30 December 2001, 16:33
<Sniper>264 Win Mag
I was wondering if anyone is still chambering the 264 Win Mag in a factory rifle?
30 December 2001, 16:52
<rock42>winchester did until a very short while ago. you might still be able to find one. I had my dealer track me down one about three months ago. the only one they could find was a supergrade so that's what I got.
also about two or three months ago accusport had a run of remington 700 stainless synthetics made in 264 mag. they may still have some of those. other than that I don't think any one is still chambering it which is a shame because it is one of the nicest deer cartridges there is, low recoil and very flat shooting.
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30 December 2001, 18:02
PathfinderI recently purchased the M70 super grade in 264 mag and find that it's very accurate and fun to shoot(accurate rifles usually are). The trigger is a little heavy but crisp. Otherwise the overall workmanship is very good. I'll have to tune it a little. I would think that they may be really hard to find in a few years. Get one now if you want one.
31 December 2001, 03:40
<rock42>24 inch barrel is no good in a 264 mag. or so I heard. I think that would be kinda like a 257 wby mag in a 24 inch barrel. a lotta noise and not a whole hell of a lot of velocity improvement over a 25-06. the 264 mag is a great cartridge in a 26 inch barrel.
yeah my winchester supergrade is pretty accurate too. I had a load with partitions that shot under an inch. but I think I better hunt with sierra matchkings so I can get .00000001th of an inch and really hit those deer where I want to.
31 December 2001, 04:34
LE270quote:
Originally posted by Pathfinder:
The trigger is a little heavy but crisp.
The Model 70 trigger is one of the easiest to adjust. All you need is two little wrenches that fit the nuts on the shaft that holds the spring.
31 December 2001, 05:20
<Bill>Sniper,
There is a Winchester Model 70 NIB in 264 at a local dealer over here. If you are interested I can dig up their phone number.
Bill
31 December 2001, 14:35
<Sniper>Thanks for all the replies. Bill thanks for the offer but the gun is not for me. A woman came into my Father-in-laws gun shop asking if anyone still chambered the 264 Win Mag. To the best of our knowledge no one currently is and I just wanted to check around to be sure. If I were to get one I would probably get a custom job or better yet how about the 6.5 WSM
01 January 2002, 05:28
POPJust bought a 264 in Super Grade. It is not here yet but I am exited. I need to throat it out though!
01 January 2002, 06:06
Tim in TNI bought one of the Remingtons and was frustrated with the throat length as well. I was trying to get out cheap for some reason because I have a new reamer for the 264 made by JGS just been sittin around here for months, correctly throated for two bullets(got lucky) the 140 Sierra BTSP and the 120 Nosler Ballistic Tip. The action from the factory 264 went to my gunsmith along with another action and reamer based on the 338 RUM necked to 7mm. On another note I located a jug of H5010 with the 264 in mind, another poster on a different site was very high on this. Where would you place H5010 on the burning rate chart along with the VihtaVuori line of powders???
[This message has been edited by Tim in TN (edited 12-31-2001).]