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<blockquote data-quote="stephenr6565" data-source="post: 976798" data-attributes="member: 75555"><p>the 26 Nosler has some pretty incredible ballistics that can not be equaled by the 264 w.m. even if you push it to the max the fastest I have ever heard anyone pushing a 264 with 140's is 3300fps and that's really pushing it hard but realistically 3100-3200fps with a 26" barrel is what you can expect out of a 264 I know of some people reaching 3450fps with 140's from the 26 nosler but as you can imagine barrel life will be limited some people don't care about that and some people do my brother built one and trashed it in 168 rounds fire cracked throats & high velocity = bullets that wont stay together yes he was hard on it he was running about 3450fps with berger 140's also I have heard of a few people destroying their 26 nosler barrel in less rounds than that if you take care of it you could probably get 600 rounds out of it until its time to re-barrel I personally have a 264 W.M. & love it I am shooting 140 gr. barnes match burners @ 3140 fps I have about 350 rounds through it and I have been harder on it than my brother with his nosler I looked at the throat with my bore scope & I do have some fire cracking but it still shoots really good my last group which is the best group I have shot with this rifle actually its the best 3 shot group I have shot with any rifle at a 100 yds ill post a pic at the bottom of the post I am not gonna shoot it any more until after my deer hunt then put it through the ringer to see how much abuse it will take until it doesn't shoot anymore then re-barrel it for next year and baby the new barrel I figure ill get atleast a 1000 rds out of it if I take care of the barrel another thing to think about is the cost of brass nosler 264 W.M. brass is about $70 for 50 and 26 Nosler brass is pretty much the same price for 25 and nosler is the only source for 26 nosler brass and there is other sources for 264 w.m. brass like winchester, norma, & Remington also a 6.5X284 is a really good option they shoot really good & you could expect to shoot 2900-3000fps with 140's and a 26" tube barrel life would be around 1500 rds I have heard of people reaching 3100+ but I am sure they were pushing them hard or had a longer barrel if I were you and I was looking for a 6.5 caliber for a lightweight sheep rifle and the occasional elk out to 700 yds I would go for the 6.5X284 and definitely get a muzzle break if its gonna be around 6lbs sorry for the giant run on sentence </p><p>[ATTACH]37158[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]37159[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stephenr6565, post: 976798, member: 75555"] the 26 Nosler has some pretty incredible ballistics that can not be equaled by the 264 w.m. even if you push it to the max the fastest I have ever heard anyone pushing a 264 with 140's is 3300fps and that's really pushing it hard but realistically 3100-3200fps with a 26" barrel is what you can expect out of a 264 I know of some people reaching 3450fps with 140's from the 26 nosler but as you can imagine barrel life will be limited some people don't care about that and some people do my brother built one and trashed it in 168 rounds fire cracked throats & high velocity = bullets that wont stay together yes he was hard on it he was running about 3450fps with berger 140's also I have heard of a few people destroying their 26 nosler barrel in less rounds than that if you take care of it you could probably get 600 rounds out of it until its time to re-barrel I personally have a 264 W.M. & love it I am shooting 140 gr. barnes match burners @ 3140 fps I have about 350 rounds through it and I have been harder on it than my brother with his nosler I looked at the throat with my bore scope & I do have some fire cracking but it still shoots really good my last group which is the best group I have shot with this rifle actually its the best 3 shot group I have shot with any rifle at a 100 yds ill post a pic at the bottom of the post I am not gonna shoot it any more until after my deer hunt then put it through the ringer to see how much abuse it will take until it doesn't shoot anymore then re-barrel it for next year and baby the new barrel I figure ill get atleast a 1000 rds out of it if I take care of the barrel another thing to think about is the cost of brass nosler 264 W.M. brass is about $70 for 50 and 26 Nosler brass is pretty much the same price for 25 and nosler is the only source for 26 nosler brass and there is other sources for 264 w.m. brass like winchester, norma, & Remington also a 6.5X284 is a really good option they shoot really good & you could expect to shoot 2900-3000fps with 140's and a 26" tube barrel life would be around 1500 rds I have heard of people reaching 3100+ but I am sure they were pushing them hard or had a longer barrel if I were you and I was looking for a 6.5 caliber for a lightweight sheep rifle and the occasional elk out to 700 yds I would go for the 6.5X284 and definitely get a muzzle break if its gonna be around 6lbs sorry for the giant run on sentence [ATTACH]37158.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]37159.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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