What production rifles do you guys like chambered for 260 Rem ?

Sako 75 Finnlite.

Now go try to find one..

I figure this to be a pretty short thread. There are folks who like a .260 a lot, but not a lot of folks that like a .260. They are the short action equivelent of the .270 fans.

260 Remington - everything the 243 wants to be when it grows up.....

Recipe for success:

Ruger 77 Mk II Allweather/Leupold VX III 2.5x8


Kaiser Norton

7-08 without the fat.

I have some Ruger Compacts in 260...

I had a pretty one in a Kimber 84, but it wouldn't shoot worth a flip.....

I don't think Rugger is chambering in the 260.
I know Savage and Remington does but i think that Rem. only chambers it in the model 7,Tikka is the only other one i know of without stepping up to Sako, which is a bit out of my price range.

Ruger did a run. CDNN had a ton. They are on gunbroker too.....

I guess Ruger stopped making their Compacts in 260 a couple years ago. Glad I got 'em when I did!

.....still a few floating around on GunBroker though.

Seems to me that Savage is doing a lightweight wood handled model in .260?

Dober

Where did you see that Mark ?

Savage 11 LightWeight Hunter, 5.5 pounds, currently offered in .260:

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/11LH

A couple of production .260s I have are a Kimber 84M




and a Steyr Forester Safe bolt



Both are very satisfying rifles.

That's the one, it actually felt darn good to me!

Dober

Kimber quit making 260's.....glad i got my Montana when i did...

Thanks BlackFrog and Mark,gonna check 'em out

My 84M and my TC prohunter barrelled in .260.

If your lucky a Sako 85 hunter stainless


I consider myself lucky

Salvage makes the lightweight hunter and a regular accustock model in .260. And the LRP, which weighs about, oh, 11 lbs out of the box. The salvage accustock sporters are ... an acquired taste. But I guess I have acquired the taste, I own a couple of them now. They really don't even seem that ugly to me anymore. (what???)

Yeah Savage seems like the best choice if i'm going new. I'm not to familiar with their products.How do they compare with Remington or Ruger ?

Agree. Mine is like new in the box. Very rare, very sweet.

Most that I had seen will out shoot either out of the box

They may not win many beauty contests, but the ones I've played with have been the most accurate outta-the-box rifles I've shot.
That said, I only own one Sako. If (when) I own more Sakos, I might have to revise that....

Sako 85 Bavarian Carbine in 260 Rem sitting at a PA dealer now.

Stop it!!

Find a short action 700 and send it to Pacnor or Mickey Coleman or Redneck and have the barrel screwed on.

MR fauxed. I believe the twin brother in 223AI will be coming along soon..

Nosler is chambering their rifles in 260 Rem.

Mine are a Kimber Classic and a Model Seven.

eurooptic.com is listing some Sako 85s in 260 also.

C'Mon Man!

Do you like the Model seven ? I've only owned Remington bolts (3) in total.So that's the way i wanted to go but i prefer a 22" barrel over the 20" that the M7 has.

But in reality,i don't think 2'' in barrel length is gonna make a difference. Just a personal preference type of thing.

Savage does have my interest but i'm not familiar with them at all.

I sent a Ruger MKII off and had a 260 tube installed. This was before the run of Hawkeye's that Ruger made. Eddie F is coating that gun and I'm also going to send him the McWoody on order for a bedding job. That rifle has a #2 Douglas with an 8 twist -- 24" barrel.

I'm also giving thought to a light 260 too. Something at 21-22", 6.5 to 7 all up. Probably on a 700 action.

A couple of other choices to consider -- Cooper and MRC. The local shop has a MRC stainless AWR new on the shelf. It's a nice rifle! Had I seen the MRC 260 before I started the Ruger project, the MRC would be in my safe...

+1 on a Steyr in .260 being very satisfactory.

I'm kind of in the sme boat. I have project parts laying about the house for a 260 heavy . And my son is at the age where I owe him a deer gun. I'd love to give him my Allweather, but he's a southpaw and it's painfully awkward for me to watch him shoot it. I have Ruger 260 barrel that I got off Ebay, and the local shop has a LH Hawkeye in 7mm/08 = tough choices all around.

Kaiser Norton

SAS- care to take a guess on the weight of the AWR? Some recent posts by Mule Deer about the action have me at least looking at the MRC offerings

M7 SS .260, McM RMR Edge, Talleys, Gre-Tan...since sold.

I had one in 7-08, but it had a 24" barrel. The 260 has a 22. Mine weighed 8.5 with a VX2 3-9x40 and Talley LW lows. I'm guessing the 260 would be right around 8. Swap the bottom metal and drop it in an Edge --get you right around 7.

I really like that Zebra paint scheme.

Accuracy makes up for looks. I have a heavy LRP in .22-250. More of a sniper rifle on varmints (of all sorts! )

Faux aint bad to schlep either.....

Thanks for that Info. There High Country series looks very interesting, but those are Getting into NULA money...