Recent content by Okie264WM

Remember, it took 10 years for the 6.5 CM to become an overnight success.

Good choice if you reload. I got frustrated with the ammo manufacturers not supporting the 264 WM with their new high BC bullets as they all seem to have picked their own 6.5 that they wanted to support. As much as I would like to, I don't have much time to shoot much less reload. I am having a...

If you are concerned about a SA not being long enough, you should check into having one built in a medium action to give you a little more room if you want to seat bullets out farther. Several action makers offer a medium length action, Stiller being the one I am using. My understanding is that...

Thanks. Let us know how that works.

Any word back from Hornady on this? I have a barrel and I'm waiting on an action to build mine but would like to see what they say before we start any machining.

Popped one open and weighed powder out of curiosity.

I think the key is in the statement “sensibly designed compact package” in Hornady’s description of the new cartridge. To me that means that they saw or were afraid of seeing problems with a fat WSM style rebated case even if very low occurrence. That’s just how corporations are now since...

Got a box of 6.5 PRC 143 gr hunters in today. Stuck calipers on them and they are 295 +/- a few 10 thousandths. Took a pic between a 260 130 gr ABM and Rem 140 gr for comparison. Probably going with medium length action since we are building it anyway.

Agree on the twist to some extent with 140 gr but 130’s should stabilize with 1:9 and there are several very high BC 130 bullets on the market but no mfg will put them in the 264. Only conclusion I can come to is that they just don’t care to improve. I had a guy load some of the Berger hybrids...

I think the 264 WM is enjoying a bit of a renaissance and I have seen ammo a few places but it is always the low BC Rem stuff which kind of defeats the purpose of shooting the 264 IMO. Why not just get a 270 then. That’s what frustrates me about the 264. The potential is their if someone would...

The qualifier was “in readily available factory ammo”. Also went on to say that the PRC was basically a SA version of the 264WM. I like the 264 WM but the ammo makers seem to have written it off for dead. What I have seen is a lot of ammo that is not loaded to the potential of the cartridge...

Already have a 264 WM. Hence my user name. Ammo selection, price and quality stinks and is pretty much mail only. Would also like to have a SA non belted cartridge for the day when I find time to reload. One other plus on the PRC is that figures are for a 24” bbl while most numbers for 264 WM...

Which SAAMI cartridge fires a 140 gr 6.5 bullet at 3000 FPS with readily available factory ammo? Not 2600 or 3400 or 3800 FPS. Going up to bigger cartridges or calibers could bring similar ballistics but they also bring more recoil that I am less and less into the older I get. For those with...