Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 260 Rem Loads...

140 grain bullets and up i use H4350, under 140 grain i use varget
works awesome. A local sniper with the police put me on to this.
I have a lb of xbr 8208 i want to try with under 100 grain bullets.

Great report 6BR. Thanks

1st time I've tried the Hornady BTHP Match bullets, but they seem pretty good!



I think I showed this load before, but here's a confirmation:



As with all loads I show, the OAL includes a Sinclair "hex nut" bullet comparator. For base to ogive measurement, subtract 1".

John

Did they make H4350 just for the 260 ?

Nice shoot'n Tex!

It's a very popular combo! Indeed great shooting John.

What Ramshot powders have any of you all worked with and or like in the .260?

(I have a bunch of Big Game on hand)

Thx
Dober

In my 260's BG worked well under 100 gr. BT,s but was a little fast for heavier bullets like the 120 bt and 130 ab..

What kind of speeds did you get with the 100's RL? To date I've not found a load that will break much over 3K or so.

Dober

I'll have to dig a bit to get those numbers..

All in all, while I like the RS powders, H4350 and 4831 bested them in my rigs across the board.

It might have been different if I had used mag primers under the RS powders as JB suggests.

Next .260 I'll have to do that.

H4350 with 123gr and 140gr A maxes for me. T.S.

For some reason my rebarreled Mt. Rifle really likes the 108 Lapuas. Usually shoot about 1/2 MOA out to 500- the furthest I have shot them. It is my new Coyote load! Shot my bear with 140 SGKs this year out of it. They work really well at 260 velocities. I use R17 mostly.

I run 120gr Barnes TTSX pushed by 43gr of H4350 at about 2631fps through a little 260 Rem Scout gun for my little cousins. They love it and it shoots great.

Mark,
Try using varget with the 100grain bullets. You should easily exceed 3000fps. 45.5 grains of h4350 gets me to 3,000fps with a 120nbt and great accuracy.
Matt

Mine loves H414 with 100 gr NBT's and I am getting well over 3250 FPS out of it.

probably posted somewhere... but 100 grainers in the 260, 4064 will deliver excellent accuracy plus safe pressures yielding 3300 fps or better..

I run 43.5 grains of 4064, that I worked up before load data was available.. Nosler's manual came out with a load I think 1/2 grain less than I did..

these run 3350 fps out of my 22 inch barrel Rugers.. out of the 24 and 26 inch barrels predictably more...

4064 is my go to powder for 85 to 107 grain bullets for both accuracy and velocity...

I've used both Big Game and Hunter. I like Big Game behind 95 gr. v-max's. Either with 120-130 gr. bullets.
Pretty much the only 6.5 bullets I use are 95 gr. V-max's,123 gr. A-max's,120 gr. barnes TSX, and 130 gr, Sciroccos.

Looking at the Ramshot load guide, they have Big Game and Hunter loads for the Hornady 129 grain SP interlock that are right at 2,700 fps. 41.0 Big Game and 43.5 Hunter. Pressure seems pretty low with both loads.
I've emailed them to see what they recommend with the Berger 130 VLD Hunting as I'm going to use that in my .260 and I have an 8 lb jug of each powder.

Great thread here, guys!

Just ordered my first .260 today. I've wanted one for about a dozen years, ever since a friend took a T/C in .260 to Africa and did very well on large plains game. I ended up ordering the Remington Model 7. I like its handiness and its something I can put away until the grandkids are big enough to hunt. I was a little put off by the 1 in 9 twist. I have a Model 97D in the 6.5BRM and it has a 1 in 8 twist. I guess I will wait and see what the 1 in 9 twist does in this 20" barrel. Any thoughts appreciated on the twist rate. I've enjoyed reading this thread. It seems the .260 is so generally under-appreciated by the public.

1:9 doesn't suck....

Agreed