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Handguns, Rifles & Shotguns => Rifles => Topic started by: NENick on February 02, 2015, 10:19:17 PM
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Is anyone shooting/reloading .260 Remington around here?
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I have a 260 i reload for.
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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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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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Since the OP hasn't responded, what do you guys want to know?
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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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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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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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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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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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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.