140 Accubond--264 Magnum

[Alderman]

Had some spare time this afternoon so I tried out some Nosler 140 grain AccuBond factory 2nds.
Rifle is a Winchester Model 70 with a Leupold 6.5-20 scope.
Chose a middle of the road dose of Reloader 22. Fired three and made an OAL adjustment before firing three more. Results weren't spectacular but I made some scope adjustments then fired these three with good results.

 

[DrMike]

Maybe not spectacular; but darn impressive. Excellent job. Always nice when we don't have to work overly hard to get a good load.

 

[SJB358]

Very nice! Gotta love the 264 Win Mag.

If you have some RL25 try some of that. I have had great luck with about 67.6 grains of it, Nosler cases, and CCI250's with the 140 AB.

 

[OU812]

Impressive groups. Seeing groups like those makes me want a 264 all the more.

 

[SJB358]

Impressive groups. Seeing groups like those makes me want a 264 all the more.

Of the 264/277/284 bore sizes, I really dig the 264. It has been a very good rifle for me. I actually lent my 264 to a family member for this Fall. Hoping to see some kills with it shortly.. He verified it the other day and sent me a picture of the group which isn't much bigger than what posted, but at 200 yards.

 

[DrMike]

I have had great luck with about 67.6 grains of it, Nosler cases, and CCI250's with the 140 AB.

I wouldn't call that luck, Scotty. Consistency rules out luck.

 

[Alderman]

I've been looking for some RL25 recently but haven't been in the LGS at the right time to snag a pound or two. There are a couple of loads I want to try with that powder and also in the 264.

 

[JD338]

Nice shooting!
I need a 264 Win Mag!

JD338

 

[Horsethief]

That's some good shooting. Looks like you have a 300yd zero. Very nice.

 

[SJB358]

Nice shooting!
I need a 264 Win Mag!

JD338

Man, I hate to sound like a broken record, but YEAH you do!

That's some good shooting. Looks like you have a 300yd zero. Very nice.

Yeah buddy, the 264 is truly one of the flat liners. That 140 at 3100/3200 is an easy firing solution to 400 yards without much brain power involved.

 

[tddeangelo]

Yes, Jim, you do.

My Supergrade 264 has give me 2" at 300 with the 140ab. I smoked a doe with that load last fall, and "smoked" is the proper word. It was a definitive kill, to say the least.

 

[1Shot]

If you have a 264 Win mag made put as long a barrel as you can on it. I traded my hunting buddy out of one that he picked up that has a 27 3/4" Shilen but it is only a 9 twist wish it was an 8 twist. With Retumbo I am getting 3350 fps with 130 Accbonds. Talk about smoking deer. They are dead almost before you hear the gun go off. The first deer I shot with this combo was a buck out in a green soybean field just a touch over 400 yards. I had the rifle zeroed 3" high at 100 yards and at 400 yards it is only about 1 1/2" low. I held just a bit above center of the bucks front shoulder and squeezed the trigger. BOOM POP was the sound. I have killed hundreds of deer doing crop damage control and have shot them with a truck load of calibers but that was the quickest I had ever heard a bullet hit a deer. It killed that deer dead before it hit the ground. It dropped strait down with it legs folded under it and I had to walk the rows of green beans and actually step on the deer to find it. I have killed a dozen plus, lost count, with this combo in the past four years and all have been DRT.

 

[Wincheringen]

I thought the 120 BTs shot pretty well out of my 6.5 Swede No. 1, heck I was content to not even load anything else. Then the itch came along and said, "let's try" and the 140 ABs put together a group that most would call me a liar for. That 140 AB is just right at home in the .264 bore.

 

[6mm Remington]

Awful, that's just awful. I'll take it off your hands right now for $300.00! :mrgreen: :grin:

 

[1100 Remington Man]

Yes Winchester did create the ultimate Deer & Antelope with the .264 WIn Mag. It also happen to be the most recoil I like in a rifle. Good Shooting.