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April 28, 2011, 04:18 PM
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favorite 260rem powder
what is yours?
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April 28, 2011, 08:14 PM
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IMR 4831 and RL-19 have given me .679 with 120 Speers in my Savage 16WW. Nosler 6 lists some top loads with 760/H414 and 120s. I'll try that next.
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April 28, 2011, 10:11 PM
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I've only used H4350 so far, but my Savage shoots legit .470" 3 shot groups with it using Berger 140 VLD's.
Happy with it so far as the temp stability is a big selling point for use in my hunting rifle, deer when it's cold and hogs when it's 100 degrees out. |
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April 30, 2011, 10:21 PM
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There is a new article on the 260 in the current Handloader Magazine.
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May 1, 2011, 07:39 AM
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My sister-in-law shoots a .260 Remington that her husband built for her as a whitetail deer rifle. His load is Reloder 19 with the 120 grain Ballistic-Tip. He said that he also had good results with IMR 4350, but the Reloder 19 load showed best accuracy with that bullet.
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May 1, 2011, 09:51 AM
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Thanks I was leaning towards H4350 or IMR4350 and Reloader 19 I am using 140gr VLDs.
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May 1, 2011, 11:15 AM
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IMR4895
VZ24 action 260 Rem, 22" Douglas long chambered #3 taper 3 pound barrel VZ24 stock with barrel channel milled out but no epoxy Weaver #45 and #46 two piece steel scope mounts with Devcon Steel putty under the mounts and Loctite 242 on the threads. Burris Low tactical rings with 6 screws on the cap and a bolt on the Weaver rail. IOR 2.5x10x42 scope with MP-8 1/2 mili rad reticule in first focal plane and moa turrets. Rubber tube extensions on both ends of the scope. Scope center is 1.9" above bore center. 100 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip moly coated # 26100 bullet moly coated , 45.0 gr canister IMR4895, 2.940" over all length, almost no insertion of the bullet into the neck, due to the short bullet and long throat. Quickload prediction 61,328 psi 3261 fps chronographs as 3,236 fps
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May 1, 2011, 03:07 PM
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nice results
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May 1, 2011, 03:44 PM
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My favorite 260 powder, at least today, is IMR 4064. I was going to buy a pound of 4350, but decided to try out what I had on hand at the time, which was the 4064. I wanted a rather mild load for my wife, and a fairly quick powder (real short barrel) and found a load that shoots crazy good with Nosler 120 gr BT's. A buddy sold me this rifle real cheap because he said he couldn't make it shoot good groups. Oh happy days....
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May 1, 2011, 06:30 PM
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I just bought a can of RL-17. Quickload shows it to be a good choice for a short-barreled .260.
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May 1, 2011, 07:38 PM
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RL 19 and IMR 4831 with 129 SST's.
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