.264 Winchester Magnum

The cartridge .264 Winchester Magnum is a powerful rifle cartridge.

History

The .264 Winchester Magnum belongs to a started by Winchester in 1956 family of high-performance Winchester Magnum cartridges, which are all based on a similar belt sleeve. The sleeve is substantially the cartridge .375 Magnum Holland & Holland, which was reduced to 64 mm.

It was presented in 1958 together with the cartridge .338 Winchester Magnum.

Related cartridges

• .300 Winchester Magnum (1963 ) - .308 in ( 7.620 mm)
• .338 Winchester Magnum (1958 ) - .338 in ( 8.610 mm)
• .458 Winchester Magnum (1959 ) - .458 in ( 11.633 mm)