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What are the specs on your PN 260 barrel?
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They are matching the factory contour, ss super match 8T, 5 groove with six flutes. I plan on trying 123gr Scenar's for bench and steel plates followed 120gr BT's for hunting and only go up to 140's if absolutely necessary for accuracy.
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Dave,
Hope you get it soon! I think you'll really enjoy it. I feel your pain. I had a several month wait last year when I had a Win 70 FWT 6.5x55 rebarreled with a Pac-Nor tube. It was well worth the wait!
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A lot of good comments in this thread. I'm building a 7-08 and planning to use the 162 Amax as I like to stretch it out but it will depend how it all shakes out and what combination is the most accurate.
If you run the #s, the two cartridges are very equal. The 260 is an couple inches flatter and the 7-08 does better in the wind but their performance is very close.
With Lapua making 260 brass and quality 6.5 bullets available, the cartridge will be around for a while to be sure.
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So if this guy wants a light rifle and the .260 is capable of taking the list of critters he listed. I would also include the .257 Bob in this discussion.
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The 257 and 6.5x55 are ballistic twins to the 260/7-08 but he didn't mention either as options and did mention 7 lbs all up.
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Without reading all of the responses, I imagine I'm just echoing a lot of others when I say either/or.
I had a 7mm-08 built a good while back. I also wanted a 260. Not sure what made me do the 7mm-08 first (too long ago to remember), but could've been just as happy with the other.
After a while, as I slid in to my trimming-down-the-safe mode, I just gradually gave up on the 260 as being too redundant.
My 7mm-08 is my go-to rifle for just about all of my big game hunting nowadays.
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I am a 6.5mm kinda guy through and through, BUT I would say buy yourself a 7-08.
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"Don't need eather one or want to again "
Why the hater???? Look at his handle- he ain't got a clue. (In my opinion- but then I think the only Savage worth owning is my 30-inch bbled SXS Model B- or maybe a 311. And of course the .22-410 or .22-20.) I might be a bit biased as well, having worked on a number of Savage rifles - the latest started back in November - I've just got a couple more things to try to make it shoot - and I think it's going to..... but JEEEEEZE!!!! I was looking for a 7mm-08 barrel for my Rem 721 SA, but what I came up wikth was a .260 Rem TI take-off in .260. I'm happy- it took a caribou, an elk, and a wolf in a 6 week time span, and I've enough confidence in it that I've carried it for moose in brown bear country - not that I've ever had a problem to speak of with brown bears in 30 years hunting that area - but I'm perfectly confident that it will do the job on moose.
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Las- curious as to your bullet choice(s).
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The 7-08 is dandy for stuff, little... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c150/djtex/Bobcat/BioHannahBdayBobcatAlbany2009160.jpg) and big... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c150/djtex/Albany%2010%202007/Albany150102007141.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c150/djtex/LH10Nov2006058-1.jpg) dj, you always post top-notch pics, and these are no exception, but that first one absolutely made me cry. By far the best hunting picture I have ever seen, anywhere. I don't know you personally but I would bet you are one fine daddy. Kudos to you, sir. I too thought they were great pictures that told a great story. Well done DJ.
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So if this guy wants a light rifle and the .260 is capable of taking the list of critters he listed. I would also include the .257 Bob in this discussion. The only thing that a .257 Bob has going for it compared to a .260 Rem is nostalgia - a .260 Rem will do everything a .257 Bob will do, and the .260 has a number of advantages over the .257 Bob (e.g., heavier bullets for larger game like the possible elk, bullets with higher BCs). Absent a strong personal attachment to the .257 Roberts or a lifetime supply of .257" bullets stored away, there isn't any reason to choose a .257 Bob over a .260 Rem.
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I know where there's one for sale! (and a .257 Bob, too!) 
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I like 120's. It likes 140's either factory or handloads. I've only tried plain Janes- Hornady and Corelokts. 120's and 160's (factory) don't group quite as well. I hate it when that happens. It has acceptable groups (140 >2.0 MOA) but it should do better according to what I've read about the caliber. I'll get around to trying some premium handloads and otherwise tweaking it one of these days, but meanwhile, it kills... It's going north for caribou come Saturday - my 'Ruger 06 16 inch barrelled 'Stub' gun is loaned out up there... When I get the kid's friggin Savage working right, maybe I'll get it back .... I keep giving him ammo - and he keeps killing caribou...  He gets his Savage back- he has to buy his own ammo! Meanwhile, I'm eating caribou and he's carving me an artwork... You don't think I'm working this for free, do you??? Exactly....
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For a go-to ballistic table it misses the obvious. Try JBM Ballistics as an alternative. I like 120's. It likes 140's either factory or handloads. I've only tried plain Janes- Hornady and Corelokts. 120's and 160's (factory) don't group quite as well. I hate it when that happens. It has acceptable groups (140 >2.0 MOA) but it should do better according to what I've read about the caliber. I'll get around to trying some premium handloads and otherwise tweaking it one of these days, but meanwhile, it kills... It's going north for caribou come Saturday - my 'Ruger 06 16 inch barrelled 'Stub' gun is loaned out up there... When I get the kid's friggin Savage working right, maybe I'll get it back .... I keep giving him ammo - and he keeps killing caribou... He gets his Savage back- he has to buy his own ammo! Meanwhile, I'm eating caribou and he's carving me an artwork... You don't think I'm working this for free, do you??? Exactly.... What???
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I've been wanting to build one of those... if nothing else, something to play with..
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