Rflshootr
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I'd run a 120 Nosler or 120 Sierra..............if you can ever find any.
She won't notice any difference in felt recoil.
She won't notice any difference in felt recoil.
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Kpknifemaker
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My wife is recoil sensitive due to M.S. and shoots a 6.5 CM Weatherby Camilla with their radial brake. I load 124g Hammers. She loves the gun and has no issues with its recoil.
I just got a 6.5 PRC that I put on a muzzlebrake. I haven't shot it enough to decide if I will have her try it.
Anyway, I like the 124g Hammer Hunters in .264/6.5mm.
I just got a 6.5 PRC that I put on a muzzlebrake. I haven't shot it enough to decide if I will have her try it.
Anyway, I like the 124g Hammer Hunters in .264/6.5mm.
Mike Matteson
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I would look at Hammer bullets. There should be something there. A faster Twist rate problem needed. I was going to build a new rifle, I would get a faster twist rate any more.
I am sorry to hear about your wife's MS. Kudos to her that she still shoots. This makes an excellent set-up and opens up plenty of bullet choices and ammunition.
+1 for the 85 grain hammer hunter. It will run around 4000 fps in the 264WM, but you could reduce load to around 3500 to further reduce recoil. Best thing is they are always in stock.
I ran the 100 grain Nosler Partition for deer in a 9 twist Sendero .264WM with great success. We killed whitetails and mulies from 20 yards to a little over 400 with great results. My kids all used that same bullet from a 9 twist 260Rem and it was great to 400 yards.
There are light weight bullets that will work
) or even better yet a 6.5x47 Lapua will be very mild recoiling and much more pleasurable to shoot. I built my wife a light weight 6.5x47 and it shoots 129 Accubond LR bullets into tiny holes at 2922fps from a 24" barrel. That gun is an absolute dream to shoot.
IMO you are wasting a lot of powder for minimal gain with the 264WM if light recoil is your goal.
- 97 grain Hammer Absolutes
- 99 grain Hammer Hunter
- 100 grain Nosler Partition
- 100 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip
- 110 grain Hammer Hunter
- 115 Barnes Tac TX
) or even better yet a 6.5x47 Lapua will be very mild recoiling and much more pleasurable to shoot. I built my wife a light weight 6.5x47 and it shoots 129 Accubond LR bullets into tiny holes at 2922fps from a 24" barrel. That gun is an absolute dream to shoot. IMO you are wasting a lot of powder for minimal gain with the 264WM if light recoil is your goal.
Mike Matteson
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I used Nosler Partition a great many years ago 100gr in a 25/06. It bloodshot the entire one side of a deer. The balance of bullet are still sitting there unused. I haven't used them from that time going forward. I did find out at that time you needed to be under 2900fps. Now I don't know if that still holds or not. Most of use don't shoot that slow.
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Trooper1
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I run 121 Hammer Hunters and 117 Shock Hammers in my 264. Both very accurate.
Lefty G-gear
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My 2-cents that cost 6-cents to make:
She should do a .243 Winchester! Or, a 6.5 CM Are they gonna be handloads?
Light weight bullets will do!
Or, are you buying ammo?
I don't see anything lighter than 140-grains here:
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Or, if it is a commitment to get the 264 mag, then try 125-gr. Nosler Partitions. (Hand loads.)
My Dad and I have seen sub half-inch groups in 338 WM, 7mm RM, 30-06, 270 Win, etc. = Very accurate hunting bullets.
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Lefty G-gear
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.264 Winchester Magnum
IF you do not hand load ammo: (100 to 140-grain bullets)
My little search for light weight bullet loads are found here: (Pick a bullet weight)
I'd advise a .243 Winchester, or the 6.5 Creedmoor calibers for her.
.243 Winchester ammo: (55 to 105-grain bullets)
6.5 Creedmoor ammo: (93 to 156-grain bullets)
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Doing a85 grain HH at 2995 out of a20 inch Grendel. Can't wait to see what it does to a Alabama whitetail. Got 3159 out of a man bun with 110 HH and I think I left some mph in the case. Faster powder would have been better.
