Yes it can with the right action and bottom metal.260 Ackley Improved in a medium action. full potential of this caliber can't be achieved in a short action magazine. It's my favorite round for target shooting, deer and yotes.
Yes it can with the right action and bottom metal.260 Ackley Improved in a medium action. full potential of this caliber can't be achieved in a short action magazine. It's my favorite round for target shooting, deer and yotes.
I agree but you are still burning up components before you can start true load development.I have fireforming loads shooting sub 1/3 moa easy. I wouldn't say you have to "deal" with fireforming.
Plus side is I'm shooting 260ai 140gn hybrids (26" barrel) right with the 6.5prc at 3045fps. I would recommend a medium action at the least, especially if the OP is wanting to shoot long monos.
Yep UM is putting out some great innovative "thinking outside the box" products. Their bottom metal is fantastic.Thank you! Yes we just received the UM bottom metal and XL short action magazine yesterday. It fit right up to a Pierce Skele-Ti (same as a Shadow but Titanium) and it fed a 300WSM loaded with a 200.20X at 3.135" OAL flawlessly with no modifications to the action, just our standard Wyatt box cut. I'll 100% be using this bottom metal and magazine in future builds for myself. In my opinion it's a game changer for our short actions. It opens up a lot of possibilities for cartridges like the 260 AI, 6.5-284, 6.5 PRC, 7 SAUM, Sherman Max etc that previously needed a medium or long action, or be neutered with lighter bullets or heavy bullets shoved deep in the case.
Thanks for that reply. I'm not too familiar with any of those cartridges. Are they barrel burners?
Is the .260 a barrel burner?