Range test of the new M70 264WM

[SJB358]

Will do. Just pulled some cases out of the tumbler and need to get them resized and ready to load. Scotty

 

[BK]

Man, it's not like I have any self control to begin with, but you guys are killing me! Sweet rifle, buddy!

 

[SJB358]

Sometimes there are some rifles you just can't let pass! Scotty

 

[BK]

Yeah, pretty much any rifle I see with money in my pocket!

 

[SJB358]

I seem to be a sucker for cartridges that never caught on hence my 358, 35 Whelen, 264 and such. I like the modern ones too but man oh man if I could find a 35 Newton! Well you know the end of the story.

Mike knows what I speak of. I'm pretty sure he has eyeballed a few 280 Ross's. Scotty

 

[DrMike]

Yes, and Mike is hot on the trail of a Model 10 280 Ross at this moment. Perhaps it will work out this time! :grin: You know how those eternal optimists are.

 

[JD338]

I seem to be a sucker for cartridges that never caught on hence my 358, 35 Whelen, 264 and such. I like the modern ones too but man oh man if I could find a 35 Newton! Well you know the end of the story.

Mike knows what I speak of. I'm pretty sure he has eyeballed a few 280 Ross's. Scotty

I am in the same boat, 257 Roberts, 280 Rem, 35 Whelen and just maybe........6.5 mm Rem Mag.

JD338

 

[BK]

Let's see:
Have: .17 Rem, .221 Fireball, 6mm, 7WSM, .300 Sav, .358 Win, .35 Whelen
Want: .222 Rem, .250 Sav, .264 WM, 7x57, 7x61S&H, .300H&H

Yes, I know of what you speak.

 

[SJB358]

Yes, and Mike is hot on the trail of a Model 10 280 Ross at this moment. Perhaps it will work out this time! :grin: You know how those eternal optimists are.

That would be a cool score Mike. Kind of along the lines of a Newton.

Those older cartridges were way to cool to not like. That last M10 you sent me pictures of was unreal!

Jim, I hope you find that 6.5. After doing some loading for the 264 last night, it really makes me wish I had a rifle range out my back door. It almost hurts to see those freshly loaded 264/130gr AB's just sitting in the ammo box! Scotty

 

[1Shot]

Don't those, if you load them long like I do, 130 AB's sitting on top of those 264 Win Mag cases make the cartridge look like a Saturn 5 rocket getting ready to blast off to the moon. :mrgreen:

I feel your pane. I am a gun-aholic and it has been 2 months since my last fix.
I NEED SOME RANGE TIME.

 

[SJB358]

I checked mine with the 130's and I am 3.295 to the lands. I backed them off to 3.275. Seems like I still have a ton of powder room, so I am not too worried about propellant space. Heck, I think if I see 3250-3300 with them, I will be in business.

Hopefully I can get out shortly and see how they work. Scotty

 

[DrMike]

I let a couple of 6.5 Remington Magnums slip past me at a gun show a couple of years ago. The prices weren't terrible (mildly inflated, but likely negotiable). I won't let that happen again. The Newtons would be a lot of fun. It is cool to hold a piece of history in your hands, realising that with modern propellants and projectiles it would do all that we do today, and maybe more.

 

[SJB358]

That M673 with some of the stuff removed would be a cool rifle. I like the laminated stock and the 22" barrel. Really, it is a very handy package for everything. Scotty

 

[Guest]

I've wanted a 673 as a stalking rifle for a while. I saw one in 300SAUM and another in 350RemMag. Either would be spectacular with open sights and 200yds and under.

 

[SJB358]

I'm pretty sure one of the guys here (AHEM- Mike) has a sweet 673 350RM. If he would be so kind as to throw some pictures of it up, I wouldn't be so sure a certain other member (AHEM- JD) could resist the 6.5RM in one of them. I think they clean up really well without all the top metal rib and shark fin sights! Scotty

 

[DrMike]

Happy to oblige, Scotty.

I removed the sights and the top rib, as Scotty said. I did pillar bed this rifle and removed the J-lock and replaced the firing pin with a lighter pin for faster lock-up. I enjoy classic, but as it came from the factory, I thought it was a cheesy imitation. However, I do enjoy this now.

 

[SJB358]

Mike, that rifle is quite awesome! I can only imagine one in 6.5 Rem Mag would be cool. Whadda you think Jim? Scotty

 

[DrMike]

I did recently change the scope. I noticed that when I posted the previous photos, the rifle was still wearing a Zeiss. It now wears a Leupold as shown in this photo. I wanted more power in my optics.

 

[JD338]

Very nice Mike. Very very nice indeed.

JD338

 

[FOTIS]

Ahem!!!!!!!



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