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Is there a 6.5 bullet out there that will do it all fairly well? From 100 to 800 yards on wolves, large yotes and small deer? I am willing to accept some compromises in performance not perfection in all scenarios.

Read a guy on Long range hunting bragging up the A-Max. I dunno. I balk at using competition bullets on game.

I am trying to keep my life more simple so I am looking to just stick with one bullet if I can.

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The A-Max is marketed as a match bullet and varmint/medium game bullet. At .550 BC it oughtta' get out that far as well as anything does +/-.

I used the SST's too out of a 6.5-284 XP-100 handgun and they both worked well enough for me on elk/1 sheep and goat and a 906-yd. coyote believe it or not.

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Berger VLD's might warrant a look, too.


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The Berger Hunting VLD's would be my choice for this caliber. BC over .6 really should be the job nicely.

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DixieFreedomz: I have experience out to 506 yards with my 260 Remington Rifle.
I use the wonderful (and wonderfully accurate!) Nosler 100 grain Ballistic Tips for Antelope, Coyotes and Deer.
I may just be using my 26" heavy barreled Remington 700 VLS in 260 Remington next month, here for Montanas first legal Wolf Hunt in many decades!
I don't think I will be trying for them at anything near 800 yards though - I wouldn't hesitate to shoot at a Wolf at 500 yards though.
I have made several one shot kills on Coyotes and Antelope with this bullet between the 300 and the aforementioned 506 (Leica lasered) yards.
Best of luck with your 260 Remington.
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120NBT's would be another option


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How about Nosler 130 AB's ?


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any good 100 grainer...


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I use either the 100 BTip or the 107-grain MatchKing for long range shooting. Both are extremely accurate in my M700VLS .260 rifle, and the reduced recoil helps accuracy even more. I would not use the 107 MK on game however....


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I`ve heard good about the 100gr Hornady SP on game but, I can`t say anything from personal experiance.
The 100 gr Noslers, both BT and Partition have been fairly accurate in my rifles, and should perform well on game.


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140 amax or 130/140 vld berger =800yds. is a long ways out yonder.

I can attest to the [7mm] 162gr. amax's killing power at longrange -devastating.

There was some youtube video of a guy shooting feral sheep in new zealand -almost all bang-flops at 4/5/600yds. He was shooting a 7-08 most of the critters bounced off the ground while some cringed buckled and fell over.


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Everything you have mentioned that you would like to kill is thin skinned. With that information I would not hesitate to use a Sierra Matchking. For .260 I would run the 140 or 142 SMK.

Naturally of course many will parrot that they have heard you should not use SMKs for deer and everything else. I have personally shot a number of big bodied mulies with SMKs at long distance and have spotted for a number of other shooters who have done the same. A decent amount of coyotes have fallen in front of my rifles with SMKs as well. I have also talked to numerous precision riflemen who have done the same on antelope, blackbear coyotes, etc. They will do the job if you do yours.

In short, I would put longer range accuracy and high BC before anything else. If your .260 shoots Bergers/SMKs/Amaxs etc best, then use them.


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do NOT use a-max as an all purpose, if you shoot a deer with that guy at 100 yds, it is far too frangible, it will litterally explode and you will make a mess of his insides. plus the large exit wound leave a lot to waste. look at a 140 gr spire. i have shot deer with them at 60 yds and they held together just fine. i have also done some target shooting with them out to 800 out of a 6.5-06 and they buck the wind fairly well.


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