Thread: .264Win mag

I bought a M70 .270 a while ago and it doesn’t shoot great. Had a gunsmith put a bore scope down the barrel and it’s seen its best life unfortunately. Had it apart and back together again and can’t see anything else obviously out of whack unless the bedding job is playing with it. I’d like to keep it as it’s a beautiful rifle but I don’t want to go to the effort/cost of rebarreling it then cerakoting the barrel and action to keep the blued type look. So the next step was to list for sale, disclosing the issue. BUT, I’ve since found a M70 .264WM barrel that looks ok by eye (will get a borescope through it before going any further). I thought this might be a good option to at least keep the old girl provided this barrel is ok and it’s something a bit different while keeping everything factory. Chances are though if it’s been replaced it may have seen better days as well. It’s through GC so no history unfortunately. I believe they’re a 24” 1:9 twist.

Anyone here shoot one of these? Brass ok to come by? What powder is the go to? I’ve got plenty of 2209 but nothing slower burning. Would be open tops hunting and wouldn’t mind stretching the legs on it if it works out.