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Gee 1deernut you sure are insecure about ur gear !! Lol

Just enjoy ya rifle, but there is no deny the advantages of the 260 when lightweight, low recoil and 600yd deer slaying a ability is required !!

And picking a 45yr old slapper over Miley Cyrus !! Wow haha

Dude....

Wasn't able to include a sarcastic tone on that I guess but rest assured it was laden with it....

Tanner

Insecure? Not in the least. Confident in all the rifles I own, build, hunt, shoot. If not, they go down the road.

I enjoy all my rifles. Most with 'deer slaying abilities' out a ways further than 600. I love the 260 Rem, but it has no big advantage over the 7mm-08, for example. Given the 6.5/140 AMAX versus the 7mm/162 AMAX. The 162 is going to trump the 140. More downrange energy, less drift, and more caliber with only slightly more recoil. You may say that the 260/140 will be much faster. The fact is that equal barrel lengths in each caliber with equal cases and equal bullet weight, the one with the bigger bore is faster. The 708/162 versus the 260/140 velocities will be close. Run the numbers.

In any case, I own and shoot the 260 more than the 7-08. But I'm not so narrow-minded to think that the 260 in a light rifle with a short barrel is the best answer to anything just because I own it. And therein lies the problem with your posts.

Not sure where I picked a '45yr old slapper' over the skank you mention. But, you haven't comprehended anything I've written, and actually added things I did not, so I'm not surprised. As you were.

Nothing against anyone trying to make a name in Biz these days, But, Class is class. Without a ?, I'll take the "45 yr. old Slapper".

I'm a happily married man, but I would agree.

1deernut i certainly wouldnt put 140 or 160gr loads in the low recoil catergory.

Again ive highlighted the weakness is your argument, that you shoot the 260 the most pretty much nails the argument lol.

I shoot 6.5 140gr mono's at 2820fps and 155gr at 2720fps and the step up in recoil is substantial too say the least so not sure how that affects the OP when deciding a low recoiling outfit !!

the 7/08 is another fine SA round but I prefer the higher BC of the 6.5s.

Again what does ur McMillian weigh ?

R u claiming ur 260 weighs 5lbs 5oz ?? I call bs here

Nut I offered up what I built with all ballistic for all too see, again go eat the peanuts outta someone else's ass cause Im done with ur insecurities !!

Is Kawi your dad?

And for choosing present day Brooke or Miley, I will admit to boning the latter.

But your 5lb rifle shooting a 130 VLD is low recoil by your own posted account. You run the numbers on 140 vs 130 for recoil in your rifle given similar loads? BIG difference? LOL. OK. suuurre. Kinda like your '5.5lb 270 is not a light rifle' argument.



What weakness of what argument? I've merely pointed out that you tout your rifle/load combination as the end-all of rigs, and your false statement that a 25-06 sucks and a 270 can't be had in a light rifle. No facts there, only your opinion (or your 'book').



Post the numbers in felt recoil vs. your 130 load. Use your 5lb rifle to get the numbers, and then post them. Then try a 6.5lb rifle. Maybe you will learn something, but I don't expect you to admit it.



Only if you compare like bullet weights. Again, check the specs of your 130 VLD. G1 is ~.56 a 168 7mm is above .6 and goes up from there. A 6.5 140 is only ~.6. Now read my post above again regarding bore size. Learn again.



The one on the gun pictured is ~2 lbs. I didn't use that stock thinking I was getting the lightest available option, if that is where you are headed. It is the stock I wanted to achieve my intention for that particular build. Haven't weighed it, but my curiosity is now up. I would guess around 7.5 lbs. I'm sure you will reply "my stock is lighter and better than yours" nananana... go ahead.



Never made that claim, and you can't show where I did due to that fact. How about you post that rifle of yours on a scale? Again, you substantiate my point that you cannot comprehend...well...much of anything.

Sammo,

Was that YOU on the stage?

Keep on diggin cause we are all laughin 1deernut !!

I thought you were done?

Post those figures I asked for? Maybe a pic of that humdinger of a rifle on a scale? Or are you "done"? LOL.

I'm curious about the 6.5 140 monos myself. I know of one, but believe its a single feed deal. St. Evil must be an ace with the dots too.

140gr Lapua Naturalis 16 bore, used em sucessfully out of my old lighweight 6lb Sako L579, 1200lbs of bovine at 180paces, it did the trick.

They also went full length on a 220lb hog and had no trouble exiting on 6-700lb donkeys in the Northern Territory of australia. 155gr are lapua mega's. Whats dots ?

Stevil,

What reticle you running? I see no dials... What kind of groups you getting at 500?

Simple ballistic plex 2-7 is all I need lol. 200m zero, its not rocket science. Its meant too be light so why unbalance the dynamics with a heavy scope ?

on the day i took the 7 out ( bout a month ago) we had a good breeze across the valley, shooting off a box it put 3 shots into 3.75 inches at 400m, we ďid have a target at 600m but the midday mirage was too great for me.

To get back on topic, what about a Weatherby Ultralight in either 25-06 or 257 Weatherby.