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<blockquote data-quote="catorres1" data-source="post: 1019414" data-attributes="member: 80699"><p>Yeah, and that is another thing I like about the 260 when paired with a 7mag or 300 mag. The drifts are fairly close, though not as close as it would be with a 6.5-284. The 308 is significantly different. </p><p></p><p>But maybe this is not important? I mean, the difficulty is knowing how much wind there is, right? And whether you adjust 60 inches or 80 inches maybe does not matter. I don't know. But I thought maybe it's a good idea to try and get similar drift characteristics.</p><p></p><p>In addition, with the 260, 1k at supersonic is very easily done. One of the ranges I will be going to trains out to 1200. So it's good in that sense.</p><p></p><p>Reading up, it sounds like 1k is a lot harder for 308, and 1200 is very hard. I read a German Salazar article where his minimum is mach 1.2, and the 308 mostly did not meet his needs at 1k, certainly not at 1.2k. </p><p></p><p>Were these things not the case, it would be a lot easier to pick a rifle. It's too bad so few choices are chambered in 260/6.5's. For a heavy barrel, there is basically Savage LRP, Predator hunter and LRH (which I don't know if there are stocks to fit easily as they are bottom bolt release), Tikka CTR and that's it.</p><p></p><p>For good stock fit...Vanguard Varmint RC first. Rem LR rifle stock is pretty good, not as good but good. And then, any other Rem, I can buy some aftermarket stock...the best being the long actions where I can get the Weatherby style that fits me well.</p><p></p><p>Course, I guess all of them will take a Manners or McMillan, but that is just too pricey for me. The other option is to drill and install one of those cheek risers, but I really don't want to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catorres1, post: 1019414, member: 80699"] Yeah, and that is another thing I like about the 260 when paired with a 7mag or 300 mag. The drifts are fairly close, though not as close as it would be with a 6.5-284. The 308 is significantly different. But maybe this is not important? I mean, the difficulty is knowing how much wind there is, right? And whether you adjust 60 inches or 80 inches maybe does not matter. I don't know. But I thought maybe it's a good idea to try and get similar drift characteristics. In addition, with the 260, 1k at supersonic is very easily done. One of the ranges I will be going to trains out to 1200. So it's good in that sense. Reading up, it sounds like 1k is a lot harder for 308, and 1200 is very hard. I read a German Salazar article where his minimum is mach 1.2, and the 308 mostly did not meet his needs at 1k, certainly not at 1.2k. Were these things not the case, it would be a lot easier to pick a rifle. It's too bad so few choices are chambered in 260/6.5's. For a heavy barrel, there is basically Savage LRP, Predator hunter and LRH (which I don't know if there are stocks to fit easily as they are bottom bolt release), Tikka CTR and that's it. For good stock fit...Vanguard Varmint RC first. Rem LR rifle stock is pretty good, not as good but good. And then, any other Rem, I can buy some aftermarket stock...the best being the long actions where I can get the Weatherby style that fits me well. Course, I guess all of them will take a Manners or McMillan, but that is just too pricey for me. The other option is to drill and install one of those cheek risers, but I really don't want to do that. [/QUOTE]
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