I've gotten interested in the .260 rem due to its good ballistics and low recoil. I know this is a tough question to answer, but where would you draw the line in hunting with this round? I know it would be fine for whitetails at 200yds, but would it be fine for an elk at 400 yds? I know shot placement has everything to do with it, but everything has a breaking point where it becomes almost unethical to hunt this animal at that range sort of thing. Where would you draw the line with the .260 rem shooting a 140gr bullet? Should you base the answer on energy in ft/lbs? Thanks.
What rifles are still chambered in .260 Remington or are you going to have one built? It would be pretty cool to build one one with a 1-8 twisted barrel.
I can't say I personally would want the standard 1-9 barrel but a 1-8... The only reason to have a 1-8 is to shoot 140 grain VLD target bullets. My 1-9 will shoot everything else- for some reason, it even shoots 130 Norma target bullets. 1-8 would not be ideal for the lighter bullets though.
I have killed elk to 350 yds with a 260 using 140 grain slam (factory ammo). Complete pass through on both shots too.
