260 rem for whitetails

Anybody use a 260 Rem for whitetails?
I inherited one from my father in-law, always used my 7 mag in past seasons. I am feeling alittle undergunned. Shots will be out to 150 yds only, but no experience with this round.

Not to much difference with velocity between the 260 Rem. and the 6.5 CM. Out to 150 yards that 260 is more than enough cartridge, you'd be good out to 500 yards easily.

The gun only shoots 120 gr bullets, don't know if shot angle is going to be limited with this round/ammo combination. My other option is my 28 Nosler, only guns I have at the moment. Time too start collecting again

2 different questions.

1) the .260 is a legitimate deer rifle.
2) Use something else if you wish.

Giess, I'll have to give it a go.

Which bullet are you using. What have you tried besides the 120's

I have a couple of factory ammo options, 120 gr fusion which I believe is just a cup and core bullet or Hornady SST. Any thoughts ?

SST is 129 grain, I have some BTS but I'm def not using those, bad exp in the past with my 264 win mag

valleysnyper said:

Anybody use a 260 Rem for whitetails?
I inherited one from my father in-law, always used my 7 mag in past seasons. I am feeling alittle undergunned. Shots will be out to 150 yds only, but no experience with this round.

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The 260 and the 7/08 are possibly the best deer cartridge around.

The big magnums normally punch through and a lot of energy is wasted because it passes through with lots of energy still available.

The 260 and the 7/08 have just enough energy to pass through with little remaining energy at the velocities they produce.

I tried every bullet known to man to see which worked best on white tails and found that the ballistic tip worked best and a bullet weight of 120 to 130 with a muzzle velocity of 3000 ft/sec.

These bullets are not recommended for the big magnums because of the velocity they produce, and there explosive nature, but they are perfect for the 260 Rem and the 7/08 rem.

Using 120 grain ballistic tips I have takes several deer beyond 500 yards in my 7/08 pistol and they performed well (DRT) at the remaining velocity. The 260 is very close to the performance of a 7/08 and if the 260 AI is used, it is almost a ballistic equal to the 7/08.

The 260 will be in its element at distances out to 4 or 500 yards.

J E CUSTOM

Ok, that's the info I was waiting for, maybe the win mag was too fast, it just exploded. That was about 12 yrs ago. I think I'll see what the SST will do
Thanks for the info guys

A 140 6.5mm pill at 2800 fps is bad deer medicine..... does an awesome job my favorite deer load

Gun has a 24" barrel and 9 twist, not sure how the 140s would do in it

valleysnyper said:

Gun has a 24" barrel and 9 twist, not sure how the 140s would do in it

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Sorry i forgot early 260s came with a 9 twist. In which case a 130 is also very good. I've seen good results from both

Ballistic tips. Or maybe sierra game kings I am thinking to give a try. Need some dies and I can reload. As I Said I have some 120 gr fusion factory stuff. I used them in a 370wsm, very unimpressed, different velocity though