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.260 Rem vs 6.5-08
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<blockquote data-quote="milanuk" data-source="post: 157252" data-attributes="member: 376"><p>You can look up the reamer specs at places like Clymer's. </p><p></p><p>IIRC, the biggest difference is that the 6.5-08 had its origin in slow-fire, single-load competitive venues like metallic silhouette, NRA High Power, etc. As such, guns chambered in 6.5-08, from what I've seen (had one, and know a number of people who have others) tend to have longer throats to get bullets like the 142gr SMK seated out further in order to get the body/heel junction of the boat-tail past the shoulder/neck junction aka 'donut city' on the case. Yes, HP shooters do a fair bit @ 200/300 w/ mag-length loads, but in my experience the bullets used at those distances (120gr SMK, for instance) can take a poop load of jump and still shred the X-ring.</p><p></p><p>The .260 Rem was intended by Remington strictly as a magazine-length hunting round, and the bullets are seated deeper accordingly. There's no reason you *can't* cut the throat longer on a .260, or shorter on a 6.5-08, but that is the fundamental difference as far as I know.</p><p></p><p>YMMV,</p><p></p><p>Monte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milanuk, post: 157252, member: 376"] You can look up the reamer specs at places like Clymer's. IIRC, the biggest difference is that the 6.5-08 had its origin in slow-fire, single-load competitive venues like metallic silhouette, NRA High Power, etc. As such, guns chambered in 6.5-08, from what I've seen (had one, and know a number of people who have others) tend to have longer throats to get bullets like the 142gr SMK seated out further in order to get the body/heel junction of the boat-tail past the shoulder/neck junction aka 'donut city' on the case. Yes, HP shooters do a fair bit @ 200/300 w/ mag-length loads, but in my experience the bullets used at those distances (120gr SMK, for instance) can take a poop load of jump and still shred the X-ring. The .260 Rem was intended by Remington strictly as a magazine-length hunting round, and the bullets are seated deeper accordingly. There's no reason you *can't* cut the throat longer on a .260, or shorter on a 6.5-08, but that is the fundamental difference as far as I know. YMMV, Monte [/QUOTE]
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