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And all is good from the start. I loaded 5 with 40 grs. of I4895 popped with a CCI 250 magnum primer under the little Partition seated with the base of the bullet even with the case neck shoulder junction. First shot was three inches high so 8 clicks down and the next two hit within an inch of each other and the fourth made a nice triangle. The last one I ran through the obligatory jug test. I set up four jugs at my usual 100 yards and fired aiming just under the top edge of the label. The first jug actually lost a large chunk of jug including the handle, the bullet went into the second jug expanded and blew out the back of it impressively, The third jug got the expanded partition still with enough energy to split it and the fourth jug was penetrated fully with no bullet recovered. Plenty of destruction and penetration. I upped the charge to 41 grains and it too was also accurate putting 5 in an inch. I expect I am getting somewhere around 3200 fps but will chrony tomorrow.

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my load is 43.5 grains of 4064... MV is 3350.............harder it was pushed the smaller the group..

IMR 4895 gives the same results pretty much...


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I've used 40 grains of H4895 or Varget under 100 grain BTs and Partitions in a varieties of 260s with some success on whitetails.

43 grains of Varget under the 95 grain VMax has been a great predator load for me, but hard on hides if you care about such things.

3,200 fps should be about right with 40 grains.

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I would have used 4064 but I only had enough to load a few shells so went with the 4895 as I have a lot of it. I may pick up some of the VMax's. Varmageddons or TNT bullets in the same weight range to see if I can come up with a varmint, hog and a deer load that hit to close enough together to used interchangeably.


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That’ll put a critter in the skillet 👍 What’s the rifle?

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Well this is a combination of a SPS action, Timney trigger, a laminated Mountain rifle stock and one of the "in the white" barrels CDNN was selling which is a copy of the standard SPS contour. The barrel is supposed to be made by Remington but it is crowned differently than Remington does theirs. I bought two of the barrels and have to say the one I put on this action is a fine shooter.


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Sounds like a neat project. That load should hunt.


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Now, now, Rick

6.5s can’t shoot that good MUCH less a 260 ! Don’t ya know ? smirk whistle

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So I fell into load development. I wanted to get as high a velocity as possible using powders I had on hand. The I4895 load of 41.0 grains gave 3160 fps and primers looked as far as I wanted to go with that powder. So I worked up from 41.0 grs. to 43.0 grs of BLC2 getting nicer looking primers and even better accuracy. 43.0 grains of BLC2 in Winchester brass gives slightly over 3200 fps out of my 24 inch barrel. I decided good enough because to beat it with I4350 I would have to add 4.5 grains more powder and it might not shoot as good. So now I need a fat hog to test it on. By the way a piece of PPU 243 brass I had resized into 260 sneaked into my load ladder and it must not have as much powder room because that one gave sticky extraction.


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Originally Posted by Seafire
my load is 43.5 grains of 4064... MV is 3350.............harder it was pushed the smaller the group..

IMR 4895 gives the same results pretty much...



.25/06 performance in a short action with less noise I expect.

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