Recent content by Win Tom

Owned a .264 for 18 years in the stock “sporter” arrangement. Killed more deer than I care to think about. Probably 2,000 rounds thru it. Rebarreled the action for a comp gun that can hit 12” at 1200 yards. The .264 is versatile, handy, and easy to shoot…and in a 20lb chassis there is no kick at...

Agreed. Purchased a McGowen barrel for a project .264WM I was building. Full bull on a Winchester action. It was returned to me “ready to go”. Except it wasnt. The bolt would not close on a factory round. It would close on a empty cartridge. Called them, they said ship it back and we will fix...

I look at the creedmore as the "little brother" to the mack-daddy of long range guns that never caught on. The .264 win mag was doing all the things the creedmore does now, but doing it years ago. The problem was the 7mm mag. Everyone jumped to the 7mm, leaving the .264 to a marketing crisis...

Someone already spoke to it, but I love my .264 win mag. For many years it served as my primary hunting rifle, from Virginia Deer, to Colorado elk. Its an all around great cartridge with manageable recoil. Flat trajectory, and fast moving, shot placement is always key. Some will say the...

So, in December I attended the National Peacemaker Long Range Challenge in WV, and was instantly hooked. I took my bone stock Winchester model 70 in .264 win mag, topped with a Leopold scope that had been my hunting rifle for many years before retirement for a 6.5 creedmoor a few years ago. The...

Not always true. Killed a nice 14 this year in muzzleloader season that tios the scales at 183 dressed. I figure he was 225 on the hoof. Sometimes you just have more deer than space for them.

Lol! Glad Im not the only one!!

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Love the .264. I have one as well, custom LR comp gun. Best I can squeeze out of a 28" barrel is about 2950 with IMR 7828ssc pushing a Sierra Mk 140. For targets, its plenty at 1000 yards, and I can smack an 8" steel plate. Not sure if your intent is hunting at that distance, but its...

If you are building a hunting rifle, .264 win mag will outperform any other 6.5 caliber in terms of speed. With a model 70, with a 24" sporter barrel, you can expect soeeds approaching 3000fps without putting the barrel in an early grave. If you are building a comp gun, then lighten up on the...

Well, in Virginia, we can take many deer a season. The base license is for 3 bucks and 3 does, and you can buy as many bonus doe tags as you want, 3 at a time. That said, over the last 35 years, I would guess I have shot probably 150 or more deer, some big, some not so big. Probably every...