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Not too knoweledgeable on this. I very much like gold dots but the 120 grain b/c is a pedestrian .457 I must not have the divine revelation as to 6.5 ... yet.
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Thanks, just looked it up.... the eld x is over .6 Will they load mag length in a 260?
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Remington 700 factory. Buds had em with the 1 8 twist about 3 years ago
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One I'm interested in, at least in factory ammo for now, is the Federal 130gn TLR. They CLAIM a .625 BC on a 130gn bullet. Will definitely want to validate that, but that could be a great hunting alternative.
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If seated to fit in the magazine, they probably won't be anywhere near the lands. That may not matter, though: Have seen a lot of rifles shoot anywhere from very accurately to great with bullets seated well off the lands. In fact I built my recent 6.5 PRC on a "short magnum" 700 action, and most bullets (including one of the ELD's) shoot BETTER when seated to 2.86" overall length so they'll fit in the magazine than when seated to the SAAMI 2.95" standard for the PRC.
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The 139 grain Lapua Scenar is a great bullet in the 260 I am keen to try the 130 grain Gamechanger
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If seated to fit in the magazine, they probably won't be anywhere near the lands. That may not matter, though: Have seen a lot of rifles shoot anywhere from very accurately to great with bullets seated well off the lands. In fact I built my recent 6.5 PRC on a "short magnum" 700 action, and most bullets (including one of the ELD's) shoot BETTER when seated to 2.86" overall length so they'll fit in the magazine than when seated to the SAAMI 2.95" standard for the PRC. But Wait! You're giving up ALL of that powder capacity from seating your bullets out further! David
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The 139 grain Lapua Scenar is a great bullet in the 260 I am keen to try the 130 grain Gamechanger I've popped a few whitetails with the Scenar, it does work. I have all my reloading gear packed for an anticipated move soon, so I bought some Factory ammo, just so as to have something to shoot. Three different Berger ammo loads (136gr Scenar L, 130gr Berger Hybrid, and 140gr Hybrid) and Hornday's Match load with the 130gr ELD. I have three rifles chambered in the 260 - one being target orientated. It has a whole lot of like for the 139gr Scenar, and does nearly as well with the 140gr ELD. I'm hoping it takes a shine to these loads also. I will probably try a couple of groups with the other two rifles (Ruger 77, Forbes 20b) - both of those rifles seem to love the 120s better though.... Kaiser Norton
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Thanks, just looked it up.... the eld x is over .6 Will they load mag length in a 260? I have shot them in my Rem 700 action and they do fine at mag length. It is a pretty compressed load, which is irrelevant. I have killed deer and antelope with them. I now leave that bullet for my Creed and depend on the 129 Interlock for my hunting needs in two .260s. They are great out to 500 at least.
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I killed a pretty big mule deer at 408 yds with my .260 using the 129 ABLR. It is a pretty soft bullet. There was a lot of damage inside.
2 shots, one pass through and one bullet on the hide that weighed about 80 gr.
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When I had a 260 I loaded it with Berger 130 VLD hunting bullets to fit within mag confines. It did great over 43.5 grains H4350. Great hunting load!
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Could also try the Berger 135 grain classic hunter - looks like it will fit within mag box easily and berger's data shows pretty impressive velocity with R26.
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The 139 grain Lapua Scenar is a great bullet in the 260
So is the 123 scenar, if you're looking for a bullet in that weight class. BC of .527.
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The Berger 140 grain hunting VLD is the best shooting bullet in my .260 Rem Tikka, but I had to modify the magazine and bolt stop to be able to seat the bullet to the lands and get the accuracy I was expecting. On game it has been making a string of one shot kills in this Tikka and a 6.5 x .284 on deer, such that I don't feel the need to seek improvement.
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Not too knoweledgeable on this. I very much like gold dots but the 120 grain b/c is a pedestrian .457 I must not have the divine revelation as to 6.5 ... yet. Surprised no one has said this already so I'll be the one to get flamed. BC does not make hunting bullets kill better. Not sure what you're hunting but my 6.5 Creedmoor has provided one shot kills on whitetails, coyotes, axis, and feral pigs. All were taken with the Hornady 140 SST. If it matters, the G1 is posted at .527. It matters more to me that the cold bore always strikes POA, accuracy is more than acceptable and, as they say on Forged in Fire "it will kill".
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