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264 Win Mag - Y would anyone want one?
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<blockquote data-quote="lotech" data-source="post: 883270" data-attributes="member: 63141"><p>During the past year or so, I have worked with two rifles chambered in .264 Winchester Magnum, a custom Sako (24" barrel) and a new Model 70 (26" barrel). I had no previous experience with the cartridge, but had been curious about it since the mid-'60s.</p><p></p><p>I experimented with six bullets and five powders. Chronographed velocities in the shorter-barreled Sako were either similar to or slightly exceeded Model 70 26" velocities. None were impressive, but I guess I had hoped for the velocities (probably at dangerous pressures) that were published in the 1960s. Each rifle was a one -and one-quarter- inch shooter at best. </p><p></p><p>Fully understanding and accepting for almost fifty years that this game has little to do with practicality, I'm inclined to agree with those who question the advantage of the .264 Magnum over the standard .270 Winchester. Granted, there is a difference. How much of a real in-the-field difference that may be is up to the individual, ballistic coefficients duly noted. </p><p></p><p>Being one that doesn't learn from past mistakes, I've seriously contemplated the purchase of a pre-'64 Model 70 Westerner in .264 Magnum, the one that got me interested in the cartridge years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lotech, post: 883270, member: 63141"] During the past year or so, I have worked with two rifles chambered in .264 Winchester Magnum, a custom Sako (24" barrel) and a new Model 70 (26" barrel). I had no previous experience with the cartridge, but had been curious about it since the mid-'60s. I experimented with six bullets and five powders. Chronographed velocities in the shorter-barreled Sako were either similar to or slightly exceeded Model 70 26" velocities. None were impressive, but I guess I had hoped for the velocities (probably at dangerous pressures) that were published in the 1960s. Each rifle was a one -and one-quarter- inch shooter at best. Fully understanding and accepting for almost fifty years that this game has little to do with practicality, I'm inclined to agree with those who question the advantage of the .264 Magnum over the standard .270 Winchester. Granted, there is a difference. How much of a real in-the-field difference that may be is up to the individual, ballistic coefficients duly noted. Being one that doesn't learn from past mistakes, I've seriously contemplated the purchase of a pre-'64 Model 70 Westerner in .264 Magnum, the one that got me interested in the cartridge years ago. [/QUOTE]
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