260 Remington Ammo

257izmycal

October 08, 2003 19:11

Is my research correct, is the Remington 140 gr PSP the only factory ammo available? My son is wanting to move up from his .243 to a larger caliber but does not want to go to a .270 or 30-06.

I cannot convince him to shoot a .257 and it is breaking my heart.

He wants to either shoot a .260 or a 6.5X55 but the only factory ammo available for the .260 is the 140 gr. PSP.

Any help?

Thanks,
257

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  Gibbs505

  October 08, 2003 19:40

  If not you can always reload and there are plenty of components

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  aglore

  October 08, 2003 19:42

  They also load the 125 grain Nosler Partition in their factory ammo. I have a box. You will have to look under their premium ammo to find it.
  
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  cletus85

  October 08, 2003 20:33

  They also make or at least made a 120gr ballistic tip load, which I used to kill one whitetail with excellent results. Mine was homebrewed of course, but this is or was factory loaded by Remington as well.

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  257izmycal

  October 09, 2003 05:12

  Thanks for the information.
  
  257
  
  You're a statistic whether you want to be or not.

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  leeblackman

  October 09, 2003 08:59

  The .260rem is essentially a .308win case with a .264" (6.5mm) bullet. It has almost identical external ballistics to the 6.5x55 swed. Its a jam up cartridge. Though the .257roberts is a great cartridge also, I really see the .260rem becomming more and more popular.
  
  Tell him to also look into may a 7mm-08. I think he will like it too.

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  groundhog devastation

  October 09, 2003 14:48

  257, As you have been told already, there are other factory choices out there! I tried the 120gr Nosler Remington factory load and the 125 Nosler Partition Remington factory loads in the 260 I got from aglore for my daughter Sarah. The 120's did .70" and the 125 Partitions did about 4.5"!!!! That's from a rifle that I get sub .5" out of with handloads using 100 grain Nosler BT! Give the 120's a try or roll your own. GHD

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  He Dog

  October 09, 2003 15:23

  Federal also loads factory ammo for the .260. Some lots may be bombs, but Rem is not the only manufacturer selling factory ammo.
  
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  257izmycal

  October 10, 2003 04:55

  Thanks folks!
  
  257
  
  You're a statistic whether you want to be or not.

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  king999

  October 10, 2003 09:28

  Did you ever notice that the 6.5 Arisaka is almost identical. Not much really new in the world,
  Morty
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