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Offline HuntHard

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Need a good 260 load.
« on: October 20, 2008, 02:22:05 AM »
I am interested in reloading for my 260rem. The gun is a Ruger MkII M 77. Does anyone have any good loads cooked up for this caliber? Bullets, Powders, Grains, any info would be great.

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Re: Need a good 260 load.
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2008, 08:04:33 AM »
Most responsible people are reluctant to post specific loads for liability reasons. What may work like gangbusters in my gun might be a dangerous overload in yours. I suggest you choose a bullet that you want to use in your gun, i.e. lighter bullets for smaller animals, heavier bullets for heavier animals. Then get a loading manual from the manufacturer of that bullet and follow the recommendations found therein. Then, when you do begin loading, don't try to make a .264 Weatherby out of your .260 Remington. In other words, don't push it. Stay within reasonable pressure/velocity limits. If you insist on higher velocities, get a gun with a bigger cartridge. In my youth I killed a lot of mule deer with a .30-30 Winchester. You can only kill them so dead and the lower velocity bullet makes for a less messy piece of meat.

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Re: Need a good 260 load.
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2008, 11:19:32 AM »
120 SMKs, 129 SSTs, and 120 Hot-Cores over IMR 4350 all shoot well in my 260.  120 A-maxes show promise also but I've only shot a dozen or so of them.

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Re: Need a good 260 load.
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2008, 05:06:17 AM »
Not enough information.  How long is the barrel on your M77?  What will you be shooting at with your .260?  Deer, elk, varmints, water jugs in the gravel pit, 100 yard targets, 1000 yard targets?  I used 120 Nosler BTips and 100 Partitions over H414 in my M7 for caribou and Kodiak blacktails, worked great.  For 500 yards I prefer 107 Sierras over Varget in my M700VLS.


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Re: Need a good 260 load.
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2008, 01:35:27 AM »
24 inch barrel shooting whitetail deer with it.

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Re: Need a good 260 load.
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2008, 03:49:59 PM »
My 700 Mt rifle likes H414 and 120gr NBT.

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Re: Need a good 260 load.
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2008, 04:43:52 PM »
With the 140's I've had good luck with IMR 7828, and IMR 4831.  With 129 or 130's  really good luck with RL 22.  And H 4350 has been excellent for me with 120's.  So far just about everything i've loaded for the 260 has shot great.  With the worst shooting ones still coming in around 1 1/2 inches or so.  But i've shot more groups under  1 in. with this caliber than I have with any other.  I really enjoy this caliber.

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Re: Need a good 260 load.
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2008, 09:26:08 AM »
  In MY preproduction A bolt I can NOT chamber factory 140 grain bullets! 129 and 120's are fine and do kill deer instantly! The deer in Maine and Maryland seem to hate it! They wont even come close any more ??? My chamber is a bit on the tight side also, I get excellent accuracy and higher velocity than the manuals suggest I should. So while I'll not give my recipes, I will say the .260 is a dandy deer round!

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Re: Need a good 260 load.
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2008, 02:06:39 AM »
Doesn't impress me much had a rem mod 7 ,,,, best i got was 9/16 grps with it withimr 4831@46.7 grs with a 129 b.t.did same with 140gr withimr4831@44.7 tried othe combos but none as good.