264 Winchester Is It Used Today?

I know many people using this cartridge, and one day soon I will be as well! I think it is safe to say it is no orphan, and if it is.... many here are willing to adopt it!
 
Oh hell ya , use one for my bean field gun in the stand !

Mine is a m70 westerner and I love it. I shoot a lighter pill 120, bt but the tsx 140 are killer too.

Would not be afraid to shoot anything with this gun in North America. ! Very accurate and fast and the 6.5 speaks for it's self.
 
My cousin is a big fan- you can see him bragging it up on page 151 of the Barnes reloading manual #4.

I don't think it will ever become more popular than it was 20 or 30 years ago, but it will always be around and as flat shooting as it ever was. It's on my wish list in a M70.
 
I thought it was still available in a 700 Sendero? Somebody correct me if I'm mistaken. It had a rep as a 'barrel burner' but I doubt it's any worse than my .257 Weatherby.
 
kennymo said:
I thought it was still available in a 700 Sendero? Somebody correct me if I'm mistaken. It had a rep as a 'barrel burner' but I doubt it's any worse than my .257 Weatherby.
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One thing to keep in mind; it was designed more as a hunting cartridge and not specifically a target rifle. . Pounding the rounds down the barrel one after another, heating the barrel up, will surely shorten the barrel life. . To offset this, Winchester brought out the pre-64 M70, 264 mag with a stainless barrel as did my 220 Swift and both barrels are still like brand new. .

Shooting 3 or 4 boxes of ammo a year, letting the barrel cool off, it'll last 2 or 3 lifetimes and longer. . Some of the Old Boys in the day, with the 220 Swift, would reload using 22-250 specs slowing the bullet down somewhat for target shooting and coyotes and had no problem burning out barrels and the early 220 Swift came with Winchester Proof Steel. . The stainless barrels started showing up a few years later.
 
I have one in a early 4 digit serial number Remington 700 and still going strong. This particular rifle has killed everything from coyotes to Alaskan grizzly. I killed my first bull moose(big bodied 49"), first elk(cow), and first whitetail and mule deer with it. While the .264 win mag isn't an ideal moose calibre, it can do the job no problem. I don't know if there is a better calibre for deer or antelope though.
 
Thanks for your input on the round.
I haven't heard much about the round, when I found some brass I became interested in it.
It appears to be a round that is common in the West, and Central Canada, but not so common in the East.
 
I have owned several 264 Win Mags over the years, and with today's powder selection, it is no slouch.
At one time, there were only 2 or 3 suitable powders for this zinger. Now we have at least 8.

In a 26" barrel, 3200+ is realistic with a 140 grain bullet.

This shoots mighty flat!!
I shot my Custom 264 at 100, 200, 300, 400 & 500 yards using the 140 Partition at 3260
Sighted in +3" at 100, it was just -16" at 500!

With this combo I shot Elk, Moose and q number of deer and Black Bear.
Don't remember shooting any animal twice.

The 264 is one chambering that did not deserve the lukewarm reception it got.

Regards, Eagleye.
 
I've had several over the years and it is a great cartridge, super accurate and stepping right out there. Unfortunately Rem has dropped it again, discontinued from even the Sendero line up. There isn't a better "reach out and touch 'em" cartridge for new or younger shooters with minimal recoil except maybe the 257 Wby. I believe the availability of the Wby cartridges in other than Wby rifles has hurt the 264 possibly even killed it.
 
c-fbmi said:
I've had several over the years and it is a great cartridge, super accurate and stepping right out there. Unfortunately Rem has dropped it again, discontinued from even the Sendero line up. There isn't a better "reach out and touch 'em" cartridge for new or younger shooters with minimal recoil except maybe the 257 Wby. I believe the availability of the Wby cartridges in other than Wby rifles has hurt the 264 possibly even killed it.
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Kinda like the 375 Ruger is killing the 375 H&H? haha

It might be on the back burner for most manufacturers at the moment, but I don't think it's going to die, at least not yet. Very few actually do die, and many have been revived in the last few years that were dead for 60+ years!
 
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