .270 Roy and 6.5x284 have been more impressive on elk than either.
Even though I have no direct experience with it, since the .264 Win Mag falls right between the .270 Wby and 6.5x284, I cannot imagine that it will be anything less than supremely effective for you. Find a 120-140 grain bullet that will hold up to its velocity and enjoy the DRTs.
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I did not imply that it was not a great cartridge for elk or anything else, but it sure doesn’t make any “top whatever” list of popular calibers based on rifle or ammo sales. Perhaps it will experience a resurrection with the current 6.5 mania. Happy Trails
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Not long range, but took my 2016 bull with a 142 ABLR at 137 yards. Nicely done. How much on-game experience with the 142 ABLR can you share? Also, which cartridges and at what velocity? I have a 6.5 Creedmoor that really likes that bullet at 2730.
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Not long range, but took my 2016 bull with a 142 ABLR at 137 yards. Was that a NW Colorado bull by chance?
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Actually, a SW Colorado bull. I'm shooting the 142 ABLR in both my 264 and my 6.5x55. The Swede trumps in the accuracy dept. 100 yards, 4 shots IMR 4350 for the pushin' lotion I've taken a couple of Axis does out to about 250 and a couple of whitetails from 100 - maybe 250 with the Swede and this elk and a couple of whitetail out to 350 with the 264
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The .264 WM is a great cartridge. Dont hesitate to use it. 160gr Woodleighs are the way to go.
If you need dies, brass or bullets let me know as I have some I'd be willing to part with as I sold my .264 a while back
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Very limited experience here, but loaded some 160 gr Woodleighs for a buddy back iirc in the mid to late 90's, think these bullets were proto types back then, don't remember where he said he got em, anyway, worked him up a load for his 264 WM, thinking muzzle velocity was in the high 2900's, he smoked a big bull at 200 yards or so, complete penetration that I remember to be in excess of three feet.
If I were to load one today for myself, I'd use Retumbo, H-1000, or H-4831 and the 140 gr Partitions, would be looking for an accurate and temp stable 3100 fps.
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My first .264 was a pre-64 Model 70 Winchester that had belonged for many years to a local rancher. He handloaded the 129-grain Hornady Interlock Spire Point and killed a lot of elk at ranges out to 500+ yards with no problems.
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Bbear, nice non-typical Bull. I’ve seen some brow tines up north similar. Happy Trails, WAM
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