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Remington SA clambering choice?
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 860127" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>Clambering for a chambering? Get off all fours first. Sorry couldn't resist. </p><p></p><p>The 260 would be fine for shooting deer. I'd say inspect bore if possible. If it was shot rapidly at prairie dogs the barrel could be in bad shape. If it cleans up easily and looks good I'd say shoot it and see how it performs. </p><p></p><p>If the barrel is worn out you can go deal with it in two ways. Rebarrel or have the existing barrel rebored and rifled and rechambered IF the new chambering cleans up the 260 chamber. Depends on if the barrel has flutes and maybe a muzzle brake or some other expensive work done to it making the barrel worth saving. Most shooters just rebarrel.</p><p></p><p>As for which chambering for deer there are many short action cartridges. Here are a few using the same bolt face diameter the rifle currently has which is .473" :</p><p></p><p>243 win, 6mm Rem, 257 Roberts, 257 Roberts Ack Imp., 260 Remington, 6.5-284, 7x 57, 7mm-08, 284 Winchester, 308 Winchester, 338 Federal, 358 Win</p><p></p><p>If you have the bolt face opened up to 0.534" you could use one of these:</p><p></p><p>6.5 Remington Mag, 7mm WSM, 270 WSM, 300 WSM, 300 RCM, 350 Remington Mag, 338 RCM, 325 WSM</p><p></p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 860127, member: 5219"] Clambering for a chambering? Get off all fours first. Sorry couldn't resist. The 260 would be fine for shooting deer. I'd say inspect bore if possible. If it was shot rapidly at prairie dogs the barrel could be in bad shape. If it cleans up easily and looks good I'd say shoot it and see how it performs. If the barrel is worn out you can go deal with it in two ways. Rebarrel or have the existing barrel rebored and rifled and rechambered IF the new chambering cleans up the 260 chamber. Depends on if the barrel has flutes and maybe a muzzle brake or some other expensive work done to it making the barrel worth saving. Most shooters just rebarrel. As for which chambering for deer there are many short action cartridges. Here are a few using the same bolt face diameter the rifle currently has which is .473" : 243 win, 6mm Rem, 257 Roberts, 257 Roberts Ack Imp., 260 Remington, 6.5-284, 7x 57, 7mm-08, 284 Winchester, 308 Winchester, 338 Federal, 358 Win If you have the bolt face opened up to 0.534" you could use one of these: 6.5 Remington Mag, 7mm WSM, 270 WSM, 300 WSM, 300 RCM, 350 Remington Mag, 338 RCM, 325 WSM Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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