.260 Rem
I just purchase a .260 Model 700 Mountain rifle. Question is does anyone have any input on the what bullet grain would be best. I plan to use the gun for coastal blacktail and coues' deer.
Has anyone killed deer with different sized bullets in this caliber.
Thanks,
Hitman
PS I usually only shoot under 300 yards
Has anyone killed deer with different sized bullets in this caliber.
Thanks,
Hitman
PS I usually only shoot under 300 yards
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You don't have much of a selection on bullets fer that cal, use the heavest one and hope fer the best. 0 -
Chuck summed it up go with heaviest bullet you can find.The .260 rem is a good shooting rifle.
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The 125 grain Nosler Partition will work quite well for your intended purpose. Might even use some 100 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips for Coues as they are rather small and shot at long distance. I load the 100 grain BT in mine for Wolf, getting right at 3200 FOS and I load the 120 Barnes X for Caribou right at 3100 FPS from my 24' barreled Rem 700.
AlleninAlaska aglore@gci.net
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I've had good luck with Federal 140 grain Trophy bonded bear claw. 0 -
you might want to check and see if hornaday offers their so called light mag. cartridges, in that cal. those are hot factory loads. 0 -
AllenInAlaska, Did you get rid of that 24" 260 you had a few months back? GHD 0 -
GHD, still have it and still trying to part with it.Picture of a rifle similar to it on my website.
www.outdoor-o-rama.com
Picture is of a different rifle, but same CC/S BDL DBM but mine comes with a 6X24 B&L Elite 4000, brass, dies and bullets. Might even be persuaded to give up my favorite load data.
Still working on trying to get those Hulls, wads and loader packed up and shipped to you.
AlleninAlaska aglore@gci.net
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Edited by - aglore on 06/26/2002 01:01:150 -
Load 100 grain BT or 120. Have killed deer with both and that is from big northeastern whitetails to midwest bucks no differance kills them in their tracks dead. That is out of a .260 or my 6.5/06. Either grain kills well, I preferr the 100 GR> 0 -
My understanding is that the 260rem and the 6.5x55swede are very similar. The rem is loaded to higher pressures as it is a modern round, but the swede has slightly more case capacity. There is alot of data that has been put out about the swede over the years that could give you insights as to what your 260rem can do. If you reload your own you will have much greater flexability with what you can fire from it. In my custom M98 in the 6.5 swede, for hunting, I like the 125g nosler partition and the 130g barnes triple shok both loaded hot. For target work I shoot the 120g Rem core lok, loaded to duplicate the velosities of the afore mentioned loadings. The 260rem in a light rifle like the mountain should be a great combo and while you don't need heavy bullets to take small body deer they are desireable if you are making longer range shots as they retain their downrange engery better. Good luck with it........ 0 -
hitman,
You can reload anything from 85 gr. up to 156 gr. There is a huge selection of bullets for the 6.5mm/.264 cal. You will need a 1-8" twist to stabilize the 156 gr. bullets. I personally recommend using 100 gr. bullets for coues deer. Nosler makes these in Partition and solid base Ballistic tip. Use 4350, 4064, 4895 to get roughly 3150-3200 fps for your mountain rifle as it has a slightly shorter barrel than the standard model 700. The deer you are going after are not big and don't take a lot of energy to put down. -good luck0
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