If you are made of money any of those bullets will do the trick but so would a 129gr Hornady Interloct or a 120gr coreloct even though that would be considered blasphemy by the spend more mob.
The 125 gr partition is great but no better than the two listed above.
I agree with seafire, there are no bad 6.5 bullets. Try several and use whatever shoots best in your rifle. My 264WM likes 125 Partitions and 129 Hornadys. The 6.5x55 likes 140s both rifles have the same twist. Just use what works.
Larry
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Posts: 3942 | Location: Kansas USA | Registered: 04 February 2002
It doesn't make it any easier, but Seafire is right. As fun as the 260 is to shoot, try em all, but especially the 100 grain B-Tips and Partitions. I have the 100gr TTSX next on the list and then the 123gr Hornady.
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Posts: 28849 | Location: western Nebraska | Registered: 27 May 2003
My "go to load" employs the 130 gr Accubonds. I've found that 43 gr. H414, and OAL of 2.900, fed 210M primers work well in both a Kimber Montana and Sako Varmint in 260 Rem.
Yeah I know its only a three shot group, but most critters can't count past......... well you get the Idea.
Works well on hogs and varmints.
As most of what I shoot at is at ranges of 200 yds and under, maxing velocity in not necessarily my goal. I have found that cartridges that have a muzzle velocity of 2,800 fps., do less meat damage at yardage mentioned above. If I wanted velocities of a 264 win mag or a 6.5 stw, well I'd have one rather than a 260.
GWB
Posts: 23752 | Location: Pearland, Tx,, USA | Registered: 10 September 2001
Originally posted by PATRIOT76: I have ordered 140 grain accubonds, 100 grain partitions, and 100 grain TTSX's.....
This will be for deer, pigs, yotes....im hoping to get the ttsx's to be sub MOA @ 3100 + MV
barrel is pac-nor 1in9" twist
this is my 1st small caliber and i look forward to whakcing animals with low recoil and muzzle blast
140s might or might not work in the 9" twist, but 130s will. I have had great luck with 130gr Accubonds.
John
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Posts: 101 | Location: The Big Country | Registered: 22 January 2004
I still have a small cache of factory loaded 125 gr. Nosler Partitions. I can shoot 1 MOA 3-shot groups out of my Rem Model 7 with a .260 Mountain Rifle take-off barrel. Nothing fancy but it'll pile up deer, nice terminal performance. Once I run out, I'll either load them or 130 gr. Nosler Accubonds.
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Posts: 842 | Location: Anchorage, AK | Registered: 23 January 2004
Cant go wrong with the 129gr Hornady spire point. 1-9" twist will stabilize all 140's only 160's or 155grainers may not fully stabilize, but who cares???? A 120gr TTSX or 130gr accu0bond will do anything that needs to be done with a 260 and all the 140 cup and cores will work with boreing regularity
Posts: 498 | Location: New Jersey | Registered: 22 May 2004
I shoot the 120 grain TSX out of my 6.5x284 and it groups really well with H4350.
I'm building a DPMS LR308 in 260 Rem right now also if I can find the correct wrench for the freefloat nut.
Frank
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Posts: 12762 | Location: Kentucky, USA | Registered: 30 December 2002
120 TTSX with 44 gr. H4350 and 120 Nos. BT with 45 gr. H4350 both do right at 2900 out of my 22" barrel and are right on with the dots in my long range duplex out to 400 yards.