260 Remington
- Thread starter Bushbasher
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My load was with the 130 grain Barnes and while it is accurate, there would be a problem keeping your velocity over the 2000 fps threshold to guarantee expansion beyond 400 yards.
As for 800 yards on deer it may lack the performance you are thinking about.
As for 800 yards on deer it may lack the performance you are thinking about.
freddyfour
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- Brant County, Ontario
Great round for low recoil and good for all over Ontario. I mostly use H4831SC but recently had some luck with H414 and 140gr SST's, getting over 2700fps and not at max load yet.
I bought my first 260 in 2001, a Rem 700 LSS Mtn rifle. Wonderful cartridge, I think I've owned 8 different ones over the years. As good as it is, the 6.5 Creedmoor is the 260 done-right. The only reason I own a 260 today is because of my fond history of it, and it felt odd to not have one available to hunt and shoot with. My current rifle is a Tikka T3x Lite SS in a McMillan Game Scout, and the magazine has been swapped to the more 260 friendly M+ length which accepts an OAL of 2.95"
TacticalTeacher
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- Georgian Bay, ON
I’m running .308 and .260 switch barrel setups. What I love about this combination of switch barrel rifles is that I can use the .308 Forster headspace GO, NO-GO, and Field gauges for both barrels/calibers during the swaps.
So my hunting rifle is a SS M700 with .22-250, .260, and .308 take off Remmy barrels (bought here on the EE Forums) for the .308 I’m running 150 gr. Hornady Interlocks and for my .260 , I’m running the 140 gr. Hornady SST boooolits.
Life’s good!!
Peace Be To Journey!
Cheers, Barney
So my hunting rifle is a SS M700 with .22-250, .260, and .308 take off Remmy barrels (bought here on the EE Forums) for the .308 I’m running 150 gr. Hornady Interlocks and for my .260 , I’m running the 140 gr. Hornady SST boooolits.
Life’s good!!
Peace Be To Journey!
Cheers, Barney
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260 Rem is a good cartridge ... but for reloaders, suffers from a neck that is a bit short. I had a 6.5 SLR chambered that resolves that shortcoming. Below is pic of the parent 260 Rem case (center) flanked by the SLR which increases the shoulder angle as well as making the neck longer.
The 260 is a great chambering!! It is a modernized, short action twin to the 6.5x55 Swede, ballistically.
Anything that one can do, so can the other. The Swede needs no introduction, being afield for over
100 years now, and killing everything from gophers to Moose. If you use a reliable expanding bullet, it
should anchor deer way out past where most should be shooting animals, and will punch paper out past
1000 if you use a sleek target bullet like Berger VLD's or Lapua Scenars. Dave.
Anything that one can do, so can the other. The Swede needs no introduction, being afield for over
100 years now, and killing everything from gophers to Moose. If you use a reliable expanding bullet, it
should anchor deer way out past where most should be shooting animals, and will punch paper out past
1000 if you use a sleek target bullet like Berger VLD's or Lapua Scenars. Dave.
Bill Leeper built me a .260 Rem AI on a Win 70 reciever. Great gun. Perfect for deer. Unless you are shooting very high BC match grade bullets past 500 m the .260 is superior to the creedmoor. Faster and flatter. Regular hunting bullets like berger vld hunting or nosler partitions advantage totally goes to the .260. Shooting paper past 500 with high BC match grade advantage goes to the Creedmoor. Hornady and ruger did a far better job of marketing than Rem.
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