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The 260 Rem will take a elk at over 300 yards (the 6.5 likes the hollow point match bullets best) I use eather a 120gr or 140gr. eather one works well. If you do your homework and read up on the gun they compair the 120gr 260 to a 30-06 180gr. so learn your gun and go hunting.

Trickie

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle, never would have thought in a million years to use that little girls gun on a big ole elk.

Welcome to the fire

I'd say, yes. In the right situation, although I'd say not with a non-hunting bullet. I've got a friend that took one with a 22-250. Key is "right situation", and you've got to be able to put it in the right place. Certainly you'd better not think of real long shots w/ a 260 in my opinion. Power wise a 260 (with a 140+ bullet) is very similar to a 270, 7-08, etc. in similar bullet weight. They all have the ability to take an elk within the appropriate limits of the caliber you're shooting.

BTW, welcome.

go nosler and do great. love mine, a ti remington.

NTG-sorry but I just have to do this, but what are you thinking in terms of being too long of shots?

Thx
Dober

The one my brother shot with a 6.5x55 and 140 partition did not seem to notice he was undergunned. Bullet went through one shoulder and out the ribs on the offside and poor cow made it all of a couple of feet.... Shot was only about 195 yds. though.
Same ballistics to most .260s so it should yield same results....

I dont care what 120g bullet you use in a 260 it aint the equivilent to a 180g in a 30-06

You can kill elk with a 260?

Say it ain't so....

If a 243 will work for griz, a 260 is ample for elk.....

And vice versa as well...

Dober

Mark,

Your 260 -- did you remove the speed bumps and float it?

I don't believe there was any speed bumps and it is floated



Dober

I picked up a Mountain Guide SS in 7-08. The stock has the two pressure points. Thinking I should float it....

I'm RELLY liking the mountain rifle contour!

Mark, I wondered if someone would ask me that. I don't think there's an exact answer to the question. With the calibers I mentioned above I'd generally say keep it under 300, with the 270 having a little more ability, but all of this depends on the each actual load. Some say, you got to hit them with X amount of energy, I look at that, but don't stick to it. It would also depend on the accuracy of the rifle and load that I have for it. The further out the shot was, the more I'd like to have confidence in knowing I could put it in the lung/heart. Some say/think you've got to have some super mag and with a super-duper buttet that they want to bust through both front shoulders. I don't think that's the best route, genereally speaking. Hell, last I heard they killed elk with 30-30, etc. long before modern calibers like the 270, and much longer before for the supermags of the last 30 years (roughly). One more thing, since you're asking my opinion. I've seen many that are not very accurate shooters w/ a "super mag" simply because they're hard to shoot accurately, mostly due to recoil fear type problems (and funny how many of them say they don't have an issue w/ it). I don't own one because frankly they're not fun to shoot. I have an old .270 Rem 721 (1951 vintage) that is my main go to "big gun". I can do everything I want and need to with it. Sorry...I guess you go my two bits and some extra.

It's closer than you think if you look at BC and SD values. Using a Speer bullet to keep things equal the 260 isn't a sloach. Now granted, the 30-06 and the 180 SP has a BC of .441 and a SD of .271, but the 180 magtip or grand slam has a BC of .374 and the 180 RN is .312.

The 120gr Speer SP in a 260rem has a BC of .392 and a SD of .246. I bet that is closer than most people thought. If you use a 140gr Speer SP [.498 and .287], the 30-06 is left weezing. You would have to shoot a 200 gr SP to beat the 140gr 260rem, and that bullet weight in a 26 caliber gun is noted for LONG RANGE accuracy.

A better comparision would be to say the 260 rem with a 120 SP is the equal, or better of the 30-06 and a 165gr SP [.342 and .248].

Don't EVER sell a 6.5 caliber gun short. They are killers WAY beyond peoples expectations. History over 120years has proven it all over the world.

Oh jeez, not this shidt again.

If ya don't stretch it, the 260 is fine, elk aren't made out of stone

yup...too often it turns to this. I'm not interested in pissing matches. A 260
can take an elk. Next topic....

With all due respect, B.S. That's one of the silliest things I think I've ever read here on the fire. Unless I missed an important caveat, or you have found the perfect storm bullet for comparison.

I own the .260Rem, Sako 75, and the .30-06, pre'64-M70, and have shot a lot of .30-06 and some .260 and .243. Though the .260 retains energy, the .30-06 is capable of delivering measurably more energy.