Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 260 Rem loads. Any suggestions?

Almost forgot... The 263 express was a factory round in Australia up 'till the early 70's

I'm about to have my M591 Sako rebarrelled to .260rem, so this has been a very informative thread..

With regards brass, I considering using either Lapua .243win or .308win as the starting point...

Would there be any advantage to one over the other, and what steps would be involved to form it to .260 cal?

Thanks in advance,

Pete

Pete,

243 brass necks right up to 260 with no other steps.. and 308 necks down to 308 with no extra steps... on the 308 you might have a wrinkle at the bottom of the neck... but that never seemed to bother my rifles when I have used that 308 necked down brass...

I pick up a fair amount of used 308 brass off the ground at our local range...and that gets necked down to 260 as I don't shoot a 308...

There was a real neat article on the 260 vs the 308 as a tactical round tht was a very interesting read. It is in a special edition of one of the major rifle mags, with a title of Long Range Shooting or something to that effect.. I read the article over at Walmart last night..

Pete, what Seafire said. The only brass you have to watch is military and some of the IMI match brass running around. It has a pretty thick neck (like .015-.017") and necking it down may make for a dangerously tight fit in a chamber. Measure the width of some fired brass out of your gun when you get it and that will tell you the answer. Either way you can size brass in one shot up or down. I shoot a lot of 308's so that's what I usually buy. I actually neck down my "culled" cases for the 260.

Cheers guys, I was under the impression that some sort of neck turning was virtually mandatory...

Unless there is a good reason not to, I will probably neck up some Lapua .243win cases as I figure that way it will be easier to keep them apart from my regular Lapua .308win cases..

Thanks again,

Pete

I necked up some F-C 243 brass to 260 for use in my Ti, works well. Lapua would be the best

Pete [/quote]
There was a real neat article on the 260 vs the 308 as a tactical round tht was a very interesting read. It is in a special edition of one of the major rifle mags, with a title of Long Range Shooting or something to that effect.. I read the article over at Walmart last night.. [/quote]

Seafire, not to get too sidetracked from the OP, but thanks for the mention of this article. If anybody knows the name of the magazine, please let me know. Also, If anybody hasn't read this yet, it is very interesting:
http://demigodllc.com/articles/the-case-for-260-remington/

yep, they stopped chambering them, but you can still find them on Guns America, etc. My oldest boy fell in love with it, so I gave it to him. I just took possession of the new Remington Model 700 CDL SF Limited in 260 Rem, and I love the rifle. Havent worked up loads yet, but factory 140 gr corelocks are very accurate in it. I put a Nikon Buckmasters 4.5x14x40 matte scope on it with the BDC reticle and like it already.

BTT

Anyone using the 123 Hornady AMAX in the 260? I'm looking for something using H414 or H4831SC

Seems like more folks use stuff in the 4350 burn rate, but I have had my best results with H4831 with bullets from 120 to 140 grains.

John

Thanks for finding and bumping up this topic, David. I searched several times on this forum for info on the 260, since I recently acquired my first, and haven't found what I was looking for.

This is exactly the kind of info I needed.