Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 260 ftw exit hole issues

I have used the 140 grain accubond in my 260. Only killed 1 deer with it, but it worked very well. Was on a 129 inch 8 point, fairly big body. Last day of rifle season, presented me with a hard quartering away shot. I took it, bullet entered just in front of the rear quarter and exited just behind the offside shoulder. Shot was at 80 yards. Exited perfectly, and in that case I was really glad for the extra punch of that bullet vs a 120 grain ballistic tip. I have since switched over to hammers in that 260, and will never look back.

I have tried SST, EldX, and Berger in my Creedmoor with no exits. I was shocked at the EldX, since the AMax was such a great bullet. The old 129 grain Hornady interlock worked great from the 6.5x55 for years.

I have shot the 139 Lapua Scenar at several animals now with exits every time.

Best .260 deer bullet I ever used was 120gr AccuTip which was supposedly SST made for Remington. Killed them like flipping a switch and took lots of major bone to stop one.

Also killed a pile with 120gr Hot Cor. Not as impressive in that not as many dropped on the spot but its a harder bullet. Never caught one. I have several hundred stockpiled for the next .260 I buy.

Honestly I've only seen deer bullets not exit when heavy bone was hit.

100gr TTSX. Load 'em hot. If they don't DRT, follow the blood. They'll be there.

I got 3,200fps from my 22" .260 with Big Game. It was a good killer.

I'm sitting at 2970 with IMR4350. Room for more, but don't need to.

I bet that's an easy shooting load. My 250 Savage shooting 100's at 2950 is like a pop gun. Very pleasant.

3350 with 43.5 grains of 4064...and a 22 inch barrel....1/2 grain over Nosler's manual load data..

figured that load out on my own, working it up, before Nosler's manual had their data...

3450 fps out of the 26 inch barreled Rem VLS in 260 Rem...

Nosler accubond 130gr. Accurate and great results on deer.

Noticeably less recoil than the 143s I was shooting prior.

Good to know. I had been using the 140 GK and always got an exit and never had a deer go more than a few yards- EVER. Perfect quarter size holes. I got to reading (yes- here) how my slow twist isn't supposed to shoot them as well as my lying eyes were telling me so I switched to 120 ProHunter. Doing this also meant one less powder around my bench so I felt an element of safety was added to the process. I can say I see a difference between the 140GK and 120PH. I had evidence of the 120 Ph fragmenting on a pig - a pig it dropped in its tracks though. Shot my best buck ever this year- very close range. No exit and no blood. Deer ran maybe 50 yards. Broke ribs on far side but no exit. I should have looked for the bullet but didn't. Identical (albeit limited sample) of 120nbt performance I experienced- except the buck I shot with the NBT died on the spot. So fast I thought I missed it running off.

Was thinking of going back to the 140 GK. Also think...I think too much.