Badgerclaw
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The cartridge I'm talking about has actually been around since 1958. It's a 7mm rem mag case necked down to 6.5 caliber... Some older members might see where I'm going with this.
I'm just curious, with everybody on here talking 6.5's, how has the 264 win mag not come up in more threads?
I understand back in the 1950's it was built to be a flat shooting high performance round, and it was, and still is, but side by side with the popular cartridges of the time, 30-06, 270 win, and 4 years later the 7mm rem mag, it was considered to be a barrel burner. So it faded from memory and was eclipsed by other high performance cartridges that are easier on barrels.
Back to my original question. Today we have the 6.5 prc, 26 nosler, 6.5x300 weatherby, 6.5x300win, and more wildcats than I can list. People are excited when they shoot out a barrel! Now they can try a new brand: proof, bartlien, brux, krieger, and share their experience with all their buddies. So why is the 264 not back on the radar? Because it's not new and shiny?
I'm hoping some old timer has recently looked in the very back corner of their safe, pulled out the old winchester m70 264, whiped the dust off and compared the old trusty stead next to the new flat shooting 6.5's of 2018.
I'm just curious, with everybody on here talking 6.5's, how has the 264 win mag not come up in more threads?
I understand back in the 1950's it was built to be a flat shooting high performance round, and it was, and still is, but side by side with the popular cartridges of the time, 30-06, 270 win, and 4 years later the 7mm rem mag, it was considered to be a barrel burner. So it faded from memory and was eclipsed by other high performance cartridges that are easier on barrels.
Back to my original question. Today we have the 6.5 prc, 26 nosler, 6.5x300 weatherby, 6.5x300win, and more wildcats than I can list. People are excited when they shoot out a barrel! Now they can try a new brand: proof, bartlien, brux, krieger, and share their experience with all their buddies. So why is the 264 not back on the radar? Because it's not new and shiny?
I'm hoping some old timer has recently looked in the very back corner of their safe, pulled out the old winchester m70 264, whiped the dust off and compared the old trusty stead next to the new flat shooting 6.5's of 2018.