lovethebigguns

T/C Encore Custom Shop heavy 26" .264 Winchester Magnum, with a thumbhole stock and a Leupold 4-12X40 scope, with Leupold rings and the weaver mount installed by the custom shop.

I have dies, brass, powder and bullets and I'm ready to play with er!

statjunk

Really Nice! Why the .264 Win?

I use those cases to make 7.5x55 brass for the Swiss.

Tom

Duffy

I have a .264 win mag that I have shot all sorts of big game with. Myn is a Win. model 70 bold action and wears a 3 to 9 X scope.

I also have a T/C Encore 209X50 muzzleloader and have been trying to deside what rifle barrel or barrels I might get for it. From what I hear the rifle barrels shoot very well. (as does the .50 cal. I have)

I would not call your rifle a "deer rig" particualrly. Unless all the deer hunting I did was out on the prairie or in the mountains. I may call it an "open country rig".

I did some of handloading of various bullet weights for my .264 but after awhile I just bought 140 gr. factory ammo and use it for everything from coyotes to moose.

It used to shoot 5 shot groups I could cover with a quarter and I called it "deadly dick". Now I think the operator is slipping a bit and it shoots two inch groups and I call it "meat in the pot".

Have a good one!
Robin in Rocky

bronko22000

Nice rifle. I just hope it shoots better for you than my 7mm-08 encore did. After 2 returns back to T/C with no improvement, I traded it in at my local gunshop. It lasted 1 week there before someone actually stole it. It must have just been a 'bad luck' gun.

retrieverman

Nice gun!

I have had several "factory" barrels that did not meet my accuracy expectations, but my son's "custom shop" barrels in super accurate. I have a Virgin Valley 300 WSM barrel that is super accurate as well, but for the price, it should clean the game too.

Red Lion

Looks very nice.

lovethebigguns

My father-in-law introduced me to the 264, he has a Model 70 like Duffy. I waswith him one day inSouthern Colorado in the San Juans when he harvested a nice 5X5 bull at 585 yards with one very well placed double lung shot from his 264. From then on, I was impressed with the round.
And I knew, that a Custom Shop 26" 264 barrel would be a real performer.

And Duffy, you're right, as my father-in-law proved, it's way more than a deer gun, but my 300 Win mag is for the bigger stuff. I plan on working up a white tail load for the ole 264.

retrieverman, you're right for what ya got in one of these they should do something special!!

statjunk

Cool story. That is some serious distance.

Tom