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It appears that you want the "do everything rifle", does not exist. Each choice you make is a compromise. If the caliber restriction for Southern Ontario is not a issue, then 264 is probably not the ticket for really large animals at long range. Most projectile larger than 140gr for the .264 bore are round nose and not ideally suited for long range. While it is a vanilla/chevrolet choice if you want something similar, with good ballistics, that has many good high BC projectiles for game>>>>>try the caliber that pushed the 264 WM into obscurity, the 7mm RM.
Personally if you want a high volume accurate semi custom, target rifle in a large game capable caliber there is one obvious choice. Dogleg has the caliber pegged, 300 WM. The rifle itself is a compromise in that it is a bit heavy for walking and not as tricked up as most dedicated target rigs. How about the Rem Sendero in 300 WM. Bed it and do load development and they shoot very well.They are through the EE fairly commonly.
The 264 WM is the upper limit of where much more powder is required to gain a few hundred ft.sec. Beyond this level in the .264 bore, you get much more blast, recoil, powder usage, and here today gone tomorrow barrel life. It had a reputation for being a barrel burner, i am not sure if some of the more modern slow burning powders have helped. Conventional wisdom puts barrel "life" at 1000-1500; however, i know a guy who used a 264 exclusively and replaced his barrel at 4000. It depends also on what you consider "shot out"....is it 1/4moa going to 1/2, or is a 1moa rifle a ok hunting rig? Again a compromise, as a conventional 308 Win would give you accuracy, a great selection of rifles, and barrel life; it just does not check all your game needs boxes.
Personally if you want a high volume accurate semi custom, target rifle in a large game capable caliber there is one obvious choice. Dogleg has the caliber pegged, 300 WM. The rifle itself is a compromise in that it is a bit heavy for walking and not as tricked up as most dedicated target rigs. How about the Rem Sendero in 300 WM. Bed it and do load development and they shoot very well.They are through the EE fairly commonly.
The 264 WM is the upper limit of where much more powder is required to gain a few hundred ft.sec. Beyond this level in the .264 bore, you get much more blast, recoil, powder usage, and here today gone tomorrow barrel life. It had a reputation for being a barrel burner, i am not sure if some of the more modern slow burning powders have helped. Conventional wisdom puts barrel "life" at 1000-1500; however, i know a guy who used a 264 exclusively and replaced his barrel at 4000. It depends also on what you consider "shot out"....is it 1/4moa going to 1/2, or is a 1moa rifle a ok hunting rig? Again a compromise, as a conventional 308 Win would give you accuracy, a great selection of rifles, and barrel life; it just does not check all your game needs boxes.
