Yup thats my question ,,, In a varmit weight rifle with a 24"or shorter barrel what are the most accurate loads and how fast do they go ????? Thanks in advance ...Gumboot

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Originally posted by gumboot458:
Yup thats my question ,,, In a varmit weight rifle with a 24"or shorter barrel what are the most accurate loads and how fast do they go ????? Thanks in advance ...Gumboot

Well that depends on your rifle and it's 1diosyncrasies.With a 24" barrel you should be able to reach 3250-3350 with 95-100 grain bullets 2850-3000 with 120-125 grain bullets and 2700-2800 with 140 grain bullets. The 260 is pretty easy to load for and in my experience works very well with a wide array of powders from the medium burn rates for the lighter bullets up to the slow burning powders for the 120-140 class bullets. My best results with 100 grain bullets has been with H-414 120-125 H-4831 and with 140's H-4831 and IMR-7828.

There is tons of published data and you should have no problems finding something your rifle likes in short order.

I had good luck with RL19 and 120 NBTs. Lou

120gr Nosler BTs with 40.5gr of Varget. Seat the bullets really long.

vv n150 works for 107s to 140s. varget is also pretty popular. id try those 2 powders first.

I have a 257 WBY Mark 5 It shoots the same loads
you shoot with them being 87gr,100gr,117gr and 120gr. I use RL25 powder with all of them but the 87gr bullet I use RL22

43.0 grains of VARGET and 100 grain Nosler BT's. Works in so many different 260's I've lost count! Honest to GOD velocities in the 3200+ range in all of them. Accuracy plus speed! For the big bullets, the 140's)140 AMAX's) Use 45 grains of H4831sc and don't look back! Devastaing load on varmints or big varmints(whitetails) at all distances!! GHD

Wow ,,, cool ..all ... I,m really after a fur friendly load , so I will tinker with things and try them on liter plastic pop bottles .. ,,, I don,t want to blow a beautiful red fox all over the snow .... I,m thinking about the 110 gr Barnes banded solid ...@ 2900 - 3000 .fps ......

Many game departments prohibit the use of non-expanding bullets for hunting. Be sure to check them thoroughly before going to the trouble of working up the load.

A heavy, tougher bullet such as the Sierra 140 grain GameKing at moderate velocity (2500-2600 fps) will always exit, but the exit will generally be quite small and easily repairable.

120 Nos BT, 44.0 IMR4350 shoots great in a 1-9 twist barrel.

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Originally posted by gumboot458:
Wow ,,, cool ..all ... I,m really after a fur friendly load , so I will tinker with things and try them on liter plastic pop bottles .. ,,, I don,t want to blow a beautiful red fox all over the snow .... I,m thinking about the 110 gr Barnes banded solid ...@ 2900 - 3000 .fps ......

107 grain Sierra match bullets..

We can use sulids ..

Trying to decide on the barrel ?????

I have been loading my .260 rem. with 42 grs. RL-15, WLR primer, 120 sierra, 22 in" ruger, shot over my chroney at 2920 fps. .850 groups,.. this is a out of the box rifle...

Here's one of mine....rifle is F/S in these ads..

AI above?

Nope...std 260..

my AI 260 is an 8 twist s/shot Savage..its a better shooter....

Just seemed like 49.5gr was alot, but I wonder too if Lapua holds more than Rem, as 6BR brass necked up to 7BR held more than my 7BR Rem brass I had for a custom rifle.

Moly bullets too

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Originally posted by 6.5BR:
Just seemed like 49.5gr was alot, but I wonder too if Lapua holds more than Rem, as 6BR brass necked up to 7BR held more than my 7BR Rem brass I had for a custom rifle.

I was wondering the same thing I can get 48-48-1/2 grains of 4831 in the brass I have for my 260 Rem. The Rem brass I have is 48 and the 7-08 Win brass I necked down is 48-1/2 with either the 120 Bt or the 125 Partition. There is some compression in both but not too much. I have been using some Rem 7-08 necked down but with faster powder and lighter bullets but I figure it should be close to the Rem 260 brass.

Hipster, I do know WW brass, 7/08 has more capacity than Rem. BUT, years ago Hornady 25/06 and 270 brass (used then to reform to 6.5x55-before much/any brass mfg. here in US) were WAY different in capacity, so you never know. Could be Hornady outsourced brass back then, not sure, and by different vendors for different calibers, point is, assuming 2 cartridges very similar i.e. 25/06-270, 260/708 w/same co. headstamp May or MAY not be similar in capacity. I'd bet odds are higher you are right and 708 RP brass is close to 260 RP.

Thanks.