Personally I like a shorter barrel in the 260. I'm thinking of getting a light weight hunter from Savage once the local dealer gets a price list. I think 20" of barrel is plenty for any 308 based cartridge. I have a Remington Model 7 with the 18.5" barrel and it sends 129 hornady SP out at 2600-2700fps. Every deer ever shot at with that gun has died in short order.
