Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Best combo for 1:8 twist .260 Rem

So I have two rifles in .260 Remington, both are 1:8 twist. I see them as coyote, antelope and deer rifles but not my go to hunting rifles. I would like to have them ready for 300 yards, maybe even 400 yards. Some research shows that IMR 4350 may be the go to powder for this caliber? I have IMR 4350, 4064 and 4831SC in good supply. Any recommendations for a good bullet and weight, and powder for multi use? I have some 100 grain and 125 grain partitions on hand.

The 120 TSX is a killer.

139 scenar and 4350

I have a Tikka w/ 1:8 twist.

For the H-4831sc, I'd recommend the 139 gr Scenar or 143 ELD-X. 44.0 to 45.0 grains. Standard primer (Fed 210 or CCI 200)

With the IMR-4350, I'd recommend trying the 123 Scenar, 129 ABLR or 130 Accubond.

H4831SC with 140's. H4350 or Win 760 with 120's and I4064 or RL15 with 100's. The 139 Scenar is a very good bullet I like Remington 9.5,s. I have been running the 120 TSX with H4350 for Axis and whitetail deer for about 10 years now and it is a killer. I've said it before just hit em in the chest and see what happens.

Good luck and shoot straight y'all

I have been shooting the 260 with accubond 130gr over H4350. I think the 260 will shoot most anything accurately.

Thanks all. I do not think I have ever found scenar bullets on the shelf in my community. I might have to order some to try them out

The purpose you specified doesn't tax a 260. See how those 125 Partitions shoot for you.

For deer and antelope, the Partitions will work.

You don't need anything that fancy or expensive to kill them out to 300 yards.
I like the faster results of a bullet that loses some weight, the 120 Sierra Pro-hunter
in the Swede was were happiness was found. 120 Ballistic Tips would have been tried next.

140 Gamekings and BT's just didn't get it done to suit me on chest hits.

Made a call to Sierra when the rifle was bought. Looking for modern gun loads, and
bullet choice opinions. Even though I already had the 140 Sierra.

The nice guy told me the 120.

I ask about the 140, if it would expand.
"It will expand, but the 120 will do much better for deer".

Well, you know what happened, and it wasn't pretty.
The worst personal goat rope with a rifle, several less than good
experiences. The 140 BT was only given one or two tries. Then, finally,
The requested advice was followed. And... success!

My daughter's .260 loves the Sierra 120gr Pro Hunter with H4350 and that bullet is pure deer poison here in NC. It's very accurate in her rifle and she has harvested deer from close up out to about 325yds with that bullet. Of the deer that she's killed with it all have exited with the exception of one and it was lodged under the skin after going through both shoulders and was in a nice mushroom. It has worked so well for her on deer that we've never tried anything else.

I had a 1/8" .260 that I passed down to a young hunter last year. It liked the 130gr NAB over H4350 at 2,850 or so, as well as the 100gr TTSX over Big Game at 3,200. Both were reliable killers.

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That 1st combo JPro listed is exactly the same thing I saw with a rifle I made for a good friend in Reno who comes to hunt here every year and has for the last 25 years or so.
130 grain Nosler A.B. with 4350. His load gave 2780FPS and the rifle has a 20 inch barrel.
Very accurate and very deadly on several deer and antelope and also 1 elk.

The 125 Partition the OP already has will open nicely on deer.

I would load an Accubond and a Ballistic tip of the same weight. These will usually shoot to the same point of impact and you will be prepared for anything that you mentioned. The Ballistic tip will work for everything and the Accubond can give you some added assurance if you have to take a shot at a bad angle. I do the same with the BT and the TTSX but it is not a given that they will shoot the same, but can usually be tweaked to do so.

Big Joe, I use a similar combo, H4350 with 130 grain Interbonds. Only one deer with this bullet, but it did the job on a shoulder shot on a mule deer. Oakster, I use Big Game with 95 grain Vmaxes for my coyote load, and used to use it for prairie dogs till I got a dedicated PD rifle. It sure made them vaporize.

120 Barnes

I have two 1:8 260 Tikkas. The one closest to your application gets fed 100gr TTSX with IMR4350 and gets 2980 FPS. Yes I can get more out of it, but I don't need to for the hunting it gets used for. The four deer it disposed of this year didn't seem to complain. I also have some 4064 laying around I might experiment with, but if you work with it, post what you get and hopefully same me some time and ammo.

I've shot a few whitetails with a few different 1-9" ROT 260 REMs and thinks that if you're going to primarily shoot deer with an occasional coyote thrown in, the 100 grain Partition would be my choice. If primarily coyotes with an occasional deer thrown in, I'd go with the 100 grain BT. I have found that in most of my rifles, both 100 grain Nosler bullets would group within 3" of each other at 200 yards and could be used interchangeably if 1.5 MOA accuracy was acceptable to you. You might want to see if your rifles with do likewise, as 100 grain BTs are a bit less expensive than 100 grain Partitions.

If you were only going to shoot deer with your 260s, I'd recommend the 130 grain AB, as it is the primary bullet that I've settled on for shooting deer with my 260s and 6.5 CMs.

I was able to get great accuracy from IMR 4064 and 100 gr TTSX with Rem 9.5's at 43 grains. I started at 41 which was not impressive at all worked up in .5 grain increments and groups tightened right up. Been running the 120 for a long time and going to try the 100TTSX as my primary deer hunting round this season. I have read about IMR 4064 and 100's either NBT or TTSX being an accurate combination in a wide range of firearms. I believe MD had great accuracy with the 100 NBT IMR 4064 in a Tikka as well.

Good luck and shoot straight y'all

Sweet. I'll work up some loads and throw the chrony on it and see what happens