260 Rem

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How many members here shoot the 260 Rem cartridge?

I'll only be shooting deer and coyotes with it. I already have larger cailbers for moose and elk.

What are your likes and dislikes about the caliber?

I'm thinking about buying a 260 rem or a 25-06. Maybe a little feedback might make me decide on which one to buy.
 
I personally prefer short actions... I am working on a .260 AI stub right now... I was not a fan of the .25/06... with a .243 and 7mm-08 it didn't fit as well as the .260 will, so it was sold to fund the new project.
 
260, yes yes yes! We really love the 260. 7mm-08 as well! the 25-06 is supper dandy, but it's long action, if that doesn't mean a dam thing to you, go for it!
 
260 is a great round. Light recoil, 6.5mm bullets have great ballistics, great long range performer, lots of selection in 6.5mm bullets.
Relatively cheap to reload. Perfect for deer and smaller game. Capable of taking bigger stuff, but personally I top it out at deer sized game.
 
While I don't yet have a .260 I have an old 6.5x55 that I have been shooting for 15 years. With very similar ballistics I can say it is a superb deer and coyote rifle out to my personal 300 yard limit. I shoot the Hornady 140 grain spire point flat base bullet and have always had excellent results on game and on the target. I have been able to routinely group around an inch at 100 yds with any lot of these bullets over the years.

I have a short action rifle project brewing in the back of my mind, and the .260 is on my short list of potential calibres.
 
I was looking at a 260 Rem in a Tikka T3. Now I'm just trying to find one. Everyone I talked to said that they would have to get it shipped in.
I know Savage makes a 260 Rem but I'm not a huge Savage fan.
So the searching begins.
 
260 Remington is a fantastic, maybe perfect deer cartridge. I've killed several truck loads of whitetail and mulies with it using 125 gr partitions and 129 gr Hornady's.
 
I have a Ruger Compact that my 9 year old son shoots accurately and I've recently picked up a Ruger All Weather in .260 which is brand new in the box still. The Compact with the 16" barrel is the most accurate rifle I've ever owned. I would highly recommend this calibre.
 
I have a Ruger mk77 all weather SS in .260 Rem.,it's a great little gun.
It's a mild caliber, very little recoil, but yet strong enough for any North American game except for Grizzly...
I reload with 46 grains of Reloader 22, and 140 grain Remington bulk ammo @ 2670 fps.
I've shot 16 wolves with it, a bunch of caribou and a few moose. It takes down moose without a problem.....
I shot 1 arctic wolf on the ICE ROADS at 1/3 of a mile with that gun......25' lead with a 7' hold over...
 
My .260 is a "guntech" build on a 700 action and a Shilen S/S barrel.
It has accounted for three deer.
My first loads using a 120 grain Berger produced a .6 and a .7 at 200 m.
Super rifle.

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I have 3 of them, mine are nice to pack around, fun to shoot, and plenty accurate with factory loads. Smacked a nice cow elk at 265 yards with the 120gr tsx, first with the cartridge and had to try the Barnes out as all you guys keep bragging them up, no problem.
And I'd buy another one too!
 
I have a Browning Stainless Stalker in 260, it has a palm swell for a right hand shooter. I shoot left. Who/where could I find a stock that is left hander comfortable for this rifle? Any info will be appreciated.
 
For coyotes and deer, I'd have to say the 25-06 is a better choice than the .260.

.257 or .264. Only 0.007" difference. Big deal. The advantage of .264 bullets over the 25 calibre is you can get heavier-for-caliber. Like 140 gr and even 160 gr vs the max 120 gr for the 25's.

But you already have bigger chamberings for bigger animals. So you'll be using 120 gr and below for deer and coyotes.

That, so far, puts us at a wash between the two.

Then consider case size. 25-06 has a larger case capacity, so you'll be sending those 120gr bullets a bit faster with the .25-06. That's a huge advantage for the coyote shooting. If you are a reloader, then you'll be able to use the case capacity of the 25-06 to get better velocities than you could get with the 260. And Factory ammo will send the 120gr pill faster in the 25-06 than it will in the 260. So that's a point for the 25-06 ahead of the 260.

If you shoot facotry ammo, you'll find a better selection for your purposes with the 25-06. Most .260 factory stuff will likely be 140 grains. This is heavier than is needed for deer, and much heavier than you really want for coyotes. That's another point for the 25-06.



The only reason to get the .260 over the 25-06 for the purposes you mentioned is because you really really want to save 3 ounces and get a short action. This would come in handy if you walk a lot during a day of hunting. So that, I suppose can be a point for the 260.

That leaves us with the 25-06 beating out the 260 by one point.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the 260. I don't own one, but I recently talked my dad into getting one [and gee... I might wind up shooting it a bit as well]. I also have a 6.5-06 and a 6.5x55 [yesterday I had 2 of those, but I sold one last night to a guy]. So I'm a .264 fan. But for the purposes you stated, especially with the coyote hunting in mind and the fact that you have bigger rifles for larger prey, then it seems to me the 25-06 will suit you better.
 
Then consider case size. 25-06 has a larger case capacity, so you'll be sending those 120gr bullets a bit faster with the .25-06. That's a huge advantage for the coyote shooting.
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I use a laser rangefinder, so a slightly flatter trajectory isn't a huge advantage. However, where I hunt coyotes it is often windy, and there is no way to measure the wind all the way from the shooter to the coyote, making wind drift more important than trajectory. If you compare wind drift with the very high B.C. bullets that are available for the 260, with the much lower B.C. bullets available for the 25-06, you will see that even with less muzzle velocity, the wind drift is less with the 260. Take a look at the B.C for the new Accubond long range 129gr .264" bullet with a B.C. of .560, and see how the available .257" hunting bullets compare.
 
stubblejumper said:
I use a laser rangefinder, so a slightly flatter trajectory isn't a huge advantage. However, where I hunt coyotes it is often windy, and there is no way to measure the wind all the way from the shooter to the coyote, making wind drift more important than trajectory. If you compare wind drift with the very high B.C. bullets that are available for the 260, with the much lower B.C. bullets available for the 25-06, you will see that even with less muzzle velocity, the wind drift is less with the 260. Take a look at the B.C for the new Accubond long range 129gr .264" bullet with a B.C. of .560, and see how the available .257" hunting bullets compare.
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Don't be doing that to me cause I'll start thinking I need another gun.
 
I would not put a lot of faith in nosler's claimed bc's. i never had much luck with the current claims and would guess that these new claimed bc's have more to do with sales than verified testing.
Not that I'm not going to give them a try m
 
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