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Originally Posted by chesterwy
Going with Talley's and VX3 2.5-8. Lets talk load development. I am a big fan of barnes TTSX. 120 grainers?


I haven't worked very much with Barnes in the 260 Rem but with other bullets IMR 4350 and H 4350 are hard to beat IMO. My current 260 has been doing very well with H 4350 and 140's going to use it as well for the 120-130 gr bullets as well. There are lots of other great powders for the 260.


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Honest question. I've got a couple of these....30/06 DBM and a regular 7x57. I like them and everything but why do people rave about them so much?

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Light weight, great handling, look good with the walnut stock. What's not to like. Mine is a 6.5x257AI. I really like the 129gr Hornadys, and 140gr Bergers aren't anything to sneeze at, either. 2-7 VXII on top, but the 2.5-8 or the straight 6 FXII would be equally at home.



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I too have one in 270. I think it is because with the mtn rifle especially the older blue walnut it is one of the few truly lightweight classic stocked rifles available ie they are beautiful. Lets face it many of the other offerings out there have sort of chunky overweight stocks and while the lighter weight barrel of the mtn rifle may heat up faster than a std weight barrel for hunting that is pretty moot as more than 1-2 shots at a big game animal is rarely offered. So basically other than some of the Montana's by Kimberly and some of the other higher end mfg. it is the only classic stocked lightweight out there . Yes there is the model 70 fwt but some prefer the checkering style of the Remington and some prefer the forend treatment. I like both but prefer the Remington

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Originally Posted by johnfox
Originally Posted by chesterwy
I am thinking leupold vx3 2.5-8. What say you?


Perfect.


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It's in my possession now. Pretty nice little rifle. Got a set of talley lows on order. And have a 2.5-8 ready to go when they arrive.

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Originally Posted by chesterwy
It's in my possession now. Pretty nice little rifle. Got a set of talley lows on order. And have a 2.5-8 ready to go when they arrive.


I have that model in that chambering. Mine is a go to rifle. Mine sports a 2-8 Nikon in Tallys. I missed out buying a duplicate in a GS up in TN about 6-8 years ago, and I have regretted not springing for it. I think you got it at a very nice price.

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I have that same rifle in the 260. I put a Nikon Monarch 3-9x with BDC on mine. First rattle out of the box, I tried 43.5 gr of H4831, CCI 200 and Hornady Interlock 140 gr Spire point in new Remington cases. Also same load with 140 Nosler Partitions. Both loads went 1" at 100 for 3 shots, and a quarter inch more for 5. I thought that was pretty good for the light barrel. I'm happy!

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When the Mtn Rifle first was chambered in the 260 Rem I decided I needed one..

Drove 2 hours down to PA, either Grice or Ron Shirk's ( can't remember) and they had lots of MTN rifles but NO 260 Rems..

However, after fondling that pretty little rifle, I just HAD to take one home with me, so I bought one in 7mm08...

They were doing a special on Burris scopes..If you bought a Burris you got free rings, bases, mounting and boresighting, so I gritted my teeth ( I wanted a Leupold fixed 4X or 6X) and bought a Burris Fullfield 2x7... Turned out to be a pretty good little scope, and the rig has been my main whitetail/hog rifle for the last 10 years or so..

The rifle still looks pretty and shoots real pretty with RL-15 and the 120 Barnes TTSX.

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My story is much the same. When Remington brought out the 260, I had to have one. I got mine at Green Acres in JAX. I didn't have the cash and had to put it on layaway and pay it off monthly. It's been a good one.


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I have a leupold dual dovetail and Burris 2-7 sitting here so I went ahead a mounted them up this evening. Just to see how it would look. It looks pretty nice. Having that scope may free up a little cash to put a new trigger in it. The factory trigger is horrific.

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I've never seen one of the .260 MRs here in Canada.I know the first one I did see was a .280 and I scooped it right there and then.Still have that one,but finding one in .260 would be sweet! Monashee


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Monashee, I had one that someone put into a factory fiberglass stock, it was a nice little gun and shot pretty good the short while I had it. It wasn't a lefty so it went down the road, traded it for 2 Leupold scopes to a fellow on Vancouver Island. They are out there.


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My buddy brought over his 280 MR today to sight in and shoot for the first time. It has a brake on it, but not a huge ugly thing, just a small one barely larger than barrel diameter and about an inch long. What a sweet shooting rifle! He has a steel Weaver 4x32 on it that moved precisely the way we commanded it when adjusted. Very nice setup. We didn't pound a lot of ammo through it testing groups but it definitely shot where we pointed it with factory Remmy 150s.

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