264 win mag for elk?

[montana west]

YOu have one of the best elk rifles ever made for elk at long ranges. and forget the 1-8 crap. I am sure your rifle is 1-9 like all comerical 264. and also the 6.5 remington mag -260. about powder I am sure H 1000- reloader 25- and the molst likely ramshot magnum with a nosler partition or nosler accubond . 140 gr.. do not I repet use a solid copper bullet my neighbor who hunt elk say they do not open up.. something you will not experience with the nosler bullets.

 

[freddiej]

I will have to say you have an excellent caliber for Elk, using a good projo is the key to Elk with this one. Without hesitation I can say the 264 Win is one of the best Elk cartridges I know and have seen in action. along with the 300 win, 338 win, 270 win, 308 norma, 45-70, 338 A-square. My time up in Montana taught me not to be picky, if it works: use it. the 264 Win with a heavy barnes or nosler with a tight twist barrel makes for an excellent Elk gun. if you have the standard twist then use a lighter version of the Barnes or Nosler. I have been hearling from friends that Hammers, Cutting Edge, and Berger are also wonderful.. Kelly has a 264 Win and hunts Elk every year. He has a wonderful success rate.

 

[montana west]

one more thing if you have the 140 Serria Gameking it too will for sure kill the largest elk in the world. and give you some down range velocity.. Too my suprise and I mean surprise in testing bullets the gameking performed just as good as the speer grandslam and nosler partition. this test was done through thin metal a gallon of water and then into a aspen log and it pentradet the most of all and mushroomed perfect and held 95% of it weight.. So you do not have to spend over a 1.00 per bullet to get the game.

 

[HangNail]

Great choice with the right load and a capable confident shooter. I have a 7mm rm for elk but took my best Elk yet with my Tikka .270 win and a .130 gr bullet. The shoot performed flawlessly and he didn't make it 80 yards.

 

[oldpilot]

In 1957 I shot my first deer with an 03-A3 cut down to 20", running away at 200 yds standing off hand... thought I was pretty hot shot...my step Dad reamed me a new one for the running shot. Next year, another nice 4x mulie with 30-30 saddle gun. Couple of years down the road the old man had traded and bought a 243 win and a Rem 244; miners on strike and good gun buys, one guy wanted him hold a 264 Win Mag for $80. A year later Dad looked him up and he didn't want the gun back. We had two Elk tags my choice was Mom's 270 or the 264. I took the 264. We got two 6x bulls together and dropped both in their tracks. I loved that gun, but he traded it for a 300 H&H. He is 97 now and still says he wished he had the 264.

 

[SPAD-XIII]

Well, you can keep going to smaller and smaller calibers until you get tired of spending an extra day and a night trying to track a wounded elk.
BTDT. I think .30 and up is a better plan.

 

[Huntz]

Bullet size and velocity will not make a bad shot good.Just sayin

 

[longrangebob]

All good advice, so 140-156 grain bullets will be inaccurate out of a 1:9 twist barrel? No chance of tuning those?

Seems like a lot of wasted cartridge space in the 264 win mag with max load of 57.0 for a 140 grain bullet and 79.0 grains of space overall. Have you worked up to loading above max loads? How does this affect the rifle?

Thanks.

 

[montana west]

the best elk guide in Montana and was also a guide in Alaska and a Master of the Bob Marshall shoot a winchester Westerner in 264 mag . now I would perfet the 300 win for me, but a 264 will do the same.. 30 cal is better for a griz. .However he kill a large griz with a 22 handgun. the only man I ever heard of but his brother said he did so i took his word. HUNTZ you are correct.

 

[longrangebob]

Hmmm
the Above was not something I posted to this and do not know how it got attributed to me?? Unless I clicked on something unknown -

I'm Not a 264WinMag shooter, but have had repeated success with .260 & 6.5/284's with Barnes TSX on Moose - & Elk - and check on 6.5/55 for Moose in Europe & Nuffyland - 6.5 is more than adequate medicine for the properly placed pill in da Big Critters

 

[West Calamus]

who needs a 338 cal or even a 375 cal when a standard 7mm Rem Mag with 180 grain Berger bullets can do this.

First off Aron and the boys will always shoot better rifles and be better long range shots then I will ever be, but! I always wanted to see their archives of all the shots that didn't turn out so well. You know the ones where the elk is dangling a leg as it limps over the ridge and dies from winter kill. Or the gut shot one that is laying on the ground 2 weeks later about to die from peritonitis and the crows are pecking his eyes out before he expires. Probably shouldn't have posted this one.

 

[Rich Coyle]

First imho, that aint hunting and second letting a 12yr old shoot like that at any animal is setting a bad example. Just my opinion.

Upon what do you base you opinion of not hunting and letting a kid shoot?

 

[Bingoc]

Try the 130 gr Sirocco or the 140 A- Frame or the 130 gr AB with H 4831sc.

 

[Rich Coyle]

First off Aron and the boys will always shoot better rifles and be better long range shots then I will ever be, but! I always wanted to see their archives of all the shots that didn't turn out so well. You know the ones where the elk is dangling a leg as it limps over the ridge and dies from winter kill. Or the gut shot one that is laying on the ground 2 weeks later about to die from peritonitis and the crows are pecking his eyes out before he expires. Probably shouldn't have posted this one.

How do you know this happens with these hunters?