Anyone have any sucess with a .264 cal match bullet .... .. Shot any foxes with that bullet ... did the fox stay together ...????????????????

For a wolf rifle something maybe a little smaller with a bullet similar to a barnes solid should do the trick. But then I'm thinking of in the dead of winter when most of the larger meat eating critters are asleep. I like the little CZ527 in .223 with iron sights and topped off with a fixed 4 pwr scope with quick detatch rings/bases. Rodney.

The centerfire .22's do work well on wolf and there hides are thick enough that they don't tend to get torn up with a larger cal bullet ether.
Back when I was the fur buyer and handeler at the AK fur exchange and Bruner of Alaska before that I bought , Handeled and skinned hundreds of wolfs. I don't ever remember any of them being badly dammaged by the bullet.
Your 264 should work fine with a match or FMJ. I remember a few years ago handing my .454 to a client of mine who had just put a wolf down but it wasn't dead and he was out of ammo for his rifle. He finnished the wolf off with a 300 gr. XTP mag and still the whole wasn't to bad.

Thanks for the reply,s ... .. Now that I live up here in fur hunting country I am researching the perfect fur rifle for fox - wolf and wolverine .............. I have a 223 on the way but I have talked to several guys who have lost wolves to the 22 centerfires that they hit well ... Probably the 243 will end up being the rifle , but I am thinking that a 260 Rem would be very very good with the 90 -110 gr solids like the GS SP or the Barnes Banded Solid ... @ 2900 - 3000 fps it may not blow a fox up with a lung shot but should still have plenty of snoose for wolf @500 yards .....And it would be a great caribou rifle round .....

I guess the 223 has a standard twist of i-12 " I want to try the 65 gr Sierra Game King in it .....

If you're shooting the varmints at long range, this idea may not work so well.

But, a cast lead boolit at 2,200 fps, more or less, will usually go through like a fmj, not expanding, but still killing.

And if you do ruin the hide, I can always use a 4" square patch of hide for tyeing my flys.

how about the 257 roberts?

Maybe your wolves aren't as big or cling to life like ours But I'd be using a little more gun. A light caliber might work, if you have time and get the perfect shot, but you're more likely to have to make a hasty shot at that part of the animal, you can see. 22-.250 might have worked on this guy. I caught him and two buddies sleeping. Grizz

Thanks for the replies all . At the moment I,m using the 223 . But havn,t been sucessful yet ... . I think the 243 will probably be the best all around fox - wolf rifle ....either with 80 gr fmj,s or TSX . ect bullets .......Once I get the drop and drift figured out I will prolly stick with one load ......... Which ever is the most accurate .......??