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260 as a hunting round?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 472272" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>I had no experience with the .260 Rem before I picked up a used Rem Model 7 in .260 Rem with a youth stock for my (then) 9-year-old daughter. Her first deer with it was shot at 109 yards and 6" of the spine WAS MISSING. It's got all the powder of a .308 with a flatter trajectory. Bullet weights are sufficient to maintain energy at considerable range. While I'm not impressed with the accuracy of the Model 7, I am impressed with the cartridge.</p><p></p><p>My first deer rifle was a 7 mm Rem mag. I soon got tired of leaving cannon ball holes in deer I meant to put in the freezer. I then went to bullets that had more controlled expansion to limit meat damage. That ended when I put a target on a 9" oak and shot a few rounds. Bullets passed through the oak & shredded a 12" pine behind it. That much penetration isn't safe in the woods I hunt in because we never know when other hunters will wander through, so I dropped down to a .25-06 as my primary deer rifle. Lately I've been carrying a .243 on many hunts. Each of these has been "enough gun" for what I was hunting & the .260 doesn't take a back seat to either.</p><p></p><p>Now, I wouldn't pick a .260 if planning a moose hunt, or even a western muley hunt if ranges might be more than 400 yards, but for most deer hunting it's an excellent round — especially in a light cary rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 472272, member: 21641"] I had no experience with the .260 Rem before I picked up a used Rem Model 7 in .260 Rem with a youth stock for my (then) 9-year-old daughter. Her first deer with it was shot at 109 yards and 6" of the spine WAS MISSING. It's got all the powder of a .308 with a flatter trajectory. Bullet weights are sufficient to maintain energy at considerable range. While I'm not impressed with the accuracy of the Model 7, I am impressed with the cartridge. My first deer rifle was a 7 mm Rem mag. I soon got tired of leaving cannon ball holes in deer I meant to put in the freezer. I then went to bullets that had more controlled expansion to limit meat damage. That ended when I put a target on a 9" oak and shot a few rounds. Bullets passed through the oak & shredded a 12" pine behind it. That much penetration isn't safe in the woods I hunt in because we never know when other hunters will wander through, so I dropped down to a .25-06 as my primary deer rifle. Lately I've been carrying a .243 on many hunts. Each of these has been "enough gun" for what I was hunting & the .260 doesn't take a back seat to either. Now, I wouldn't pick a .260 if planning a moose hunt, or even a western muley hunt if ranges might be more than 400 yards, but for most deer hunting it's an excellent round — especially in a light cary rifle. [/QUOTE]
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