.260 Rem

[Browning]

I'm looking at a new stalking rifle, and am interested in the .260Rem.

 

Do any of you guys own, or have experience of this caliber?

[casts_by_fly]

not yet, but it is on my list for a build in a savage action. Looks like a great cartridge with ballistics a little better than the swede and you can run it through a standard 308 action.

 

thanks

rick

[SPEEDY]

I have used one for years with great success on hundreds of Pigs, Goats, foxes and dozens of Deer. It is a very efficient little round with a 100gn Nosler it will drop most game with ease and will handle bigger game with the 130gn Accubond.

 

It's flat shooting to reach out there and has the accuracy to make the shot count, I highly recommend one

[Browning]

I have used one for years with great success on hundreds of Pigs, Goats, foxes and dozens of Deer. It is a very efficient little round with a 100gn Nosler it will drop most game with ease and will handle bigger game with the 130gn Accubond.

 

It's flat shooting to reach out there and has the accuracy to make the shot count, I highly recommend one

 

Thank you Speedy, that is exactly response I was hoping for. B)

 

I'm interested to know what powder/primer/bullet combinations work for you?

 

I currently load the 120gn Nosler BT with fantastic results in my 6.5x47 and am hoping the same bullet will

shoot well in the .260. That way with only one bullet I can afford to buy in bulk.

[SPEEDY]

I load a 100gn Nosler to 3300fps, a 120gn at 2950fps and a 130gn at 2850fps using ADI powders, I'm not sure if you can ADI powder in the UK so I don't know if my loads would work, oh those velocity's were clocked from a 20" barrel so a 24" one should add almost 100fps to those figures.