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<blockquote data-quote="Trnelson" data-source="post: 1047802" data-attributes="member: 42308"><p>In my playing around with 264 mag I've found a 26" barrel is just darn near required in order to get to the full potential of the cartridge. YMMV. With the right combination of powder and bullet, 24" could show an advantage over the 6.5/284 or 6.5/06. I love my 26" barreled savage actioned 6.5/06 dearly, but the 264 mag with at least 26" is just another level of 6.5 bliss. I'd love a chance to send a 140 Berger through a black bear! I don't think you'll be dissapointed with the results. The 140 Hornady A-max is also a good choice. I've been tempted to try the 150 Cutting Edge in my 264 mag, but I have not yet. I bought 100 pieces of Nosler brass for my 264 and have had excellent results, only 2 were culled for being more than 2g heavier than the others. I've fired all 98 in the rifle and have fired 32 of them twice. I neck size exclusively until the bolt is difficult to close, then I'll anneal and full-length size them. A guy could certainly neck 7 mag brass down and run that, as long as you devise a solid method to identify them and keep them separated. It would likely ruin your day and maybe your rifle if you managed to fire a .284" bullet down a .264" barrel... IIRC Norma makes 264 mag brass, I wouldn't feel bad about using that at all either. I've read on the forum that Norma actually makes the Nosler brass fwiw... I'm not certain if that is really true, but I've seen that several times now. </p><p>I'm in Lincoln, small world!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trnelson, post: 1047802, member: 42308"] In my playing around with 264 mag I've found a 26" barrel is just darn near required in order to get to the full potential of the cartridge. YMMV. With the right combination of powder and bullet, 24" could show an advantage over the 6.5/284 or 6.5/06. I love my 26" barreled savage actioned 6.5/06 dearly, but the 264 mag with at least 26" is just another level of 6.5 bliss. I'd love a chance to send a 140 Berger through a black bear! I don't think you'll be dissapointed with the results. The 140 Hornady A-max is also a good choice. I've been tempted to try the 150 Cutting Edge in my 264 mag, but I have not yet. I bought 100 pieces of Nosler brass for my 264 and have had excellent results, only 2 were culled for being more than 2g heavier than the others. I've fired all 98 in the rifle and have fired 32 of them twice. I neck size exclusively until the bolt is difficult to close, then I'll anneal and full-length size them. A guy could certainly neck 7 mag brass down and run that, as long as you devise a solid method to identify them and keep them separated. It would likely ruin your day and maybe your rifle if you managed to fire a .284" bullet down a .264" barrel... IIRC Norma makes 264 mag brass, I wouldn't feel bad about using that at all either. I've read on the forum that Norma actually makes the Nosler brass fwiw... I'm not certain if that is really true, but I've seen that several times now. I'm in Lincoln, small world! [/QUOTE]
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