Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles what do you use a 260 rem m7 with 18.5" barrel for ?

i am getting one, and have never used such a short barrel for any s/a cartridge.

what should i expect for dimished velo's, and what are any of you out there using ?

always, wanted a real light short barreled mtn type rifle, and i think this may fit the bill ?

i'm thinking mule deer in the mtn's, possibly elk, and of course antelope. but i don't think it'll make a distance shooter...

It will fit the bill and then some. Lose about 150fps.

What to use it for?

It'd be a bitchin' action to screw a 20" .358 barrel onto!

You might want to check into a 120 or lighter barnes tsx. That will get your velocity up there on par with a 140 from a 22" barrel and your penetration will be adequate.

Quick out the window for dogs.

Buy some earplugs...

With something like that... I've always wanted a Ruger International in 260 with an 18 inch barrel...my load would be 30 grains of RL 7 or H 322 with a 100 or 120 grain Ballistic tip..

or that charge with anything in the 85, 90, 95, 100 grain weights

would be a good varmint- coyote- woods range firearm...

a 260 doesn't have to have high velocity to be a highly effective round... remember a lot of the older 6.5s weren't exactly high velocity rounds..

Pay no attention to the velocity loss from the short barrel. Do pay attention to handiness of said carbine. Do pay attention to what happens to the game you hit with an appropriate hunting bullet. Results will astound you. Look at it in the right light and you'll never be disappointed... Expect too much, and you'll never be satisfied... Good Luck!

I bet it will still run 100gr TTSX at 3000...

I'd be using it to hold,shoulder,carry,admire,caress, then I may take it out and shoot something.

a nice carry dog rifle would be nice.
what's some good loads for a 120 bt ?
had a 260 dbm mtn rifle and just couldn't get it to shoot to my satisfaction, sold off the dies, brass, and bullets, when i rebarreled it to 7-08.
guess i gotta start all over again with getting supplies for it.

and plain ole sights off a 700 are the same on a 7 correct ?
guess if they are, i can put sights back on it, and make it original again.

Same sights. Try bit faster powders than H4350. IMR 4064, H4895, N540....

Here she is 18.5" tube and all. Stock was cut then added the slip-on. Ain't a better small package made. Well...maybe a NULA would do

hey now !
there we go !

now i'm getting first hand info.
what load you usin ?

and nice going, glad to see lil ones out hunting.

Could do a WHOLE lot worse than that!

H414/ H4831/ IMR4350 seem to make it whistle with great accuracy. The little rifle is very light and fun to tote.

Easy sub MOA. One of my favorites fo sho. I bet the 140's would be great elk medicine too

these would be fun to play with i bet

I could get along with 3 Hornady and 4 Nosler bullets for all of my 6.5mm/.264" bore applications and pretty much do:

95 grain VMax, varmints
100 grain BT & Partition, medium game
120 grain BT, medium game and because the shoot so good
129 grain SpirePoint, the all-around 6.5mm/.264" bullet
140 grain Partition, medium game and larger
140 grain AMax, paper

JEff

Looks like imr7828 and '15 are being used

I also just bought an older Seven in .260 with the 18.5" barrel. The standing joke at the gunshop I hang at is the .260 won't kill deer, I aim to prove them wrong. Neat gun anyway.......