.260 rem

[shag]

Anyone else use one?  just got mine up and running!  It's a Ruger MKII!  I'm lovin it!  Gotta finish dialing it in but so far were talking 3/4 inch groups at 100.

can't wait to dump my first critter with it!  My friend Bob is loadin up some 125 gr partitions.  Would like to take a bear and my Entiat buck with it.

[littletoes]

Excellant cartrige, I think that is what I will rebarell my 308 to when the barrel is shot out.

I've shot against them at matches, and they shoot circles around the 308, not as hot as the 6.5-.284's, so you have barrel life around 3000 rounds (6.5/284 is around 1200), if built right, the 308 has been known to get around 10,000 with top equipment (less with cheaper stuff!).

But the 260's shoot FLAT even to 1000 using the heavy Sierra MK's.

Good luck with it, bet your groups cut half of what your getting now!

[Lincoln4]

Ok, my daughter just shot a whitetail spike with one about a week and a half ago.  Dropped it in it's tracks.  Worked for us!

[Intruder]

Seems like a great cartridge... really fills the gap between 243 and the long action 30/06/270 kind of stuff.  I've been interested in getting 1 for some time.  I expect as my daughter gets older I'll take the plunge.  It really seems like a better gun than a 243 for a kid since they can grow into it a little.  Not that a 243 is a bad gun.  I just like that the 260 is a real viable elk cartridge w/ the 140 grn bullet.  But loaded w/ smaller bullets it shouldn't punish a young hunter.  I wish it was available in more guns.  Seems like Rugar and Rem are about it.  I'd luv it if they made a Handi-Rifle barrel for that.

[runningboard]

Had one for a while, took a whitetail buck with it before trading it off. great cartridge, hope to get my my wife another and maybe a 338 federal to match since I already have a 358win. she shoots a 7/08 now and absolutely nothing wrong with that cartridge either.

[Intruder]

You're right... that 7mm-08 is an awesome gun.  I have a 280 so I can't really justify it.  Something about the short action (308) case size, the bullet diameters, and the powder capacity; they just seem to work real well in the 260 & the 7mm-08.  I'm thinking about getting it in the little Model 7 Remington.  Should be a pretty nice gun for a youngster.

[Colville]

If you are a loader the 6.5 x 55 has a little more room in it and you can squeeze a little more zip out of that round. Still 6 in one....

[Schwag173]

7mm-08.  I'm thinking about getting it in the little Model 7 Remington.  Should be a pretty nice gun for a youngster.

I own (and like) a 7mm-08 Model 7.  But I'm buying 3 7mm-08 Marlin XS7Ys (Y is for 'youth').  At about HALF the price of a Model 7, I am VERY impressed with what you get in the Marlin.  They don't yet offer .260, though.  A nice feature of the Marlin is that when the boys grow up, they can put a regular stock on the Marlin and then no longer have a 'youth' rifle.

[Schwag173]

My friend Bob is loadin up some 125 gr partitions.  Would like to take a bear and my Entiat buck with it.

125s are fine for deer, but I strongly recommend longer bullets for bear, elk and moose where you NEED the increased sectional density.  If the rifling will cooperate, I'd go 156-160 for the larger animals.  This is how Scandinavians have been bagging moose with the 6.5 Swede all these years.  Problem is, most (American) 6.5mm barrels are rifled with a slower twist for the lighter (shorter) bullets.  Again, fine for deer but not so for the larger species.

[Curly]

My friend Bob is loadin up some 125 gr partitions.  Would like to take a bear and my Entiat buck with it.

125s are fine for deer, but I strongly recommend longer bullets for bear, elk and moose where you NEED the increased sectional density.  If the rifling will cooperate, I'd go 156-160 for the larger animals.  This is how Scandinavians have been bagging moose with the 6.5 Swede all these years.  Problem is, most (American) 6.5mm barrels are rifled with a slower twist for the lighter (shorter) bullets.  Again, fine for deer but not so for the larger species.

Just use Barnes bullets in 120 gr and you won't need to worry about sectional density.  It will penetrate like crazy.  (Or maybe try the 130 Barnes if you want a little heavier bullet and your rifle can shoot it accurately)

[GUHunter]

Savage is starting to chamber a few of their rifles in 260 rem in 2011. It gives one more option for an awesome cartridge.

[gadwall]

I have had one in a 700 mountain rifle for 7 years and I really like it.  The 260 is a highly underrated round and has applications for lots of game as long as the right bullet is used.  My daughter has shot mule  deer with the 100 gr bullet with great results and we now shoot the 130's and 140's in the Accubond because I like that bullet.   

[gadwall]

Anyone else use one?  just got mine up and running!  It's a Ruger MKII!  I'm lovin it!  Gotta finish dialing it in but so far were talking 3/4 inch groups at 100.

can't wait to dump my first critter with it!  My friend Bob is loadin up some 125 gr partitions.  Would like to take a bear and my Entiat buck with it.

What powder are you loading?

[high country]

My friend Bob is loadin up some 125 gr partitions.  Would like to take a bear and my Entiat buck with it.

125s are fine for deer, but I strongly recommend longer bullets for bear, elk and moose where you NEED the increased sectional density.  If the rifling will cooperate, I'd go 156-160 for the larger animals.  This is how Scandinavians have been bagging moose with the 6.5 Swede all these years.  Problem is, most (American) 6.5mm barrels are rifled with a slower twist for the lighter (shorter) bullets.  Again, fine for deer but not so for the larger species.

I shoot 140's in mine and they are 1 1/2" long....the 120 is prety high on SD compared to other calibers.

[Schwag173]

My friend Bob is loadin up some 125 gr partitions.  Would like to take a bear and my Entiat buck with it.

125s are fine for deer, but I strongly recommend longer bullets for bear, elk and moose where you NEED the increased sectional density.  If the rifling will cooperate, I'd go 156-160 for the larger animals.  This is how Scandinavians have been bagging moose with the 6.5 Swede all these years.  Problem is, most (American) 6.5mm barrels are rifled with a slower twist for the lighter (shorter) bullets.  Again, fine for deer but not so for the larger species.

Just use Barnes bullets in 120 gr and you won't need to worry about sectional density.  It will penetrate like crazy.  (Or maybe try the 130 Barnes if you want a little heavier bullet and your rifle can shoot it accurately)

I'm a fan of Barnes for that very reason, but it's painful to practice much at those prices.  And I'm a reloader.  The other advantage of the heavier bullet is better accuracy at longer ranges and that is something a (lightweight) Barnes can't help with.  No doubt, though, Barnes makes a first-rate expanding bullet.  If they were half the price I'd shoot nothing but Barnes, until then I'll stick with Sierra Gamekings.