I own a Remington 700 in .260 and love it. I have been thinking of building one for my son, what could be bought and rechambered? Would anything work? The facotry choices are getting less.

Find yourself any decent used 700 and rebarrel it.
Nothing that I know of that you are going to find to rechamber.
But you just might find a take off barrel online somewhere and usually you can pick those up fro around 50 to 75 bucks.
$50 to get it put on and there you have it.

I had went through my reloading manual, and couldn't find anything, and I figured I could get some info on here, thanks for the input bucko.

I think that I have a 22" blued CM barrel from a Remington 700 DM MR around somewhere. If you're interested, I'll look for it and figure a price.

Jeff

I believe Remington and Ruger have a factory offering in .260 this year but I don't know what flavor they are.

I like the 6.5s as well....and love the M-70FWTs but they were never chambered in .260...so I built one!






Douglas builds a barrel very similar to the M-70 FWT....just put one on!

Rugers is only 18", as far as I can find out. I would prefer the 22" on an action. I have a Remington Model 700 SPS .300 WSM, unfired, but the barrel is ruined, do you guys think 260remguys' would fit or would it work?

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do you guys think 260remguys' would fit or would it work?

The bolt face is too large....and I think it'd not feed well either.

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I have a Remington Model 700 SPS .300 WSM, unfired, but the barrel is ruined,

Does the idea of a 6.5 WSM appeal to you?

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Dies the idea of a 6.5 WSM appeal to you

It is interesting, but I still want to build him something that he has a chance of getting ammo in most sporting goods stores.

maybe we can get some folks to chime in on this idea.....can the WSM action feed the 6.5 Rem Mag cartridge?

and yes.....while it's standard it's not readily available just anywhere.

the Best candidate for rebarreling to 260rem is obviously going to be a 243/7mm08/308

Though a 22-250 or other standard bolt face short actions work just as well.


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Gidday Kudu,

If you wanted something with a bit of good workmanship, quality and deadly accurate I would be looking at the Tikka T3 which is available from the factory in 260. Also the Sakos are available at a bit more of a price.

Value for money would be the Tikka and much better quality than the Remington or Ruger. These brands used to provide good quality but for the last 10 years the standard has dropped markedly.

If you wanted to buy something of US manufacture then Remington do have the 700 CDL limited edition in 260.

Happy Hunting

Hamish

I am not sure Tikkas in 260 get imported into the USA, but the 6.5x55 does, and it may be more of a good thing

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Originally posted by 6.5BR:
I am not sure Tikkas in 260 get imported into the USA, but the 6.5x55 does, and it may be more of a good thing

roger

I know that I have a new take-off matte CM 24" barrel in 270 WSM which would screw onto your action and headspace with minimal 'smith work.

Jeff

The 260Rem is one of two chamberings for which I'd consider a Rem700 "Mountain rifle" or a Model 7, the other is 7mm-08



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To be a "smart back side" you could buy a 6.5x55 Swede Mauser and set the barrel back and rechamber in .260. This is about the only 6.5 I would trust with the very new (read high pressure) cartridge. I suppose a 6.5 Jap might work, but some of their barrels were not to carefully made. 6.5 Italian if you want to "get rid of someone..."

Or you could just buy and use the 6.5 Swede as is. Might save a buck. Otherwise it is the standard bolt face and any "Mauser" bolt face should respond to a rebarreling, including the Remingtons, the Winchesters, the Sakos, The Howas, etc. LUCK.

One option is to buy a Remington 700 youth model and rebarrel. They come in .243 and 7-08. Come to think of it, why not keep it in 7-08? It's a mighty fine cartridge. I have a switch-barrel M700 with both these calibers and I've shot the 7-08 more.

If you check around at the gun shows or for sale adds you may find an older model in 260,ruger (22" barrel)rem Mtn rifle (22") or rem BDL (24")
I have had all 3 of these at one time and all of them shot very well.I still have the BDL with the 24 in barrel.And a savage target rifle I built in 260.
I saw one of the bdl's last year at a gun show but the guy wanted more for it than I paid for mine new.

Why not just buy a Rem. Model 7 CDL IN 260. They are a realy sweet rifle.

Pics of my rem and savage 260 rifles.
Target used to test some loads with the savage at 300 yds.

What about rebarreling howa 243 or 308, howas can be picked up at a good price and are a great action.

Jeff/260RemGuy,
I might be interested in your 260 barrel you mentioned. You have a PM.

There are a few of the 2008 Remington 700 stainless fluted .260Remington chamberings left with 24" barrels that I can get. I shot one of them in this weekend(actualy last weekend!!) and I thought I did well at .331" until the wife asked if she could shoot it and she did .298"!!!(47.0 grains of Reloader 19 with a 120 Nosler BT before someone asks!!) Those are 3 shot groups while breaking in the barrel but I can live with that in a hunting rifle. GHD

dg what price do you have on the 260?One of my benchrest buddies got one this past summer and I think he said he gave around $900 +tax.If I didn't allready have the BDL I would jump on one.

owensby, If there are still any of them in stock at the one distributorI know of that had any left as of Monday, I could get you one for around $900.00 delivered. You're not that far from me if you are in Newton NC! I'm in Rocky Mount, VA. Just a little trip for you east onI-40 to Greensboro and up US 220! I will check the availability of them and repost. GHD

owensby, as of right now there are 13 of them still in stock at that distributor. Let me know if you want one. Thanks,Charlie (GHD) footnote.......the 260 is really an all around rifle! Especially if using the 24" or 26" barrels! These CDL's have 24" barrels. You can load 95 grain VMaxs for varmints or 140 AMAXS to touch big stuff(or varmints a long ways out there!!) And the 100's, 120's, 129's if so desired for inthe middle! The inherrent accuracy of the round is phenomenal along with the light recoil. And you don't have to rebarrel after 14-1500 rounds like you do the 6.5x284's!

Thanks gd I was just curious on the price.I allready have the bdl and the savage.
Are you going to the big groundhog shoot down here in april?

Ditto. They are first-rate rifles.

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Why not just buy a Rem. Model 7 CDL IN 260. They are a realy sweet rifle.

Newb here, don't see a lot of mention of Savage rifles here. Hope I'm not goring any oxen by suggesting one of the newer model 10FCP rifles, with accutrigger, camo'ed accustock and detachable mag. Available in .223 and .308; the .308's need only be rebarreled for .260, everything else is ready made for the .260, and Fred or Lisa at Sharpshooter Supply can advise and provide all answers and work involved in the mod. They also have a very nice detachable magazine mod to up the capacity of the factory detachable to 10rd.

If you handload, and recoil is an issue, the Hornady 95gr V-Max is a very good bullet for smaller game.

Greg

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don't see a lot of mention of Savage rifles here.

Typically you see them mentioned in forums where the shooters are much younger. AR has a high % of posters past their 40s and 50s

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Originally posted by vapodog:

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don't see a lot of mention of Savage rifles here.

Typically you see them mentioned in forums where the shooters are much younger. AR has a high % of posters past their 40s and 50s

Uhh Huhh! roger

I would probably buy a .260 too if the ammo and cases were readily available BUT they're not.

A CZ 550 6.5 Swede with a nice wood stock sure is a good looking piece and tempting. I would bet there is not a measurable difference in performance between the .260 and the 6.5 SE.

.260 brass is readily available from all online suppliers and it can be made from all .308 family brass. Don't look for a reason to say no....

I make my .260 Rem brass from either 7-08 or .243, with Winchester being the brand that's (normally) available off the shelf locally.

It's a fairly simple matter of running the brass through a F/L .260 rem (Hornady New Dimension) resizing die. Since I normally run my new brass through the F/L die anyway, it's really no different a process (for me anyway) from using the .260 brass from Remington.

As for factory ammo availability, the only ammo I use from commercial sources is hunting ammo, and that constitutes probably less than 2% of my total ammo usage. Since my usage is so small, it's not economical in time or money for me to try to improve on factory hunting ammo. I think hunting ammo is the commercial loaders' primary concern, and the one thing they can typically do better than I can. Basically, I see such individual hunting load development as something like trying to reinvent the wheel. I'd rather spend my load development budget on target/competition ammo, and that's where the .260 performs rather well for me.

Jar