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20 November 2011, 03:22
GhubertUncool cartridges
".260 Remington" :- Hateful little cartridge. As sure a harbinger of middle age as cardigans and an appreciation of the music of Dire Straits. Not enough gun for x, too much gun for y; all in all the George Michael circa 2002 of the cartridge world.
20 November 2011, 03:30
CrazyhorseconsultingThe 260 Rem and any of the WSM's, WSSM's, UltraMags, Lazzeroni ad infinitum.
Even the rocks don't last forever.
20 November 2011, 03:42
SR4759Any 30 caliber.
Too big for Bambi.
Too small for beef on the hoof.
20 November 2011, 03:44
Ghubertquote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
Any 30 caliber.
Too big for Bambi.
Too small for beef on the hoof.
Ooooooooooooh!!
Would you possibly be dissing my thutty-oh-six sir?
That grandsire of all good things in the cartridge world?
20 November 2011, 03:45
boom stickIn order of un coolness
I'll add more
450 Marlin on top
20 November 2011, 03:52
Ghubert".45 Blaser" :- As wrong as Michael Moore in a tutu.
20 November 2011, 03:55
boom stickquote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
Any 30 caliber.
Too big for Bambi.
Too small for beef on the hoof.
30-30 would disagree
20 November 2011, 03:56
boom stickquote:
Originally posted by Ghubert:
".45 Blaser" :- As wrong as Michael Moore in a tutu.
I kinda like that one.
20 November 2011, 03:56
Ghubertquote:
Originally posted by boom stick:
quote:
Originally posted by SR4759:
Any 30 caliber.
Too big for Bambi.
Too small for beef on the hoof.
30-30 would disagree
No he's right about the 30-30, it's only fit for invalids and retired ballet dancers.
Nah, 30.30 is cool, it doesn't belong in this thread.
20 November 2011, 03:58
Ghubertquote:
Originally posted by boom stick:
quote:
Originally posted by Ghubert:
".45 Blaser" :- As wrong as Michael Moore in a tutu.
I kinda like that one.
Not enough grunt on big game from what I've been told.
A friend used it to shoot 4 brown bears, a moose and pigs. It did fine on the pigs but didn't have as much thump as he thought it would on the bear and moose.
He used the 350 grain bullet factory load.
20 November 2011, 04:08
PaulH7mm Rem Mag
Any of the RUM
Agree on 260 Rem
264 WM
270 Win
375 Ruger
20 November 2011, 04:18
boom stickquote:
Originally posted by Ghubert:
quote:
Originally posted by boom stick:
quote:
Originally posted by Ghubert:
".45 Blaser" :- As wrong as Michael Moore in a tutu.
I kinda like that one.
Not enough grunt on big game from what I've been told.
A friend used it to shoot 4 brown bears, a moose and pigs. It did fine on the pigs but didn't have as much thump as he thought it would on the bear and moose.
He used the 350 grain bullet factory load.
Needs the right bullet like the light 458 CEBs
20 November 2011, 04:24
GhubertDon't start that again!
20 November 2011, 04:31
boom stickThe 45 blaser just needs a belt added for cheaper brass. Cut back win mag brass and form. Like a blown out 450 Marlin without the fatter belt.
20 November 2011, 04:49
CCMDocSo far I like and have used every one of those "uncool" calibers except the 375 Ruger.
I also like the 350 Rem Mag, 8mm Rem Mag and 35 Remington.
All the Weatherby calibers too.
Oh well, guess I gotta turn in my "cool" sunglasses
NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003
Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow
20 November 2011, 05:08
NakihunterAll the Lazzaronis, some Weatherbys & most wild cats.
Also 30-30, 270, 30'06, 35 Whelan
"When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick."
20 November 2011, 05:14
jeffeossojust about everyone one is pretty cool, in its own way...
of them all, the 338 federal its a "so what" from me
20 November 2011, 05:47
FlagsI've never seem much reason for the 300 WBY or 300 RUM or 300 WSM. If I wanted or needed a 300, I'd take the 300 H&H or the 300 Win. If I needed more power I'd step up to the 338 Win or 375 H&H.
20 November 2011, 06:06
Grenadier
- Cartridges that go click but don't go boom
- Cartridges that don't hit the target where they are supposed to
- Cartridges that hit the animal but don't put it down immediately
- Any cartridges that I just ran out of at the shooting range
- Any cartridge I am carrying for the rifle I am using when I see game that requires another cartridge.
For example, when I am carrying a .22 rimfire rifle and a 5x5 deer walks in front of me.
- Any cartridge for a rifle of caliber I would like to own but do not own
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20 November 2011, 22:04
RonEUn Cool:
.270 Winchester
.32 Win Special
.264 Win Mag
All short mags and super short mags
7.35 Carcano
The list goes on and changes from day to day, year to year.
Don't ask me what happened, when I left Viet Nam, we were winning.
20 November 2011, 23:19
Alberta CanuckThe use of "cool" is uncool. It was exiled to nerdsville in the late 1950s, where it was taken over and adopted by the terminally unhip.
21 November 2011, 02:43
DannoBoone.25 acp........
not as lethal as a .22LR, but does
make noise.....so does a blank!
21 November 2011, 04:46
Ranger02My my 12 year old nephew with his first deer taken with the "uncool" Remington 260.
21 November 2011, 04:47
Ranger02
21 November 2011, 05:17
waterrat22-250
6 mm rem
25-06
all 7mm's
all 338's
all wssm's
all ultra-mags
416 rem mag
450 marlin
457 wild west yukk
I tend to use more than enough gun
21 November 2011, 06:03
J_Zola30-06.Makes owning more than one rifle redundant.
21 November 2011, 06:31
SFRanger7GPUncool cartridges:
.243
.270
any short, fat, super short magnum or any other cartidge that copies a classics performance but has gun writers claiming it is the greatest thing since smokeless powder.
21 November 2011, 06:47
craigster8mm Lebel
21 November 2011, 07:11
Bradquote:
Originally posted by Ranger02:
Now that's cool!
21 November 2011, 07:18
boom stickquote:
Originally posted by craigster:
8mm Lebel
No!
That rocks because it is the first smokeless cart!
21 November 2011, 07:22
craigsterquote:
Originally posted by boom stick:
quote:
Originally posted by craigster:
8mm Lebel
No!
That rocks because it is the first smokeless cart!
I know, but it didn't get very far.
21 November 2011, 14:16
Gerryquote:
Uncool cartridges:
Cartridges that go click but don't go boom
Cartridges that don't hit the target where they are supposed to
Cartridges that hit the animal but don't put it down immediately
Any cartridges that I just ran out of at the shooting range
Any cartridge I am carrying for the rifle I am using when I see game that requires another cartridge.
For example, when I am carrying a .22 rimfire rifle and a 5x5 deer walks in front of me.
Any cartridge for a rifle of caliber I would like to own but do not own
Cheers,
Number 10
21 November 2011, 14:30
Ghubertquote:
Originally posted by Ranger02:
You had to play the emotional blackmail card didn't you?
Alright, in the case of your nephew and his rather splendid first deer, the .260 Remington was Chuck Norris cool, ok?
Still hate the cartridge as two of my shooting buddies had custom rifles built in it and are forever droning on about how great it is.
21 November 2011, 15:07
Gerryquote:
Still hate the cartridge as two of my shooting buddies had custom rifles built in it and are forever droning on about how great it is.
The reason is that the two culprits involved have the recoil tolerance level of a 12 year old; they told the 'smith they desired a grown-up rifle for children or was that a children's rifle for grown-ups?
Cheers,
Number 10
21 November 2011, 15:13
Ghubertquote:
Originally posted by Gerry:
quote:
Still hate the cartridge as two of my shooting buddies had custom rifles built in it and are forever droning on about how great it is.
The reason is that the two culprits involved have the recoil tolerance level of a 12 year old; they told the 'smith they desired a grown-up rifle for children or was that a children's grown-up rifle?
#
Quite right.
DJM's eldest is 14 and he has a .270.
That's 0.020" bigger than a .260, and the combined age of those two adds up to a darn sight more than a free bus-pass, let me tell you.
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21 November 2011, 16:30
Claret_Dabblerquote:
Originally posted by Ghubert:
quote:
Originally posted by Gerry:
quote:
Still hate the cartridge as two of my shooting buddies had custom rifles built in it and are forever droning on about how great it is.
The reason is that the two culprits involved have the recoil tolerance level of a 12 year old; they told the 'smith they desired a grown-up rifle for children or was that a children's grown-up rifle?
#
Quite right.
DJM's eldest is 14 and he has a .270.
That's 0.020" bigger than a .260, and the combined age of those two adds up to a darn sight more than a free bus-pass, let me tell you.
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You pair of plebs can feck off any time at all.
The 260rem is God's own deer cartridge. If a 6.5x53/4/5/7 or whatever other crap case never existed, and you were setting out to design a 6.5 round, would you put a 6.5mm bullet on one of those odd, obsolete pieces of crap brass, and run them at 45K psi? Would you feck.
You would simply stick said 6.5mm bullet on top of the most efficient and successful brass cartridge of the past 50 years - the x51mm Nato - and call it good.
My 260rem has left a trail of dead deer across Ireland and England that would feed a small army.
Our buddy has whacked stuff up to Wildebeast and Kudu with his.
It you could shoot, you would find it good enough.....
If you want to talk uncool, look at a 243win, boooorrrrrriiiinnnngggg.
Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they are not out to get you....
21 November 2011, 16:51
GhubertNice, appropriately sized beasts there Brian.
Not mine, but here's what a 30.06 ( What your .260 will grow into if you feed and water it right ) will do:
Biggest so far on my own account:
That said, you're a mate; Gerry and I will be sure to give you a call when the mice come a marauding...
21 November 2011, 16:55
PaulHquote:
Originally posted by Claret_Dabbler:
quote:
Originally posted by Ghubert:
quote:
Originally posted by Gerry:
quote:
Still hate the cartridge as two of my shooting buddies had custom rifles built in it and are forever droning on about how great it is.
The reason is that the two culprits involved have the recoil tolerance level of a 12 year old; they told the 'smith they desired a grown-up rifle for children or was that a children's grown-up rifle?
#
Quite right.
DJM's eldest is 14 and he has a .270.
That's 0.020" bigger than a .260, and the combined age of those two adds up to a darn sight more than a free bus-pass, let me tell you.
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You pair of plebs can feck off any time at all.
The 260rem is God's own deer cartridge. If a 6.5x53/4/5/7 or whatever other crap case never existed, and you were setting out to design a 6.5 round, would you put a 6.5mm bullet on one of those odd, obsolete pieces of crap brass, and run them at 45K psi? Would you feck.
You would simply stick said 6.5mm bullet on top of the most efficient and successful brass cartridge of the past 50 years - the x51mm Nato - and call it good.
My 260rem has left a trail of dead deer across Ireland and England that would feed a small army.
Our buddy has whacked stuff up to Wildebeast and Kudu with his.
It you could shoot, you would find it good enough.....
If you want to talk uncool, look at a 243win, boooorrrrrriiiinnnngggg.
I'll still take the 6.5 Swede and not give the 260 a second look.
21 November 2011, 17:01
GhubertGive that man a biscuit!
21 November 2011, 17:03
Claret_DabblerAmir, I will break out the 30/06 any time I think I am likely to shoot something the weighs a quarter of a ton and up.
In the mean time, the pip squeak 260 shoots 120gr bullets as flat as a 270 shoots 130's, and get's done all I need on deer weighing 30 - 200 pounds on the hoof.
I don't have any "size" issues, and I am quite happy in my masculinity...
Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they are not out to get you....
