comfisherman
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The 264 should feed in the magazine, or at least be relatively easily made to work. The easiest is the 6.5x300 wby, while I understand the reluctance with recoil usually they can be loaded to a softer lower velocity node. My last 270 wsm loaded with heavy for caliber bullets and the slower powders shot real good near the starting load. It was still a mite faster than a 270 win but perceptible less recoil and blast.. While the powder weight factors into the recoil equation it doesn't make as much of a difference.
It's always interesting in the nosler load data to see how many loads had best accuracy with a starting load. Usually that little asterisk gets ignored as we rarely buy a cartridge to drive it slow. But the 200 fps loss would drop the recoil lower, probably still be a mite bit faster than top end 264 loads but could split the difference. Upside is neck the 300 wby brass down, swap barrels and off to the races.
It's always interesting in the nosler load data to see how many loads had best accuracy with a starting load. Usually that little asterisk gets ignored as we rarely buy a cartridge to drive it slow. But the 200 fps loss would drop the recoil lower, probably still be a mite bit faster than top end 264 loads but could split the difference. Upside is neck the 300 wby brass down, swap barrels and off to the races.