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A .260 Remington or a 6.5 Creedmoor?

I have one Yugo 24/47 left to sporterize and rebarrel. I was thinking of a 6mm Remington, but I've entertained some sort of 6.5 as I don't have any 6.5 chambering in the stable. I get it that the Creedmoor is better for the short action such as a Remington. But the Yugo is a medium length Mauser and the magazine is long enough to seat bullets out farther than the Creedmoor. So I'm thinking the 260 Remington would be the better choice. On another forum some members thought that the Mauser action wasn't capable of the accuracy that such a cartridge was capable of. But I have a couple of tricks that my gun smith has done on other rifles that improves accuracy to levels equal to most modern commercial actions are capable of. One is the stronger firing spring and the other is blue printing the action. So what think you of a Yugo 24/47 sporterized with a stronger firing pin spring to decrease lock time and truing up the action and chambered in .260 Remington? My gun smith does very good work and is very very reasonable with pricing. One thing, I'm not shooting into the next zip code and about 400 yards is my normal limit in range. Mule Deer, I'm asking you for your comment. But will welcome all.

Go to the 7-08, it will handle anything you have mentioned

7mm -08 or 6.5 Creedmoor both great cartridges and easy to find ammo for. good luck,Pete53

260 would likely feed better in that rifle. But try them both in the magazine before you make your decision

Go with your first instinct. 6mm Remington all the way

260

260 thank me later. amazing round that just gets better with rum to seat rounds out a bit. the nosler 125 pt works on anything.

I have one I barreled to 7x57, perfect fit. Great round. Why would you run a short action cartridge in a medium length action? The 6.5x55 is a great round also. Whose barrel are you thinking of using? 257 Roberts, 6MM Remington would be fine also.

Heck I could use a good reasonable gunsmith myself who are you using I need two rebarrels done presently, one is a 260 Remington on a Rem 700.

Why not.

Well I have a 308 on a M48 action and guess what it requires some mag box work or careful placement of the cartridges in the front of the magazine. So not perfect for short action cartridges. Why not use cartridges designed for the action which by the way generally have a magazine length of 3.2.

6mm rem in a mauser - stars align etc

From your list a 260.

I would do a 6.5x55 or 7x57 in that order. I have no interest in a 6mm of any kind, but that is just me.

FYI a larger caliber doesn't help you when you're a bad shot. Speed +flat shooting/accuracy = dead critters
Plain and simple.

but if you want a unique cartridge > 257 Roberts

That action is tailor made for a 257 Roberts.
GreggH

My statement is simply personal preference, I was not inferring that a 6mm would not work. 6mm has never interested me. We have shot antelope, deer and elk with 243's. Have used 222 and 22-250's with great effect on deer and antelope.

Just seems to me that a classic european action and a classic european cartridge go hand in hand.

I have two 260s built on Mark X Mauser actions that feed fine without having the magazine blocked. I,T,&D did one and I did the other.

A 6mm REM barrel with a quicker ROT would allow you to use the longer, heavier, VLD bullets that were designed for use in the 6mm CM. If you have a 6mm REM itch, this seems like a good platform to build it on.

All of my rifles chambered in 6mm REM have been factory built Remingtons, Rugers, and a non-cataloged Winchester 70 FWT. I have put together one 6mm REM that I remember, using a 1942 vintage Husqvarna built Swedish M38 action for my Norwegian bachelor farmer friend. I don't remember the ROT of the barrel that I used, probably 1-10", but he seems to like it and has never reported any feeding problems to me. It is probably one of his favorites, as I recall that it has a spot of bluing worn off on the top of the barrel where it rides upside down in a pickup rear window rack.

My 308 works just fine generally as long as I put the cartridges in the front of the magazine. And usually no matter what but occasionally not if they are pushed against the back of the magazine and the bolt is operated slowly as then the base of the cartridge clears the shoulder of the one under it it drops a bit. But them my M48 is not a Mark X either. Meant to PM you about some parts but your PM box is full.

From that standpoint I would agree for a classic euro action the same chambering would go hand in hand. I've killed a lot of critters with the 243 and I do favor the 6mms. In a mid length action the 6mm would definitely get my vote first