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The Basics, Starting Out
Another newbie looking for hunting rifle advise
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<blockquote data-quote="JOHNNIE WALKER" data-source="post: 981940" data-attributes="member: 67011"><p>I know exactly how you feel and find it very interesting that you are considering the 260. A couple years back I was in a similar situation. I wanted a very versatile rifle, varmints to deer, low recoil, 20"-24" barrel, very effective out to 500yds or so, not to heavy but not a light weight rifle. I also wanted something that could be customized easily. I spent about a year talking myself in and out of calibers and rifles. I was dead set on the 308 because of how common it is. But I couldn't stop reading about the 6.5mm bullets. The problem was I knew ammo would be hard to find. I argued with myself for about three months over the 6.5X284 and the 260. I narrowed down the rifle I wanted to the Savage model 10 Predator Hunter Max 1. And then chose the 260. Easy on the shoulder, and hard on the targets. Factory ammo sucked, but a set of dies fixed that problem. I love the set up. It's now my go to rifle. I've done a few little things to it, just to make it more comfortable. But it shoots awesome. If you do go with the 260 I really recommend that you reload. It's a very easy round to reload for, and really opens up the possibilities for the round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JOHNNIE WALKER, post: 981940, member: 67011"] I know exactly how you feel and find it very interesting that you are considering the 260. A couple years back I was in a similar situation. I wanted a very versatile rifle, varmints to deer, low recoil, 20"-24" barrel, very effective out to 500yds or so, not to heavy but not a light weight rifle. I also wanted something that could be customized easily. I spent about a year talking myself in and out of calibers and rifles. I was dead set on the 308 because of how common it is. But I couldn't stop reading about the 6.5mm bullets. The problem was I knew ammo would be hard to find. I argued with myself for about three months over the 6.5X284 and the 260. I narrowed down the rifle I wanted to the Savage model 10 Predator Hunter Max 1. And then chose the 260. Easy on the shoulder, and hard on the targets. Factory ammo sucked, but a set of dies fixed that problem. I love the set up. It's now my go to rifle. I've done a few little things to it, just to make it more comfortable. But it shoots awesome. If you do go with the 260 I really recommend that you reload. It's a very easy round to reload for, and really opens up the possibilities for the round. [/QUOTE]
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