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[westguy76]

I found this in some old stuff. I guess pretty similar to a 7mm mag

[Twztid]

.264 win mag I have a win model 70 .264 great guns!


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[Huntingnut]

Sorry I can't help. This is one of the few cartriges with which I am not familiar.

[bwssr]

a belted mag...those hurt

[Smart]

.264 Winchester Magnum. A smoking fine cartridge. My Grandaddy Smart and Dad had them in matching Sakos when I was a boy and they were some great guns. I hope to inherit my Dad's one of these days.

Remington has or had a Sendero offered in it the last couple of years.

[Mike D]

Awesome cartridge right there.

[Chad]

Love the .264 Win Mag! It will sit some animals down quickly. I've always wanted one.

[Cajun Blake]

6.5 .... that's all you need to know (actually mics out to 6.7mm)

big time performers down range whether on paper or animals

been around for 50+ yrs and often overlooked

[dustoffer]

They had a bad reputation for burning up barrels when it was introduced, but like most cartridges, when loaded with the right bullet and proper propellant, does just fine.

[cricman]

6.5 .... that's all you need to know (actually mics out to 6.7mm)

big time performers down range whether on paper or animals

been around for 50+ yrs and often overlooked

This.

The ballistic coefficient of the 6.5mm bullets in the 120 to 140gr range are awesome. With the right barrel, and load, they are extremely flat shooting. Combined with the velocity that the. 264 Magnum is capable of, they deliver a lot of downrange energy. Of course, they are a loud and distribute some of their energy into the shooter.


cricman

[Mayhem]

.264 Winchester Magnum. A smoking fine cartridge. My Grandaddy Smart and Dad had them in matching Sakos when I was a boy and they were some great guns. I hope to inherit my Dad's one of these days.

Remington has or had a Sendero offered in it the last couple of years.

what happen to your granddaddys? my brother just got my paw paws sako 270, im jealous but i did get his L.C. Smith.

[texas_red_19]

thats the caliber that the 7mag replaced. its a good caliber, but for some reason the 7 mag pretty much ran it out of business

[Dale Moser]

My favorite round, mine's in an old Model 70.....she'll put'em in the dirt.


I've got a box of 100 grains that DC78 gave me at Nanza a year or two back. Somethin tells me that's how they got the rep for burning barrels.

[Smart]

what happen to your granddaddys? my brother just got my paw paws sako 270, im jealous but i did get his L.C. Smith.

My grandmother was still hunting at age 70 after my Grandaddy had passed and she went to my uncle's lease to hunt with him. They camp was a little too primitive for her at 70 so she stayed in a local hotel.

The story goes that she accidentally left it in the hotel and it was never seen again. I heard a rumor it could be in my uncle's gun safe room at his house but I don't know....my grandmother always shot a .300 Savage lever action...why she brought the .264 that weekend is a mystery...

Niiice on the LC Smith....Dad collects old sxs.....what gauge is it?

[Mayhem]

My grandmother was still hunting at age 70 after my Grandaddy had passed and she went to my uncle's lease to hunt with him. They camp was a little too primitive for her at 70 so she stayed in a local hotel.

The story goes that she accidentally left it in the hotel and it was never seen again. I heard a rumor it could be in my uncle's gun safe room at his house but I don't know....my grandmother always shot a .300 Savage lever action...why she brought the .264 that weekend is a mystery...

Niiice on the LC Smith....Dad collects old sxs.....what gauge is it?

boy that stinks.

its a 12, my dad has my great uncle Smith i will get one day its a double hammer model.

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