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Wait, I did that one awhile back

Any Looney KNOWS a 6.5 is MO Betta!!!

GFY.

LOL

Well if goes bang...

You bet!

both are good rds

6.5-06 is the taller dorky sister of the 6.5-284

So from pure speed and flight path what's a 270?

Really surprised the industry has not tried to market the 26-06, seems it might have a following from hunters, Joe Blow wants speed, perhaps Nosler will have ltd success w/their new round.

.270 and pocket .270.

How about a 6.5cartridge for the masses that isn't a proprietary round like the Grendal.

What say about a 6.5 SPC?

The 260 should have been a really hot seller. but remington didn't support its own with goiod ammo selection or make a good varity of rifles so chambered at once in the begining

DMS, yes, that's why Hornday stepped in and re-named it. Their Creedmoor is a good round, but diluted the sales of the 260, and perhaps 47 Lapua. Where ONE could do fairly well, folks are split in what they can buy, or choose to build. Remington is not willing to be aggressive in pricing ammo like Hornady, and yes, they dropped the ball LD - like many times before. Rem should avoid ANY new product if they are not going to be committed to it. Folks will continue to shy from ANY new offerings from Rem b/c their track record is dismal at best.

Had Hornady came out with the 260, or the Creedmoor first, then Rem would never had mucked up a product launch. They overpromised, i.e. 1402750, when production run early on was only running 2550, WTH??? They should have brought it out, TO SPEC like Hornday did with the 6.5CM.

Rem could take a lesson from Hornady, wonder when they will introduce rifles? Hmmm, bet quality control will be right, and price.

Agreed. Remingtons lack of marketing/support is well documented...and not just with the 260, which is a fabulous little round IMO....

.260 Rem is easily my favorite mid-size centerfire cartridge, hands down.

Remington can mess up anything. Just think what they could be as a company if they didn't always mess up their marketing and product launches.

Because old guys are the only ones that will buy it, and without their reading glasses they'll think they're looking at 25-06.

Big liability there...

I get around that problem by using 270 brass in my 6.5-06. If I ever make a mistake and load one in a 270, it'll just squib out.

Oh, that's right, I don't have a .270........

Brad, correct, but 264-06 might change that, no mix up with 264 WM, 260, 26 Noz, or 25-06.

It might sound more palatable to Americans who view the "Six point Five" as a foreign number.

Perhaps 264 Hornady Express........

They sure can. They managed to deal the death blow to the .244, .260, and .280 Remington. I don't think anybody could have sold an 8mm magnum however.

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Plug the 260 with a 140 gr Berger at 2750-2800 from a 260 into the Hornady ballistic lab and compare it to a 270-150 ABLR at 2900 fps(any garden variety 270 win will get that from a 22" barrel.

While we are at it, do the same with a 140 Berger in the 6.5/06 at 2900 and I think we will see why the 6.5/06 will likely not see the light of day as a factory offering.

I already did this to 1000 yards, with a 10 mph wind and 200 yard zero, so already know the answers.......but it is pretty enlightening and the only advantage I can see from a hunting standpoint is that a 260 will kick a bit less.

Other than that, there isn't much to see in difference between them.