anyone else loading for a hawkeye in 264 mag

[Lloyd Smale]

mines giving me fits. Dont know if its the thin barrel heating up or a bad barrel but it will shoot many groups with 3 into a half inch and flyers open the rest of the group up to around 2 inch. Some even worse then that. Ive tried bedding and floating it but its still doing it. For bullets ive tried nos parts. in 140 and 125. 120 ballistitc tips. 140 sierras 140 hornady interlocks and 140 speer hotcores. Powders ive tried are h1000, re22 re25 and 7828. Primers ive tried are ww mag rifle and fed match mag rifle. All combos ive tried pretty much shoot the same. Anyone else having this problem? Any load suggestions? If you dont want to post loads on line send me a pm.

[Wyo. Coyote Hunter]

  Lloyd, I had several .264's, and I really liked the caliber, BUT I had the same problems with mine you are having with yours..shot super one day and terrible the next...the only one I had that was excellent was a pre 64 model 70 westerner..It would drill them in there ... but I foolishly let my pals talk me into trading for a 7mm...   One of my shooting buddies here in town, has had excellent luck with H870, and 140's.. but I doubt it is available any more...

[reflex264]

I have dealt with a bunch of .264 rifles. Many of them are whip barreled light sporters built by Charles Gatlin and all of them shoot well. One thing I have found is that barrel conditioning seems to be important in this caliber. I started a regimen of using a bore snake with Tetra gun after 20 shots then 2 fouling shots before shooting groups. After 60 shots I give them a good cleaning followed by the bore snake with tetra. I have seen this process make guns more consistent. Next a baseline accuracy load that seems to shoot in every .264 I have tried it in is 62.5grs H4831, CCI 250 primer and a 120gr Ballistic tip. reflex264