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h50bmg in a 264 Win???

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03 December 2008, 20:40
cummins cowboy
h50bmg in a 264 Win???
I seem to have trouble finding powders slow enough to fill the case and run 140's at top speed, even retumbo seemed too fast, I have some h870 but it seems to me more temp sensitive than I would like, so far ramshot magnum has been my best powder, but I would like something even slower than that and was thinking about h50bmg


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03 December 2008, 21:34
swheeler
CC; never tried h50bmg but surplus IMR 5010 with 160 and 140 gr bullets.
04 December 2008, 01:08
TJAY
CC,
I have tried it and only get to about 3000 fps in a 24" barrel. accuracy was onlt so-so. About 1 1/2 to 2". This was with the 140 Hornady.
04 December 2008, 01:40
vapodog
The .264 always disappointed me with 140 grain bullets but one can push 130 grainers at 3,300 using Win Supreme 780

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04 December 2008, 10:36
Pancho
I've been thinking for several months that Hodgen's new 869 might be a near match for the old H870 but nobody has tried it. The old 870 was perfect for my 264, nothing else I've tried (Retumbo, H1000, 4831, etc) is as good. Anybody out there tried 869???


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