Whats you favorite 260 Rem load? h.h.

Slingster (our late and much lamented friend and hunting buddy) harvested more than a few whitetails with a 125 gr Partition @ ~2700 fps.

129 grain HornadySP over 48 grains of AR 2213SC (that's H4831SC in 'Merica)in Rem cases and Win primers.
I shot a Red yearling hind with this load last week. After being hit she took four steps forward and two back, then flop she was down.
The bullet passed through taking both lungs on the way. I've shot about twenty animals with this load most of which have been bang flop. As yet no bullets have been recovered.
The 260 is very good on deer.
Actualy there's a nice little story to taking the above. At about 7.30pm I was readying myself for a bit of goggle box viewing when Jane my good wife said she wanted to go and have a look at one of our cows which she was concerned about. Ok fine.
About fifeteen minuets later she came back and said there are two Red deer down in the back paddock, one of which she thought was a young stag. Well I can tell you the gun was out of the cabinet and the trainers were on as fast as it took me to type this.
Off through our little woodland we walked to the fields beyond which are divided into two by a ridge. We walked slowly up to the top and down the other side to a corner. There about 75 yards away along the fence at ninety degrees to our approach were two deer both were females the larger of the two had the fuller look of a pregnant animal but the other at about 3/4 grown looked damned fine to me. I had to wait about ten minuets for them to move to a safe position and then BANG. the six step tango, as described above took place. Jane and I clambered over the fence and cut the deers throat.
Whilst I gralloched the deer Jane went for the 4 wheeldrive Mule which she was able to drive to within one and a half paces of the dressed animal. We put the carcase on the back and Jane drove to the implement shed. We hoisted the animal on a gimbrel and retired for a nice cup of tea.
They don't come much easier than that and wives don't come much better either.

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Originally posted by Horn-Harvester:
Whats you favorite 260 Rem load? h.h.

Depends on what grain bullet you are talking about.

100 Grain BT or Partition 47-48 grains of H-414

120 BT or 125 Partition 48-50 grains of H-4831

129 Hornady with Rl-22 ( my load is over listed max) H-4831 also works ok.

Primers have had good results with Win, Fed and CCI so pick whatever you like. Great caliber to load for and a real killer on big deer.

Only three guys shooting a 260 Remington?

Work up to this one for sure. Never chrony'd it yet, but it's supremely accurate (0.400" 3-shot groups regularly), and it's hot!

49.5 gr. IMR 7828SSC, Swift Scirocco II 130 gr., Remington case, Federal 210M primer.

Start about 4.5 gr. low and work up to it.

Ted

120gr Balistic Tips with 45gr of IMR-4350.

I will somewhat echo Oldun's recipe:

129gr Hornady SP seated to the cannelure w/moderate crimp
48.0 gr H4831SC
Rem Brass
Fed 210

Sub-MOA in my Kimber M84C and dispatches deer rapidly without a lot of bullet burger. Warm load, all safety caveats apply.

140 gr Hornady SP
42 gr IMR 4350
CCI 200 primers
Remington Brass

Routinely shoots 5 shot groups of 3/4 inch at 100 yrds in Rem 700 Mtn Rifle

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Originally posted by Horn-Harvester:
Only three guys shooting a 260 Remington?

YUP!


100 grain bullet ( take your pick).... 43.5 grains of IMR 4064. large rifle primer.. 3350 fps out of a 22 inch barrel and 3450 fps out of a 26 inch barrel....

120 grain B/Tip or Match bullet;; 40 grains of RL 15, or W 748, or IMR 4064 or IMR 4895, or BLC2... 2800 to 2850 fps.. large rifle primer...

44 grains of IMR 4350, 140 grain bullet, Large Rifle Primer, 2750 fps out of 22 inch barrel...

those are a few for starters...

I haven't worked up much, yet, but I found 100 BT with 41.0G of IMR4064 shot considerably less than an inch at 100. It was good enough for two deer already this year.

Both were shot with 100 gr. HSP using RL-15.

Racklover:


What can anyone say to results like that!!!!

Not the same powder, but the same performance out of my 260s.. I use IMR 4064 instead... and the 100 grain SP Hornadys....

but RL 15 will achieve the same accuracy and the same velocity....

Nice trophies also!!!!

Cheers
seafire

I had my doubts about taking that mulie at 255 yds. After seeing the results, I am a believer that the .260 is very underrated. I just replaced the laminated stock with one from a Ti. to make it even more of a joy to carry. This gun is now strictly a deer and antelope rifle. If I ever go black bear hunting, the .260 will be with me. Does this make me a cult member?

Yeah R.L., I'd say that makes you part of the club...

It was only about 35 yds, and it was surprise to me, as he came out of the brush, and I thought it was going to be a deer, but it was a bear instead... a 100 grainer to the shoulder, and he turned and tumbled back down the hill in the brush with a broken shoulder.. and then croaked....he was only about 125 lbs...

But you bump your load up to a 125, 129, or 140 grain bullet, a bear or Elk is not really off the menu for its capabilities...

Ive got 129 SST and 140 Cor Lock and looking for powder suggestions. This is a Striker with a short barrel. h.h.

Racklover,

NICE, hey I killed my furthest deer at 400 yds with a 105 amax, mv 2840 from a 6BR, so yes, that Mulie at 255 was YOURS for the taking if you did your part, as you did. Congrats, you both did well.

The .260 is a great great round.

I like the Hornady 129g spirepoint over about 45-46g of ReLoder 19 for deer. It is easy to shoot, has great ranging, and penetration. What more could one want than the Americanization of the Swede? Plateau Hunter

The 260 is a heck of a deer rifle with any weight bullets.I use the sierra match or BT 120 with either R-19(47.5 grs ) or 4064 (42 grs) The fartherest I have taken a deer was 442 yds,it took 12 steps and fell over.Without going to look I think I am getting a little over 3000 fps.The 85 gr shoots very good also.

[quote]owensby
one of us

What gun/barrel are you getting that velocity and accuracy! VERY good. Do you do any case prep? Thanks.

I am useing a remington BDL with a 24 in barrel.I have shot several of these rifles and everyone has been very accurate with 85,100 and 120 gr bullets.The 140's don't do as well target wise but good enough for hunting,I preferr the 100 or 120 for deer anyhow so no problem.
I don't shoot compition so quit doing any special case prep years ago,been just useing the lee collet dies the last few years.Have went to the collet dies in about all calibers I shoot,except where I have more than one rifle in the same caliber.

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If I ever go black bear hunting, the .260 will be with me.

While I love my .260 and use it most often, I will not use it for bear. For this I'll use a 35 Whelen or .350 Rem Mag or larger.

Not because the .260 won't kill a bear but because the larger calibers are more likely to leave a blood trail for tracking if necessary. Even with the 35 cal, the bear fat can close the exit wound and make tracking very difficult. One guide I know in Maine even recommends a 45-70 for this reason.

100 grain Nosler BT over 43.0 grains of VARGET(go ahead seafire, make a comment about GHD and VARGET!!) Sarah(Miss GHD) uses her 260 with that load and has shot 3 good bucks at 271 yards,197 yards and 28 yards and has yet to see a deer take a step after the shot! I loaded some up for a friend who I had gotten the same rifle for(SS BDL DM 24" barrel) and that rifle loved them also. He called 2 days ago asking me what I had loaded in those shells because he shot a good 10 pointer that only went 3 feet.............straight down!! He told me it was the first time he'd ever dropped one like that. I want to take one at long range with my own 260 and it will be using the 140 grain AMAX over 4831sc. The 260 is an undiscovered whitetail round in my opinion. GHD

Here are some loads that shoot very well for me. Velocities are from a 24" Krieger 1 in 8 twist barrel. None of the loads show any pressure in my rifle or any of the other three rifles these loads have been shot in. All shoot .5 MOA or less for me if I do my part.

90 gr. Speer TNT
45.0 gr. of IMR 4064
Fed. 210M primer
Rem. brass
Velocity = 3445 fps

120 gr. Sierra ProHunter
41.4 gr. of IMR 4064
Fed. 210M primer
Rem. brass
Velocity = 3031 fps

120 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip
46.0 gr. of H4350
CCI BR2 primer
Rem. brass
Velocity = 3027 fps

140 gr. Sierra GameKing
42.0 gr. of H4350
CCI BR2 primer
Rem. brass
Velocity = 2740 fps

The 90 gr. load is very hard on coyotes and other varmints. It is NOT fur friendly. I have killed deer with both 120 gr. loads and have not had a deer take a step after being hit with either on of those loads. The 140 gr. load is used on feral hogs. I have had complete penetration on every hog I have killed with it.

Again work up to these loads.

PaPa 260

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Originally posted by Oday450:

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If I ever go black bear hunting, the .260 will be with me.

While I love my .260 and use it most often, I will not use it for bear. For this I'll use a 35 Whelen or .350 Rem Mag or larger.

Not because the .260 won't kill a bear but because the larger calibers are more likely to leave a blood trail for tracking if necessary. Even with the 35 cal, the bear fat can close the exit wound and make tracking very difficult. One guide I know in Maine even recommends a 45-70 for this reason.

I also prefer something a bit larger for bears but with a premium bullet like a Nosler Barnes ect of sufficent weight the .260 is more than able to take Black Bears. I agree on bigger hole's better the chances for a blood trail.
Here is the picture of an exit wound on a Bear I took Sept 2006 in northern Alberta range about 100 yards, 125 partition at 2850. bear made it 10 feet and piled up.



Not trying to start a match by any means.

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100 grain Nosler BT over 43.0 grains of VARGET(go ahead seafire, make a comment about GHD and VARGET!!)

Okay...

good bullet, good caliber, good load...

While I prefer 4064 at 43.5 grains Myself, 43 grains of Varget is right in the velocity neighborhood.. and no one is going to question the accuracy of that load...

My own buck was taken with a 260 this year, and a 100 grainer... not a Ballistic Tip this year.. but I had some loaded and available.. just no what I grabbed at the car when I left that morning...

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Not trying to start a pissers match by any means.

Not at all! I agree totally that it is possible to take larger animals including bear with a good bullet. If I were deer hunting with the .260 and saw a good bear I probably would take it, especially since I use heavy for caliber bullets (140gr NPs).

However, I feel that it is not the best choice for a hunt for bear because of the difficulty in tracking. The last bear I took had the top of the heart and liver blown apart and it still went 35-40 yards into the brush. We found blood at the point of impact and two traces down the hill - and this was with a 350 Rem Mag. It's probably safe to say that there would have been liitle to none with the much smaller .260 even with a pass through. The 3 inches of bear fat will close the exit wound almost immediately.

The bears are far and few between here in CA. Since CA will be going to non-lead bullets, I have to develop a load for the TSX. After seeing with the TSX will do on Oryx, I would not have any concerns using it in the .260 on a bear in a pinch. Granted this would not be my first choice but it the opportunity arose...

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Originally posted by Oday450:

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Not trying to start a pissers match by any means.

Not at all! I agree totally that it is possible to take larger animals including bear with a good bullet. If I were deer hunting with the .260 and saw a good bear I probably would take it, especially since I use heavy for caliber bullets (140gr NPs).

However, I feel that it is not the best choice for a hunt for bear because of the difficulty in tracking. The last bear I took had the top of the heart and liver blown apart and it still went 35-40 yards into the brush. We found blood at the point of impact and two traces down the hill - and this was with a 350 Rem Mag. It's probably safe to say that there would have been liitle to none with the much smaller .260 even with a pass through. The 3 inches of bear fat will close the exit wound almost immediately.

I am in total agreement and have the same example shot the day before about a 1/4 mile from from my bear. Shot by one of my friends with a 30-06 at 30 feet with a 165 SST at about light speed. Bullet broke the close shoulder bear rolled, balled and bailed down the ridge. It took us 2 hours to find that bear. First blood was about 75 yards from the shot and was right where the bear slammed into a large aspen the bear made 10 or so more yards and expired. We had to skin him out where he was as there was know way we were going to get him back up that hill. The shoulder was destroyed bone fragments and bullet fragments shredded heart liver lungs, minimal blood.

I bought a 35 Whelen this year and have designs on making it my Bear/ Moose rifle for medium ranges. A 250 grain Speer hotcore through the shoulders should do the job. It won't save me if I make a crappy shot but neither will any of the other calibers I shoot either.