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Will a 260 (22"barrel) hold enough energy to cleanly take deer sized game out to 600 yards?? If so, what would your load be. My gun shoots 130 & 140 VLD's very well.

Muzzle velocity?

Yes....

If your gun likes the VLDs, run em.

I used a 20" Tikka CTR on several culling/cleanout jobs on WT out to that distance and further with the 140 VLDs, 123 and 139 Scenars. Never felt under gunned.

If you know your velocity and run the numbers in a ballistics program, you will see that at 600 yards, the .260 has plenty of horsepower for deer. I have not shot a deer with mine at that long of a range, but I did smack one at 430 last January, with a 129-grain Interlock-drt. If you like Bergers, then use them and you will do fine.

A sleek 130 at 2,850-2,900fps will get to 600 yds with a retained velocity of 2,000fps or so. I've seen my daughter shoot quite a few deer with conventional Ballistic Tips in the 120-140gr range, using light loads that gave impact speeds of 1,800-2,000fps. They penetrated just fine on broadside shots and wrecked vitals. I'm not likely to shoot a deer at 600yds, but I think the 260 would do it if need be.

Absolutely... I shoot 140 grain Amax in a 22" 260 and killed a bull elk with it at 500 yards with no problems whatsoever...

Stuntshooter!

My 13 year old daughter killed hers the day before at 450 with the same rifle so I had to show her up...

I'd fret the shooter/rifle not the .260 at those distances, especially when referencing "energy"....

No..they will bounce off at that distance.

Word.

[quote=Fotis]Muzzle velocity?


I shoot the 140's sub MOA out of my tikka hunter at about 2720 w R17

Go back to playing call of duty....

Interesting. I am toying with maybe taking my .260 for a walk, or two during my Nebraska cow elk hunt. I have some 147 ELD-Ms loaded to 2724 fps. I am going to see if Re26 spices that up a bit, after I receive some more bullets next week .

I have 100% confidence with using a 260/Amax combo on elk...

Be interested in what you find with the R26. The 147s run 2725 out of mine over H4350 and getting short, I picked up some 26 to see if I could find some additional velocity. No joy in the 6.5 version, but had some good gains in the 6 CM with 105s...

IMR 4350 in the 6.5 looks like it's going to give me about 60 FPS gains, still with single digit ES, SDs.

What velocity are you getting from the 140? I also have some 140 Partitions coming for testing. I was told that re 26 gets the 140s some real good speed.

2810fps with a 140 Amax and H4350...

My pal from the Yukon, a few years back with one of the largest bodied bucks I've ever seen. Killed cleanly with one shot from one of my .260's I'd loaned him. If I recall, the shot was 400+ meters.
130 grain Berger H-VDL3000.

.260 is great round. It's never let me down. Use it with confidence....

Killed a few elk with it too...

Good wolf gun.....;)

That wolf is bigger than most blacktails we have out here. Nice pics Pat.

What bullet on the elk?

My oldest boy's first buck. 430 meters with a single 130gr H-VLD. Buck didn't take ten steps.

Nice!! I heard about some stunt shooter who used a .260 on a grizzly once.

That can't be... everyone knows you have to have a 7mm or 300win to kill an elk...

Just like every other cartridge speed/energy/effectivness question...bullets take center stage.

A good B/C bullet started at X velocity will be doing the same speed at 600 yards as a $hit B/C bullet started at X velocity at 400 yards...and so on.

Don't fret the round...it'll do just fine if you do your part.

If you can get your rifle to do what Berger says in the attached link it should not be to difficult. I have some 135 classic hunters to try .584 BC the 130 has .552. Looks great on paper if you can put one in the boiler room. That AMAX is a good bullet as well.

http://www.bergerbullets.com/pdf/260-Rem-135gr.pdf

Good luck and shoot straight

Bob

Wow. If a 260 can do all of that, just imagine what a 6.5 Creedmore would do. T-Rex @ 1000?

Worked for a gunshop that specialized in tuning rifles. 260 was our main guys favorite round, took a whitetail at 660yd with his model 7 youth. He had a hart barrel on it and if I'm not mistaken it was only 20in.

Probably sit in the truck and admire the .260 in action! 🤓

No but I have seen one personally kill a grizzly at just beyond 1k

I forgot to post a followup to this. I found the Re26 to be fantastic with the 147 ELD-M. I got it to near 3000 fps, but it was a bit warm and the es was not good. I backed down to 2880 and it shot real well. I finally backed down to 2825 fps with a short es. This load is under moa easily and mostly around 1/2 moa-depending on how well my eye is working that day. The 140 Partition blems that I bought to try shot like crap, but I really got high velocity with the Re 26.

One interesting thing that I found, was that after sighting the 147 in at 200 yards, subsequent dialing on my scope exactly matched my 129 Interlock load even though it is 200 fps slower.

In my rifle, the IMR4350 was faster than H4350, using 129 Interlocks. The IMR 4350 was just behind my Re17 load, which produced just over 3000 fps.

All you have to do is hit him!

First he was a 308 stunt shooter. Now he's outdone himself with the 260! Sheesh! Proving yet again, it's the hunter. Nice pics Pat, thanks for sharing. Getting tempted to take my 6.5 CM elk hunting too!

YuP! 260 or 6.5x55 SweedMore.

I did 540yards last year with a 100gr NBT. 28" barrel 3500fps. DRT

My 260 rifles, with my ammo, and me shooting will not be getting deer at 600 yards.
Not unless it was some hail Mary lucky shot.

Better 260 rifles, better ammo, better shooters can do 600 yards consistently.

Is it yards or meters????

If you want to see what a .260 can do in experienced hands, go to YouTube and punch in .260 RIPS.This guy is very good, and he uses a 140 gn bullet. It`s also very fun to watch.

Thanks! Good stuff for sure.

Fugger sure has a mush mouth.

How much energy does a 22lr have around 50 yards or less....

You will be fine.

make use of a .22 and you will be right on track.

I can tell you for a fact a .260 AI will take down an antelope at 500 yds. I was standing right next to Bobcape last week when he did it.

26 inch barrel though, I believe.