264 WM or 26 Nosler

[stephenr6565]

Yes.

If I wanted a hot rod beltless 6.5, I would go with a 7 or 300 Dakota or 7 LRM. The 7 LRM has a little more capacity than the 264 WM and the 7 Dakota a little more than the 7 LRM and the 300 Dakota a little more than the 7 Dakota and the 26 Nosler a little more than the 300 Dakota. All these cartridges require is a neck down which can be done with a simple sizing, neck or FL. Brass would be of equal or better quality at less cost and better availability. You would have to get custom dies which I would recommend anyway fro any custom build.

If you're looking to push a 129 gr bullet 3400 fps, the 264 WM should be able to that as I can push a 140 gr bullet 3400 fps (with RL33) in a 6.5 WSM which is slightly smaller in capacity than the 264.

Hopefully you are going to order an 8" twist barrel so you can take advantage of the 140-160 gr bullets.

I plan on using the matrix 160's and yes im getting a 8" twist

 

[Jud96]

Well looks like its time for me to call it a night. I'm all over the place tonite, haha. Completely forgot the size of the .264s rim diameter, thought it was smaller for some reason. Oh well.

 

[stephenr6565]

Then Nosler has the same .535 bolt face as the 264 WM

That's what I thought but I asked the question to make sure so I guess my mind is not made up then still on the fence also I possibly could be interested in some wildcats as long as no fire forming is involved a 6.5 LRM does sound kinda cool

 

[MontanaRifleman]

That's what I thought but I asked the question to make sure so I guess my mind is not made up then still on the fence also I possibly could be interested in some wildcats as long as no fire forming is involved a 6.5 LRM does sound kinda cool

I just noticed that the LRM has a .528 rim. I don't think that should be a problem but you might look into it. A call to Gunwerks would be a good idea.

 

[benchracer]

If you're looking to push a 129 gr bullet 3400 fps, the 264 WM should be able to that as I can push a 140 gr bullet 3400 fps (with RL33) in a 6.5 WSM which is slightly smaller in capacity than the 264.

Hopefully you are going to order an 8" twist barrel so you can take advantage of the 140-160 gr bullets.

Very interesting! This has me really looking forward to testing RL-33 in my .264WM with 140's. If I get anywhere near your results, I will be ecstatic! I have another 6.5 that is about to be punched out to .264WM. It has an 8 twist Krieger 5R barrel on it. I am really curious to see what it does with 160 grain Matrix VLD's and RL-33.

What is the barrel length on your 6.5WSM? Both of mine are 26".

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Very interesting! This has me really looking forward to testing RL-33 in my .264WM with 140's. If I get anywhere near your results, I will be ecstatic! I have another 6.5 that is about to be punched out to .264WM. It has an 8 twist Krieger 5R barrel on it. I am really curious to see what it does with 160 grain Matrix VLD's and RL-33.

What is the barrel length on your 6.5WSM? Both of mine are 26".

Mine is a nitrided 27" 5C Broughton

 

[winmagman]

Mine is a nitrided 27" 5C Broughton

I like to hear that! I'll be using a Broughton 5C on my 26 Nosler build, plan is to nitride it as well.

Chris

 

[stephenr6565]

Very interesting! This has me really looking forward to testing RL-33 in my .264WM with 140's. If I get anywhere near your results, I will be ecstatic! I have another 6.5 that is about to be punched out to .264WM. It has an 8 twist Krieger 5R barrel on it. I am really curious to see what it does with 160 grain Matrix VLD's and RL-33.

What is the barrel length on your 6.5WSM? Both of mine are 26".

If you end up testing the matrix 160's with rl 33 let us know your results as I am really curious aswell

 

[benchracer]

If you end up testing the matrix 160's with rl 33 let us know your results as I am really curious aswell

It will be awhile before I get any testing done with the Matrix bullets. My factory .264 WM has a 9 twist. It will be tested with Berger 140's. I have another 6.5 with an 8 twist barrel that I am going to have re-chambered to .264 WM. That is the rifle I will test the 160's in, but I don't expect it to be ready right away.