Originally Posted by GSSP
I shoot both the 260 Rem and the 6.5x47. When I recently spent a bit over $4k to build a custom LR hunting rifle. I went with the 6.5x47. Here's why.

260 Rem: 20 deg shoulder eek

1. Prep brass
2. Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, TRIM mad
3. Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, TRIM mad
etc, etc

6.5x47:30 deg shoulder cool

1. Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, Load, Shoot, grin etc, etc, etc

I did not forget to include TRIMMING with the 6.5x47. I've never needed to trim the cases. grin

And my hunting load uses Rel 17 pushing the excellent 140 gr Nosler Partition to 2865 fps. laugh

The small primer whoops butt on both the 260 and 6.5 CM. whistle

Nuf said!

Alan


I'm not up on the case dimensional differences between the 260 and Creedmore, but couldn't one run a creedmore reamer to about the depth of the 260? Use Lapua's .308 Palma brass for it's small primer pocket? Best of both worlds, nearly?

Call it the 260 Norton

Kaiser Norton

The Kaiser- "If it ain't broke, I can fix that!"