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my cousin just purchased a Ruger m77 Hawkeye in 264, and asked me to load for him. i picked up a set of dies, but am in search of a good starting recipe? ive looked thru my manuals,but interested in your experiences .Thanks,Paul

I used to hunt with a friend that carried a Model 70 in 264 Win Mag. I have many fond memories of him and that rifle. Seems that he never missed & he was larger than life to me when I was young.

You can forget the loading manuals at this point because choosing the .264 Winchester just signed you up to be your own ballistician...

....wait, I've already done it so you can breathe a sigh of relief.

Pick up Reloder 33, Fed215 primers, and 140 grain bullets of your choice and work up a load.

My load is 72 grains of RL-33 with the 139 Lapua Scenar.

You stopped shooting what happened to the other two shots. LOL

Damn fine shooting right there.

Most folks like 140s. But 125/130s are all you need for deer. My current 264 loves 125 partitions and 7828.

I bet I'm shooting the 140's faster and with a more massive BC than you are getting with that combo...

rcamuglia,



Now you're being mean.

Retumbo with 130 and 140 gr bullets works well for me, Hodgdon has data on line on their site.

Now you're being mean.[/quote]

Not really. Just honest as always.

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Good for you.

If your aiming point wasn't taller than it is wide, you would get some of the vertical out of your group.

thanks to each of you for the help, Paul

Sshhhhh. 130's. AB. or CoreLokt.

Had one in a mauser 98 years back. Don't remember the load but it involved 140 Speer Grandslams and many one shot kills.

My partner back then swore by the then new 300 Ultra mag, he now owns 2-264 winnies, 2-260's, and now a 26Nosler. His Ultra now collects dust.

Have you used this combo on game? Great Group and Info many thanks

Try the 129-grain Hornady at 3,400 fps.

It kills deer so quickly that you'll exhaust your supply of superlatives trying to describe it.

Worked well in mine too.

Works well in mine also. My bullet of choice is the 130 Swift Scirocco.

8mmwapiti

I liked the 140 Sierra SPBT over 67 gr H1000 and a CCI 250 for 3000 fps with the original Winchester barrel on my Model 70 Classic with minute of squirrel accuracy well past 300 yds..

73 gr of Magnum pushed the same bullet to 3150 fps. But my barrel was toasted by the time I started working with Magnum and I can not speak for accuracy.

I now have a 27 inch Pac-Nor barrel on the rifle and am shooting the 130 gr Accubond at 3300 fps with 71 gr of Magnum and a CCI 250.

Also, I like to play with the 100 gr ballistic tip over 61.5 gr of IMR 4831. It is a little cooler burning that the previous loads and a bit easier on the barrel for recreational shooting.