I am expecting the custom .260 Rem I am having built for my old lady to be done around july and I am looking for ideas on a bullet. I would like to use 120-130gr bullets to keep velocity up on lighter powder charges to keep recoil down. I have no expierience with any of the availiable bullets in that range other than the partition. It will only be used on white-tail and mule deer and with a max range of 200 yards for starters. Not interested in the tsx bullets.
120gr-130gr .260 Rem bullets
- Thread starter Jayph
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I've killed quite a few deer with the 125gr partion and none them have gone far, three off the top of my head never twitched.
great combination over H4350 just under 2900 fps deadly accurate way past 200 yards. I would have no issue shooting either whitetail or mule deer out to 400 yards with this combination.
great combination over H4350 just under 2900 fps deadly accurate way past 200 yards. I would have no issue shooting either whitetail or mule deer out to 400 yards with this combination.
Your barrel ROT (rate of twist) will have plenty to do with what bullet you choose. 1:8 is great for the 130's and 140's. The standard 1:9 is better for the 120's - 130's on the heavy end. The throat length with also limit with the mag length what your COL will be so the longer olgive bullets like the SST won't be able to be seated out far enough to even get close to the lands giving you excess freebore. I've found the 130 AB's to be just about perfect as are the TSX's for max COL seating and still maintaining acceptable accuracy. Do your self a favour and buy the Redding comparitor die and take your time measuring the chamber and max COL's with each bullet using the Hornady COL gage. RL 19 is a fantastic choice as is H4350 with match LR primers. The worst brass is the Remington crap....do yourself another favour and start with Nosler custom brass or expand 243 Win brass from Lapua then neck turn to remove donut. If I was to build a 260 these days it would have a extra long mag well for increased COL, a long throat for seating the 139's and 140's out as not to fill the case with bullet vs powder and screw a 24" 1:8 magnum contour fluted S/S barrel on that.
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- Southern Alberta
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I use the 129gr SST for most of my shooting/hunting with a 22" barreled Ruger. Loaded over a near max (by the books) load of H4831sc I get groups of just under 1" if I do my part. I've only shot 2 Mule deer and 2 White tail so far, with all 4 pass through shots behind the shoulder. Clean kills and no meat damage. Longest shot on these deer was just over 300yds (ranged). I'm getting 2835fps with these cheap to shoot (relative of course) bullets.
I don't feel that with the penetration of the 6.5mm bullets, and shooting Deer, a premium bullet like Barnes or Partitions are needed.
I also found the 120gr speer Hot-core to be cheap and accurate, but have yet to shoot an animal with it.
I use the 129gr SST for most of my shooting/hunting with a 22" barreled Ruger. Loaded over a near max (by the books) load of H4831sc I get groups of just under 1" if I do my part. I've only shot 2 Mule deer and 2 White tail so far, with all 4 pass through shots behind the shoulder. Clean kills and no meat damage. Longest shot on these deer was just over 300yds (ranged). I'm getting 2835fps with these cheap to shoot (relative of course) bullets.
I don't feel that with the penetration of the 6.5mm bullets, and shooting Deer, a premium bullet like Barnes or Partitions are needed.
I also found the 120gr speer Hot-core to be cheap and accurate, but have yet to shoot an animal with it.
I would go with the Nosler Ballistic Tip especially if you're going to be keeping the speeds down to reduce recoil. It should behave quite nicely @ 2500-2600 fps Muzzle vel. 
my 1:8 twist 260 shoots the 100 grain Nosler BT very well, 1-8 twist is the most versatile IMO. Here is a 6 shot .67" @ 100 meters
PS - that is Remington crap brass
my 1:8 twist 260 shoots the 100 grain Nosler BT very well, 1-8 twist is the most versatile IMO. Here is a 6 shot .67" @ 100 meters
PS - that is Remington crap brass
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Thanks you guys for all the answers. It will be remington brass. It's funny about remington brass thats all I used (because it was availiable) and always got sub MOA out to 300 yards (as far as my range goes) never new it was crap till I found the internet. Not a target shooters best choice for brass but for hunting ammo I have never had a problem making it shoot. I think I will try the SST or the Ballistic tip (whichever they have in stock)
