.260 Remington

Sig220_Ruger77

I am interested in any information as to the effectivness of the 260 Rem. It seems to me that if you consider its low recoil quality along with some pretty good balistics...it should be more popular. I would think in 120 grain it should make for a dandy deer cartridge and using the 140's for Elk should work really well. So, is anyone out there that has had experience with this cartridge?

THANKS!!!
David

Sig220_Ruger77

What do you guys think of this cartridge? I know it wasn't official until the late 1990's, but it has been around quite longer then that. I have always thought it to be a neat and very efficient little cartridge through my readings and following it.

Anyways, I have a great opportunity to own a Ruger Compact in one of these through a trade and am definitely considering it.

Jon

jptatum

I have to agree with you about the cartridge. I do not know what the trade is; I can not comment on that. Good luck.

carbine100

One of my favorite cartridges, outstanding ballistics. For whitetail size game, you cannot ask for much better.

edit; ammo is not the most available for this round, reloading is highly suggested. (know you have started or been reloading, but added for anyone following/searching the .260)

mbsams

I have never liked anything based on the .308. Don't know why. I love all the ones based on the -06, but since there isn't a commercial 6.5-06 I guess the .260 is the next best thing - great for deer no dought.

dfletcher

I think it's an excellent cartridge and match to the gun. I have a 260 Rem barrel for my T/C Encore, very light gun but the 260 is mild to shoot. It's easy to handload, there are alot of good .264 diameter bullets out there too. Heck, if Ruger made their 77V in 260 instead of 6.5 Creedmoor I'd have bought it instead.

Friend of mine bought a Nemesis take down (about $4K) and two barrels - one in 308 and the other is 260 Remington.

ern98

The difference between the 260 rem and the great 6.5x55swede is minamal. The swede has been knocking over everything from varmints to Moose for many decades and so to get a compact ruger in 260rem should be about an ideal combo. Grab it and never look back....

iwannausername

Bell used the 6.5x55 w/ steel jackets for brain shots on Elephants...

quote:Originally posted by ern98
The difference between the 260 rem and the great 6.5x55swede is minamal. The swede has been knocking over everything from varmints to Moose for many decades and so to get a compact ruger in 260rem should be about an ideal combo. Grab it and never look back....

Sig220_Ruger77

Thanks guys. We did some dealing and now all that waits is FFL transfers and shipping! [8D]

Now I just have to find some brass, bullets, and maybe a few boxes of ammo to start off with.

Jon

260

hello, the .260 is an awesome caliber. i have two: a rem xp-100and the ruger compact. i reload for both. as far as getting the most from the ruger, you will have to do a little work. #1 the trigger sucks. i replaced mine with the timney, pillar bedded, glass bedded.
now it will almost shoot as well as the xp-100.
if i can help,let me know.

nononsense

Just to clear up some possible confusion:

"Bell recorded all of his kills and shots fired. It was a business to him, not pleasure, and he needed to record expenditures.

* He shot exactly 1,011 elephants with a series of six Rigby-made 7x57mm (.275 Rigby) rifles with 173 grain military ammo.
* He shot 300 elephants with a Mannlicher-Schoenauer 6.5x54mm carbine using the long 159 grain FMJ bullets.
* He shot 200 odd with the .303 and the 215 grain army bullet.
* He went to a .318 Westley Richards for a while, which is a cartridge firing a 250 grain bullet at about 2400 fps, but found the ammunition unreliable and returned to the 7mm.
* He also recorded that one of the reasons why he favored the 7x57 was that the ammunition was more reliable and he could not recall ever having a fault with it. Whereas British sporting ammunition, apart from the .303 military ammo, gave him endless trouble with splitting cases.
* The balance of his elephants were shot with this .318 and his .450/400 Jeffrey double rifle.
* He wrote about being able to drop an elephant with a light caliber rifle if he shot it in the same place that he would have shot it with a heavy rifle.
* It was unmentioned, but understood, that 7x57 ammunition cost a tenth the price of large caliber .450/400 Jeffrey cartridges and money is always a factor in business."

This takes nothing away from the .260 Rem. or the 6.5x55 Swede. This is simply clearing up some facts.

The .260 is a fine cartridge which is finding more uses every day in the field and on the target line. Many of the best Tactical competitors are using the .243 Win. or the .260 Rem. The reasons are the availability of great bullets coupled with reasonably priced brass. Both cartridges are easy to load for accuracy. Hunting bullet designs have been around for over a century so there's no problem here.

As with all short barreled rifles, be sure to wear hearing protection due to the increase in noise level.

Best.

joel_black

Just a short addition to your comments on Bell. He made a serious study of elephant skulls and calculated the entry point he would aim for based on the angle from which he was shooting.