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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1790952" data-attributes="member: 10178">I would also go with a 7.5" twist. It will shoot great even with 120s. I have a sported Mauser 96 6.5x55 and their twist is metric but it is about 7.5" and it will shoot 100 gr Sierra HPs but really shoots 120s through 160 great. The 260 Rem is a good caliber. My hunting buddy got one of the first ones that Remington came out with. It was a stainless with a 24" barrel. You could not even get a hold of factory ammo nor any cases and there was no load data out yet for it. We approached it like a wildcat. We tried necking down 308s but found that necked up 243s worked best. We found H4350 was THE powder. We were shooting 120 Sierra Pro Hunter and 140 Game King bullets. We were doing crop damage control at that time and between us we took 50 deer that year from on top of us to about 550 yards using both bullets and only had one deer take a step after taking one to the shoulder and it took three jumps. My buddy sold that rifle to a friend for his grandson and now many years latter the boy is a man and two years ago I saw him and asked if he still had the rifle. He said yes and it still is filling the freezer every year.As for fluting I personally never saw any benefit. Those old Ruger actions are pretty good. I picked up a rifle from an estate sale of an old benchrest shooter that liked to build odd stuff and play with wildcats. From his notes that I got with the rifle, a Ruger 77, blue, tang safety in the original stock but has been set in bisinight (SP?) a type of glass bedding. This rifle started out as a 220 swift varmint barrel. Fellow had the barrel rebored to a 12" twist 30 cal chambered in 30x47, 300 Savage case with shoulder pushed back 10 thousands but left full over all length. This was the hottest caliber for hunter class bench rest back then 1980s. This fellow was going to shoot cast bullets. He had not shot but about 60 rounds through it when he up and has a heart attack and dies. His wife holds onto all his stuff for about 20 years before she decides to sale it. I got this rifle cheap because you had to be a hand loader to use it. It has a Canjar trigger on it that is supper and this rifle is so accurate when I tell people about it they think I am lying. I think you will turn out with a good hunting rifle if you use a good quality barrel. I have used a number of Shilen and Heart  barrels but any of the top names will do you good. Old highly qualified gunsmith told me when I ask who made the best barrels said, "flip a coin, you might get a bad one now and then but they will make it right. The secrete to an accurate rifle with a good barrel is in the proper chambering and squaring of barrel to action."As for Nikon scopes I read someplace that they were going out of the business also. I would say that it is true the way that Cabell's and others are marking them down to get rid of them. For the money Leupold would also be a good choice in a 3 or 4 to higher power 30mm tube scope. My long range rifles have Zeiss and Meopta but your talking $$$$. I have a couple older Leupold 3-9x50 and have never had a single problem with them either. Learned this lesson years ago. Always keep your scope set on the lowest power. You will always have time to increase the power but you will never have time to decrease the power if on high power when game pops out on top of you and is moving.</blockquote>

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