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Coyote Hunter - What bullet/recipe are you running at 600 yards?

The Remington barrel doesn't spin ' em very fast so I'm not real sure if I'm going to be able to go much more than 130gr. I'm thinking of trying Berger VLDs...

Here is a picture taken a few days after the one above.:


This one was taken during one of my first trips to the range with the rifle. The 600-yard berm is .... 600 yards out there. The first dark horizontal line is the shadows cast by the target backing boards at 500-yards (the shadows are seen from underneath the boards). The next, fainter line is the same thing but at 600 yards. I was getting hits on the 600-yard pigeons with the fire-form loads.


Works great on antelope, too:

I joined the fraternity as well... just haven't screwed it on yet

There is a pile of 6.5's on the bench though...

My barrel is a 1-8 twist, 24� long. Here are my loads:

WW brass and CCI 250 primers for all.

140g A-MAX, 49.0g H4831SC, ~2660fps � Fireform loads
140g A-MAX, IMR7828SSC, 3063fps
130g Scirocco II, IMR7828SSC, 3161fps

The fireform load was chosen because I had a lot of H4831SC I wasn�t using any more. The load is just shy of Hornady�s current max load for a standard (non-AI) 6.5-06. I lose about 5% velocity from the Hornady 6.5-06 data but it shoots great.

Should be fun. Here�s a couple close-ups of mine. Photographs aren�t very high quality but good enough, I guess.

CH,
I was messin' with ya, just a little bit. You prolly shoot a lot better than I do.
That's a nice lookin' rig ya got.
The way things are here, don't shoot much over 250 yds. As thick as it is, past 100 yds,you shoot something and if it ain't DRT, unless you have a landmark, you are darn lucky to find a blood trail to start.
The one and only 600 yard shot I've ever made, or attempted was at a whitetail doe across a canyon.It was a lazered 590 yds. The doe was under a spin cast feeder. I was lugging a Rem. Sendero chambered in 338 RUM, loaded w/ 180gr. ballistic tips. Rifle was zeroed at 250yds. Wind was blowing like hell. I figured the bottom of the spinner was 8'. The doe was about 3' at the shoulder (give or take). I held what I estimated to be 1' under the spinner and 2' in front of her nose into the wind. Dang if the wind didn't blow that bullet another 2' at 600yds. Hit her right in the spleen. I'd been up for two days with no sleep. It was cold and raining. I didn't want to come home empty handed or I'd never taken the shot.
Had I not had a landmark I would have never found that deer.
As it was it took me an hour just to get to her.

I also like the 6.5's.

Here is one more that does pretty good too.


Cooper Montana Varminter, 6.5 x 284


trying out some RL-17


shootin' the corners at 200 yds.

Best
GWB

The 260 Rem has really grown on me, went from a want to a need. The Nosler 130 gr AB would cover most everything.

JD338

geedubya -

I figured that out a bit late when I re-read your post and saw "Best" at the end. Sometimes I'm a bit slow on the uptake...


That's a nice looking rifle and it seems to shoot well, too.

One of these days I'm going to have to go where the pigs are and have some fun making pork chops. You guys get to hunt them 24x365 with no limits. Elk and deer are a once a year hunt for me. I'm so jealous...

CH,

What is the old saying, friends come and go, but enemies accumulate. Lord knows I don't need to make any more.

As you may know, there is public land in Texas but its a pain to hunt. If you don't have a family member with a large ranch it makes things a little difficult. I hunt on a couple of leases where I basically pay a tresspass fee. I can hunt year round for varmints, hogs and exotics.
Yes, we can hunt hogs 24/7/365. I generally go to my lease in the Texas hill country once a month. It about 20 miles north of Uvalde Texas and six miles from the nearest paved road. No power or water. I like it that way. Some years I kill 30 to 40 hogs.
My personal best is 15 in 3 days. I eat the heck out of them.
Combined with deer meat, antelope or Audad it makes great smoked links and summer sausage. Not bad plain as pan sausage. Make roasts and pulled pork out of the hind. Grill the loins.
Here are a few piggies that I have known (and not in the Biblical sense).

Best
GWB












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I wish I could've worked out that 260 that McGowen [bleep] up so bad. I was in love with that rifle. It just wouldn't shoot worth a damn.

Anyhow, somehow I know what a 100 grain NBT leaving that tube at 3200 will do to an Antelope

That is a lot of pigs per year! Like I said, I'm jealous. ...

For the 260rem shooter out there. What made you decide on the 260rem over the 7mm-08?

I don't think this forum is the appropriate place to be tossing around the "n" word.

I know. I'm already itchin' for a .243....

I did for the .260's ability to shoot heavier-for-caliber bullets with good SD and BC.

The .260 is designed to function best with 100 - 140gr bullets...the 7mm-08 usually gets 120 - 150gr bullets, with the 140gr being by far the most popular. To match the 140gr 6.5mm bullet's SD in a 7mm bullet, you've got to all the way up to 160gr. That's askin' a lot from the little 7-08....

A quick check of factory ammo yields these results for the "standard" loads in each caliber:

.260: 120gr (SD .246) @ 2930 fps muzzle, 2026 fps @ 400 yards, -21.9" @ 400 yards with 200-yard zero
7-08: 140gr (SD .248) @ 2820 fps muzzle, 1963 fps @ 400 yards, -23.6" @ 400 yards with 200-yard zero

And for the "heavy" loads:

.260: 140gr (SD .287) @ 2700 fps muzzle, 1905 fps @ 400 yards, -25.3" @ 400 yards with 200-yard zero
7-08: 150gr (SD .266) @ 2650 fps muzzle, 1859 fps @ 400 yards, -26.5" @ 400 yards with 200-yard zero

The above examples show that shooting bullets of like SD and BC, the .260 is a bit flatter, stays a bit faster down range and delivers more energy to the target at all normal hunting distances than the 7mm-08. It recoils less, too. The same is true of heavier bullets, but the SD advantage clearly starts to go with the .260 in these loads.

I just like the range of bullet weights for the .260 better. Theoretically, they should give better ballistics and penetration. Although, as usual, I highly doubt the animals hit with either will know the difference.

I'm getting pretty attatched to this one.




Lots to like about a rifle that drives a .6+ bc bullet at 2850fps with little recoil or muzzle blast.

Welcome to the .260. Mine is a beater, but shoots well and often.

Thanks for sharing.

stumpy