.260 Rem or 7mm-08 Rem?

Rem 700 SA Rebarrel?

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If you were going to have a Rem 700 short action rebarreled to one of the two ctgs above, which would it be?

Use would be mostly paper punching/target use, but with the option of maybe varmint use [coyote, etc]. Thinking a heavy barrel, of course, but considering the ctg options... :?

Don't bother to suggest "Neither, go with the .308 Win" as I already have that well covered off at this point... :wink:
 
I chose the .260 because of the excellent BC of .264 cal match bullets combined with milder recoil seem to suit your needs better. The .260 will easily handle even deer sized game, so why bother going to the 7-08 if you are mostly using it for targets and varmints?
 
Looking at the heavy end of things. If you really stoked the 7-08 using high BC bullets such as the 175 MK you can probably just beat the terminal performance of the 260 using 142 MK, but at the cost of more recoil, blast etc. Both barrels would have to have the appropriate fast twist.

Then again if your lucky and can get a reduced, accurate 7-08 load, with lower pressure that has equal ballistics to the 260, then the 7mm barrel may last longer than the one in the hot 260.

For my next gun (dreamer :roll: ) I'd like to try a 7 BR. My only concern would be feeding from a M700 mag.

Lapua doesn't make bullets in 7mm (?)
 
260 all the way


85-100 gr. for varmints

100-140 gr. for deer etc

123-142 gr. for target shooting long range
 
My hunting partner's daughter shoots a .260. In the last 4 years she has taken 3 black bears, 4 mule deer, an elk and a moose with it. The round seems to be capable of a lot more than a lot of people give it credit for! LoL
 
A few reasons,
Im not a 7mm fan :mrgreen: . Living in southern Ont, a 260 could be a dual purpose rifle in allmost all of the WMU's where as a 7mm in most areas is illegal to small game/varmint hunt.
And Im with John Y, I like the 6.5x55, and the 260 is its ballistic brother so to speak.
 
DarrylDB said:
A few reasons,
Im not a 7mm fan :mrgreen: . Living in southern Ont, a 260 could be a dual purpose rifle in allmost all of the WMU's where as a 7mm in most areas is illegal to small game/varmint hunt.
And Im with John Y, I like the 6.5x55, and the 260 is its ballistic brother so to speak.
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Yeah but 6.5X55 generally means a long action. And .257" cal is just so, well, dated... :p At one time it was king of the medium bore heap, then 6mm and especially 6.5mm came along and made it a moot point. :D

I voted .260 NO doubt!
 
7-08 its a versatile cartridge that take a moose, deer or black bear. Varmint rifle whats that? Any rifle can dump a dog on any given day.
 
gopher getter said:
Varmint rifle whats that? Any rifle can dump a dog on any given day.
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NO, not really,
atleast not in a big chunk of southern Ont... :?, and we do quite a bit of Coyote hunting too.
The 260 is THE dual purpose option
 
I voted .260 for a few reason already mentioned, and the fact that the 6.5 bullet has alway intrigued me to the pint that I have owned about 6 times as many 6.5's as I have 7's!

With today's enthusiasm with long range shooting and such, the 6.5 has become very popular.
It wasn't always, even though many of us were shooting 6.5X55's and wildcat 6.5/308's for many years before they were really known....
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260 remington, 243 Lapua brass necked up to 260, 139 gr Lapua Scenars, 40 gr H4350. Unbelievable how it shoot! I use a PGW action with a Gaillard barrel to shoot F Class out to 1000 yards. I love it would not shoot anything else. Others are starting to follow suit!
 
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