- Location
- Jameson, SK
There's a .260 Tikka Sporter calling my name on the EE........
260 Remington
- Thread starter daka
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- Jameson, SK
With 139's???
Dorian Gray
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You & Hoytcanon are only serving to hurt my feelings with your dialogue. I
It's hurt my feelings too Johnn. I too "need" more than a 12 gauge, .22 and an '06. But for financial reasons
, all of my decisions surrounding firearms purchases have to come from a strictly practical standpoint these days. I cannot afford to have money tied up in guns that don't see a lot of use. And I cannot afford to buy ammunition that is more costly than what I can get off the shelf at the local Home Hardware. And even that I have to ration. One day I'll get back to accumulating the things on the "need" list. But I'm afraid it won't be anytime soon. Do me a favor and get that Big Horn Armory '89 soon though would ya? You definitely "need" it. And I need to live vicariously through someone. 
You & Hoytcanon are only serving to hurt my feelings with your dialogue
Johnn, I have a "heck of alot" more than a ".22, an '06 and a 12 ga."
When you get to the point when all you are doing is "managing" your collection, to the point where of all of the available options, into the triple digits, you don't have a single rifle set-up and ready to go, because you have swapped scopes and rings between the existing crew and the new members and haven't had time for a range trip since all the changes... well, it's time to stop the madness... pare it back to a manageable, more relaxing set, that actually gets shot.
For a hunting rifle all of those cals. would be fine. I certainly wouldn't base my decision on it if Lapua made brass for it or not. For a hunting rifle Lapua brass is a waste of money. Interesting read on Lapua brass here.
http://precisionrifleblog.com/2012/07/05/lapua-223-rem-brass-quality/
http://precisionrifleblog.com/2012/07/05/lapua-223-rem-brass-quality/
CreamySmooth
CGN frequent flyer
I went with the 6.5-284 in a Savage LWH.... Seems weird for that rifle and so they only made it for 1 year. But it's accurate, I get Lapua brass that's easy to find, and I like the little extra pop I get with the bigger case. I also have a 6.5 Creedmore in a target rifle. Also works awesome....
Johnn Peterson
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- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Just twisting your tail a little guys and the only reason I made mention of those three Greg is it seems to be the very basics in the eyes of some. My mouth waters when I view photos of some of what you have. My 'assortment' is nowhere near that but rather than thinning out what I do have, I have drawn the line. After the purchase of the 375 CT from Super Cub and the Ruger RSI from you, there is one more coming from Why not?, then with that, the pattern is full for me.
I have made a few very nice acquisitions over the past few months and sold off a few really nice ones too... I have one more that I want to fill a permanent berth... after that one or two will occasionally come and go to keep it interesting, but the core group will remain. I will be listing half a dozen beauties soon. I have been shooting a lot more since I sold off the bulk of the collection... rather than spending all of my time at my bench working on rifles and swapping scopes...
I use Lapua brass whenever possible, whether for target shooting or hunting. I bring my brass home when hunting, just as I do when target shooting. I have lost a few cases over the years when hunting, but I bring home around 90% of them. As well, the supply of Lapua brass has been much more reliable than the supply of most other brass. I hear about people looking for Creedmoor brass on a regular basis, and it can be very tough to find at times.
As far as weight variation in brass goes, I don't worry about it, unless I am seeing accuracy issues, and I have yet to see Lapua brass not produce acceptable accuracy for me. My own factory T-3 in 223rem, easily puts five 69gr TMKs into less than 1/2 moa, with zero brass preparation. I don't ask more than that from a factory rifle with zero brass preparation.
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I am actually in the same boat as you..... And I know what you mean about sighting in scopes..... The only scoped rifle I have sighted in right now is the .308 scout.... and I will be getting rid of the scope that is on it shortly..... Not only did I do a big rifle sell off, but I switched scopes on all of my rifles after the brand I was using started letting me down.....
I have my bases covered, but still want a nice quarterbore and there will be a #1 in my future just because.....
I can only bring 2-3 rifles to the range at a time, so it will take me at least 3-4 trips to get them all zeroed..... Although I may sight a few of them in at the gravel pit....
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Man, ain't that the truth.........and you forget which ones ARE set up and sighted in..........I have found myself in that exact dilemma and it has cost me a couple coyotes..........could have swore my one 243 was all set to go, but I was wrong. Musta swapped out the scope for another rifle test and then just put it back on.......I have slowly been rectifying that scenario though, been sighting in rifles I have finished load testing for and have a good load and then I mark the ammo boxes for that rifle "SI"..........now I check the ammo boxes before stealing scopes for more rifle testing.........I also bought another 1/2 doz Leupold scopes to help out a bit.
As far as the 260 goes, my kid has one and I have one, both Rems and both very accurate and of course brass is everywhere as I bought 800 W-W 7-08 new brass once upon a time. However my choice would be the 6.5-284 for hunting as the extra velocity and energy are always a plus when hunting and Lapua brass is available for it and it gives up nothing in the accuracy dept. You don't have to run it full throttle either to ad a couple hundred fps to the 260 or you can always load it to 260 specs if you want to plink and not burn throats. There just is no downside to the 6.5-284, really...........
Johnn Peterson
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Sounds
somewhat similar to the plans of my 'holding pattern' . And, I'll see if I can give that RSI a 'workout' on island Blacktail this fall.Sounds
I'm finally picking up the replacement today... M77 International 7X57 Walnut/Blued... I've been as patient as a kid in a candy store... there are two others in the same box.
I have a couple Remington 700's, one in 260 AI and the other in 260 Rem.
I use RL 17 powder, 120 gr prohunters in the AI and 120 ttsx in the 260 Rem.
The velocities gains I get are significant using RL 17 powder.
Nice little packages, doing basically what a 270 win does in a short action.
I wouldn't do the AI again given what the original version can accomplish.
I use RL 17 powder, 120 gr prohunters in the AI and 120 ttsx in the 260 Rem.
The velocities gains I get are significant using RL 17 powder.
Nice little packages, doing basically what a 270 win does in a short action.
I wouldn't do the AI again given what the original version can accomplish.
CreamySmooth
CGN frequent flyer
I mentioned it earlier that I bought the Savage LWH.... Just wondering if you're hung up on the Sako? The savage is the same Guarentee of 1 inch, and mine easily does that, is the same weight and same barrel length and is now available in stainless model 16/116, and the trigger is better, though before I start a flame war Sakos do have nice triggers.... But it's 1/4 the cost. So unless you're hung up on the carbon, which is cool.... 3999.00 is a lot... Now I have a Blaser so I get the quality rifle thing.... So I guess it matters if yer really Jones-ing for that particular piece of kit.
- Location
- Jameson, SK
I'd do a coyote.
The DTA is a nice concept because of the swappable barrels. You can put these me 4000$ scope on your 6.5 and .338 (if you ever wanted a boomer).
6.5 and 338LM is exactly the plan. Did a rough price est. on DTA, PGW and TRGs with one $4k scope for DTA, two for others.
Expect majority of shots will be 6.5. 338LM is really to fill the void, doubt I'll shoot it much so $2.5k for the conversion kit is tolerable.
DTA is lighter with weight further back than traditional but yeah bullpups will take some retraining. Thankfully my experience is limited so not much to lose.
Yeah, I dreaming of only $4k for S&B or TT; maybe used.
- DTA $13k
- PGW $19.6k (Coyote and TimberWolf)
- TRG $17.6k
Expect majority of shots will be 6.5. 338LM is really to fill the void, doubt I'll shoot it much so $2.5k for the conversion kit is tolerable.
DTA is lighter with weight further back than traditional but yeah bullpups will take some retraining. Thankfully my experience is limited so not much to lose.
Yeah, I dreaming of only $4k for S&B or TT; maybe used.
- Location
- Jameson, SK
BSAND is your man for info on all of those pieces.....
Unless you wanna try for .1MOA groups, I'd do the DTA. There's a lot to be said for one rifle that you are "one" with.
