Recent content by OR_98

Thanks. Is the Tikka better (i.e., longer) in that department? I know I could pick up a brand new T3x for ~$800... What min length of magazine box do I need for a .264 WM, assuming I want ability to shoot big 156gr at some point?

I have the same disease as OP. I keep trying to convince myself I’d be happy with something else - LGS has a brand new Hells Canyon Speed 26 Nosler on sale for $849 that I’ve almost bought a couple of times - but I just can’t shake the .264 WM bug. I’ve had it too long. Same LGS has a...

My pleasure. So appreciative of all the good info being shared.

This really has gotten me thinking (always dangerous). I have been adamant about owning a .264 WM, and thought I basically had three options: (1) Sendero or an old Classic (the the one mentioned in the original post), (2) Model 70, or (3) custom build. I’ll probably still get the Classic -...

Second stupid question - That’s true for any manufacturer (Tikka, Ruger, Savage, etc.) or just for 700s?

I had no idea it was that simple to “convert” a 7MM Rem Mag or 300 WM to .264 WM. I feel stupid for not knowing that. So there’s literally nothing else to it? Buy one of those guns, remove the old barrel and have a 6.5MM barrel installed, and voila, you can shoot .264 WM?

Appreciate all the input from everyone. I'm probably falling a little too easily for the whole "a .264 WM can't live up to its true potential without a 26"+ barrel" line of thinking. The new barrel idea probably had as much - if not more - to do with getting a 1:8 twist as it did with picking...

First-time poster, long-time lurker... I’ll get right to it - I have an opportunity to buy a mint (<20 rounds) Rem 700 Classic .264 WM for $850. I believe it was manufactured in 1986. I’ve been wanting a .264 WM for as long as I can remember (literally decades...don’t ask why it’s taken me so...