Well, I wanted to get out and do a little shooting today. Wanted to see if the 264 Win Mag continued to shoot as well as it has been. I spent the last three days scrubbing the tar out of the barrels of the 264WM, 270WSM, and 7WSM. I took them back to bare metal and really got at them with the Bore Tech CU2. Anyhow, the 264WM did not disappoint me a bit turning in these two groups..
I have to say I am elated with the load. Rechecked it over the chrono again today, as it was about 40* here in Va while I was at the range. Ran right at 3180 for 67.6gr of RL25, CCI250's, Nosler Cases and the 140 BT.
Here are a couple happy shots of that M70. Don't make too much fun of the Nikon Pro Staff. Now that the rifle has proven it'll shoot, it will get some proper glass.
M70 Classic Sporter
Next up was the 270WSM. This rifle is kinda my baby, always shooting everything pretty well. Anyhow, here are the first three out of a squeaky clean bore with the known load of 66gr's RL22, CCI250, WW cases, and the 150 BT. These run out at around 3125FPS
Well, the next 6 shots were the 150 grain Partition Gold. One of our members here was kind enough to send me a box of 50 of these awesome bullets. I felt like I just had to try them, so I loaded them over the same load I use for the regular 150 PT's which is 65.5gr's RL22, CCI250's and WW cases.
First group with em
They ran right at 3100.. Pretty powerful combo
Anyhow, I kinda blew the 2nd group out the window, but still pretty good. For sure it is Minute of Elk HEART!
I have a feeling I know what I will be using the other 44 bullets for if the 270 goes West this year.
Couple shots of Old Faithful
Then, I moved on to the 7WSM. This rifle has always been extremely accurate for me, UNTIL I switched from the old 160 AB 2nds. I was loading at 2.950" with the old 160's and man, if you followed it in the other posts, the new 160's just weren't having any part of it. Well, I have finally backed them down to 2.850" and now, they seem to be clicking. These are using 67gr's of RL22, CCI250's, WW cases, and the 160 AB's. They run out of my rifle right at 3100 as well. Hard to not like this rifle. Pretty gentle on the shooter and has excellent ballistics..
This is the first group out of the rifle today
I was really smiling after that, and thought I just nailed it!
WELLL...... I was doing really well on the 2nd group, had a big hole going and dorked the 3rd one.. Ah well, still good enough for me right now. Didn't wanna leave this rifle all Summer wondering if it was going to shoot again..
Some shots of the M70 7WSM Laminate
Anyhow, it was a great day with the M70's. Very pleased with how they shot. Annealing the 264WM and 7WSM really seemed to help as well. No split case necks and they resized/loaded better than new brass. I really can't wait to get back and do some more long range shooting with them. Not too bad for a bunch of poorly built New Haven Winchesters! :twisted:
I have to say I am elated with the load. Rechecked it over the chrono again today, as it was about 40* here in Va while I was at the range. Ran right at 3180 for 67.6gr of RL25, CCI250's, Nosler Cases and the 140 BT.
Here are a couple happy shots of that M70. Don't make too much fun of the Nikon Pro Staff. Now that the rifle has proven it'll shoot, it will get some proper glass.
M70 Classic Sporter
Next up was the 270WSM. This rifle is kinda my baby, always shooting everything pretty well. Anyhow, here are the first three out of a squeaky clean bore with the known load of 66gr's RL22, CCI250, WW cases, and the 150 BT. These run out at around 3125FPS
Well, the next 6 shots were the 150 grain Partition Gold. One of our members here was kind enough to send me a box of 50 of these awesome bullets. I felt like I just had to try them, so I loaded them over the same load I use for the regular 150 PT's which is 65.5gr's RL22, CCI250's and WW cases.
First group with em
They ran right at 3100.. Pretty powerful combo
Anyhow, I kinda blew the 2nd group out the window, but still pretty good. For sure it is Minute of Elk HEART!
I have a feeling I know what I will be using the other 44 bullets for if the 270 goes West this year.
Couple shots of Old Faithful
Then, I moved on to the 7WSM. This rifle has always been extremely accurate for me, UNTIL I switched from the old 160 AB 2nds. I was loading at 2.950" with the old 160's and man, if you followed it in the other posts, the new 160's just weren't having any part of it. Well, I have finally backed them down to 2.850" and now, they seem to be clicking. These are using 67gr's of RL22, CCI250's, WW cases, and the 160 AB's. They run out of my rifle right at 3100 as well. Hard to not like this rifle. Pretty gentle on the shooter and has excellent ballistics..
This is the first group out of the rifle today
I was really smiling after that, and thought I just nailed it!
WELLL...... I was doing really well on the 2nd group, had a big hole going and dorked the 3rd one.. Ah well, still good enough for me right now. Didn't wanna leave this rifle all Summer wondering if it was going to shoot again..
Some shots of the M70 7WSM Laminate
Anyhow, it was a great day with the M70's. Very pleased with how they shot. Annealing the 264WM and 7WSM really seemed to help as well. No split case necks and they resized/loaded better than new brass. I really can't wait to get back and do some more long range shooting with them. Not too bad for a bunch of poorly built New Haven Winchesters! :twisted:
