New 26 nosler cartridge

[JagerDog]

It's all relative. Many popular hunting cartridges are every bit the barrel burner as the 264, but the 264 got a bad wrap because it was one of the very first small caliber high speed magnums. Today's ultra mags and many of the weatherby mags, and even the popular 243 Winchester and 22-250 are every bit the barrel burner that the 264 is.

My dad hunts with a sako 264 winmag that was made in the 60's. It still shoots incredibly well. Like many things in life, reality is often different than the common perception.

My .264 is also 60's (pre-64 featherweight). Accurate as it ever was, but never saw a lot of target use. My dad's (pre-64 westerner) on the other hand is pretty well shot out (and most all with H4831 which is kinder to barrels). In mostly hunting apps, it's pretty hard to burn out a barrel. A long range match guy will eat them up though. I'd guess barrel life reduced by 1/3 v .264.

Though I'm all for wildcatting, this 260N just seems like a solution looking for a problem to me. 93 grains of water capacity behind a 6.5mm.

[LynnJr]

Range Drop Drop Time
(yd) (in) (MOA) (ft/s)
0 -1.5 0.0 3300.0
100 1.1 1.0
200 -0.0 -0.0
300 -5.2 -1.7
400 -15.2 -3.6
500 -30.6 -5.9
600 -52.4 -8.3
700 -81.4 -11.1
800 -119.0 -14.2
900 -166.5 -17.7
1000 -225.7 -21.5
Here is a drop chart for the 140 grain bullet sighted in at 200 yards.

[ElvenSoul]

Just found out that TC sales the Venture in 6.5x55
Cheap way to get into 6.5's seen some going for $499

[bambklr]

Glad to see the continued movement away from super duper magnums.

Maybe a silly question to some but what is a Super Duper Magnum????
I might have one and not even know it?

[ElvenSoul]

Maybe a silly question to some but what is a Super Duper Magnum????
I might have one and not even know it?

Never seen a super douper but there are Ultra Magnums made by Remington.

[Full Clip]

I'll stick with my 6.5 Remington Magnum...

[CavTrooper]

Maybe a silly question to some but what is a Super Duper Magnum????
I might have one and not even know it?

Its a standard pig cartridge in California, right next to the .50uberboomer

[rm1911]

Its a standard pig cartridge in California, right next to the .50uberboomer

Yeah but that's nothing compared to my .54kaboominator

[Toptuna]

that thing is gonna be a barrel burner but who gives a dang.

[bambklr]

Quote:
Originally Posted by bambklr View Post
Maybe a silly question to some but what is a Super Duper Magnum????
I might have one and not even know it?

Its a standard pig cartridge in California, right next to the .50uberboomer


Thanks for the clarification,