Originally Posted by JPro
And the fact that most moderate 6.5mm rifles are only burning 40-45gr of powder and don't necessitate a 24" barrel.

There was a run of 24" SPS 700 rifles in 260 not long ago. I bought one. A guy could put one in an Edge stock and wind up around 6.5lbs before optics. The factory stock actually didn't weigh much either.


Got one. 8 twist even.

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A little tweaking, some Cerekote and a McSwirly later, it looks like this now:

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Shoots 130 NABs into .75 with boring regularity. May be my favorite deer rifle.

The 'Euro-look' 260 Tikka after plastic surgery:

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Shoots 125 Partitions wonderfully
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Looks like this after a hydro-dip job

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Nut


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