Friends-

First of all, I refuse to call the .264 bore a small bore. Thus, I may not find the answer to my question here, but, I am stubborn enough to post my question here anyway. Was there ever a .264 Weatherby Magnum and if there was, why did it not catch on?

It seems to me that I saw a cover of an issue of Precision Shooting and it had a cover story with a picture of a .264 Weatherby Mag with headstamped brass and the like. Possibly, I am too lazy to dig back through my old issues of PS to find the article.

To me, it seems a natural, resting between the .257 Weatherby and the 7MM Weatherby.

Does anyone have the story on this and if so, what is the story?

Thanks in advance.

There may have been, but if so, I never saw or even heard of one before this.

At least in production guns, I think there were only the 224, 240, .257, .270, 7 m/m, .300, .340, .375, .378, .416, and .460 Wby Mags. I may have left one or two out, but it wasn't a .264 Wby Mag.

No doubt at least half a dozen gunsmiths here and there have wildcatted such guns at customers' requests though or made some for themselves. It is almost impossible to think of any combo which someone hasn't already made....probably several different soneones, all in total ignorance of the others' efforts, some identical, some with tiny different tweaks.

what is the 8mm rem mag case necked down to .264????.... i know the .416 rem mag, 7stw and 8mm rem mag are based on a blown out .375 h&h....

Jim-

The 8mm Mag. case necked down to .264 is the .264 Thor.

All-

The pictures I saw on Precision Shooting was a pure "Hollywood" engraved, gold plated Weatherby with .264 Weatherby Mag. headstamped brass.

I am guessing that it was the .270 Weatherby Mag case necked down to .264. But, that is a guess.

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Originally posted by 30 Caliber Mag Fan:
Jim-

The 8mm Mag. case necked down to .264 is the .264 Thor.

All-

The pictures I saw on Precision Shooting was a pure "Hollywood" engraved, gold plated Weatherby with .264 Weatherby Mag. headstamped brass.

I am guessing that it was the .270 Weatherby Mag case necked down to .264. But, that is a guess.

Yeh, that makes sense - Might have been something Roy or his shop made up special for a celebrity or a close personal friend. And also could have been made as part of a PR/marketing project for some big name world-famous hunter. At one time he may even have made one up for testing to see if he wanted to commercialize that chambering...and then decided not to.

At one time I had a one-off which Roy was going to market if he could strike a deal with Ruger. It was a Number 3, in .375 Winchester with ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING high gloss finished, presentation grade blond English walnut stocks by the Weatherby shop. Roy wanted to make super deluxe ones as a joint effort by his shop and Ruger's factory, with Roy being the exclusive retailer. I got it from the stocker's widow...he got it for himself when he retired from Weatherby's.

To me it wasn't really a practical gun, I just bought it to give her some real money. Then I retired, moved up here, and sold it through a local gun dealer. Now that I have pretty much quit hunting and "practical" doesn't have to count as much, I wish I had it back.....of course.

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Originally posted by jimatcat:
what is the 8mm rem mag case necked down to .264????....

Something far too over bore to be in any way sensible, but then again, whenever did that count for zip in the world of wildcats.
Steve.

Herb Klein had 264 and 284, see link, and you will see catridge boxes amongthe rifles. That could class them as semi wildcat since Herb injected the big dollars to take Roy up the ladder.

http://forums.accuratereloadin...=913107281#913107281

There was never a .264 Weatherby as a listed caliber.......

I thought the 8mm rem necked down to 6.5 is the 6.5 STW. Lou

A popular 1000 yard bench cartridge a number of years ago was the 6.5 Weatherby-Wright-Hoyer or 6.5 WWH. It was the .300 WBY necked down to 6.5. I never heard anyone call it a ".264 Weatherby", but it might certainly have been called that by someone.

IIRC, there is a brief write-up on it in the Sierra 2nd Edition reloading manual.

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Originally posted by Mike McGuire:
Herb Klein had 264 and 284, see link, and you will see catridge boxes amongthe rifles. That could class them as semi wildcat since Herb injected the big dollars to take Roy up the ladder.

http://forums.accuratereloadin...=913107281#913107281

This pretty much covers it. Roy did make a 264 that was a one time deal for a friend. I'm reasonably sure it was based on the 300 Wby but I can't say for sure.

Ken....

I have been told Roy,did not trust the current .264/6.5 bullets of the time,however Nosler did build a BOAT-TAIL Partion for the .264,as seen here.They will "smack" a Lope

It seems to me that I've heard of the 264 Caliber never thought about buying one Tho.