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Offline NENick

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.260 Remington
« on: February 02, 2015, 10:19:17 PM »
Is anyone shooting/reloading .260 Remington around here?
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Offline Torino

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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2015, 06:46:33 PM »
I have a 260 i reload for.
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Offline bkoenig

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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2015, 09:01:02 PM »
I'm (slowly) gathering parts for a .260 Rem project.  Got the action, need to save up for a barrel next.
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Offline tstuart34

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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2015, 09:43:47 PM »
I don't have any experience but I would like to here more from people who do. I have started to do some reading and watching the sniper 101 YouTube series based on another forum. A lot to learn
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Offline Torino

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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2015, 08:23:51 PM »
Since the OP hasn't responded, what do you guys want to know?
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Offline NENick

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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2015, 09:52:08 PM »
Hey Sorry,

I had been considering some sort of build in this caliber, but I've come back down to the reality that I don't have access to a range over 600.

Did you not register as a member of the NFOA? It says that you're just a forum member, and not an NFOA member.
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Offline Torino

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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2015, 04:05:12 PM »
No I am not an NFOA member. Honestly, I found this site because lmbass mentioned it on another forum. I built my .260 for shooting at 1k, but most of the time its shot under 500 yds, which most centerfire rifles will easily acheive.
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Offline tstuart34

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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2015, 04:24:06 PM »
I'm just interested in general info. I would love to build a long range bolt gun but honestly I have not justification to build it and honestly its about 4 or 5 item down on my wish list that very rarely gets anything checked off.

You mind sharing the specs on your rifle?
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Offline Torino

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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2015, 05:20:24 PM »
I've built it slowly over several years. It started out as a Savage model 10 in .308.  It now has a Criterion full bull 26 inch 8 twist barrel, Choate Ultimate Varmint stock, and a Vortex 6-24x50. I load a 140gr a-max over h4350 at around 2600fps. I get 1/2 inch groups at 100 pretty regularly with it but never grouped it past that(only have 100 yd bench and past that its sandbags across the hood of a pickup). We usually shoot at bowling pins and an 18 inch steel plate at 1000. Our 1000 range is in a field, so we are regulated to late fall to early spring when no crops are in.
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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2015, 10:24:39 PM »
Quote from: Torino on March 04, 2015, 05:20:24 PM
I've built it slowly over several years. It started out as a Savage model 10 in .308.  It now has a Criterion full bull 26 inch 8 twist barrel, Choate Ultimate Varmint stock, and a Vortex 6-24x50. I load a 140gr a-max over h4350 at around 2600fps. I get 1/2 inch groups at 100 pretty regularly with it but never grouped it past that(only have 100 yd bench and past that its sandbags across the hood of a pickup). We usually shoot at bowling pins and an 18 inch steel plate at 1000. Our 1000 range is in a field, so we are regulated to late fall to early spring when no crops are in.

Sounds very similar to what I'm planning on.  I have a Savage short action also and I'm planning on a 1-8 26" barrel, either Criterion or Shilen.  Did you have your action trued or did you just screw on the new barrel?  I hear varying opinions on whether it's even necessary with a Savage, due to the floating bolt head.
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Re: .260 Remington
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2015, 04:00:47 PM »
I just screwed on the barrel. If it was a pure benchrest rifle where .005in would win or lose a match, I would probably have the action trued for peace of mind. My next upgrade will probably be a Rifle Basix trigger for it.
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