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<blockquote data-quote="the shotty" data-source="post: 1012617" data-attributes="member: 27217"><p>So I'll throw my $.02 in. I personally wouldn't worry so much about matching ballistics as you should be plugging in the numbers for your particular rifle and not using one set of ballistics. If this is a practice and range gun for high rounds I would stay away from magnums I.e. 7 mag, the life of your barrel will go down, your going to use more powder and you'll be dealing with more kick or muzzle blast if you decide on putting a brake on it. </p><p></p><p>260 vs 308 you have to decide on a few things. As you pointed out there are any number of options for components and even factory options for ammo for the 308 and you have bullet commonality with the 300. You get none of these with the 260 and basically a good offering for the CM if you can find it. The upside is a better wind correction if you can push the bullet hard enough. I don't mean to discourage the 6.5 as that's one of my favorites you just have to weigh that for yourself. </p><p></p><p>And lastly as to rifles, what rifle and even stock design may be different depending on your shooting style/position. For instance I prefer a more traditional stock when I'm running ridges and doing more of a spot and stock type of hunt that I don't particularly expect to shoot prone but can make do if a prone shot comes up. On the other hand my high round guns I prefer to shoot prone and much prefer a more vertical grip. Something to to concider anyway in how you envision using this gun. On another note I throw my vote in for a savage, they tend to shoot well out of the box and very easy to work on yourself if you get bored and want a change with a number of companies making barrels ready to go for </p><p>Around $300. Anyway, sorry for the spitballing hope some of it helped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the shotty, post: 1012617, member: 27217"] So I'll throw my $.02 in. I personally wouldn't worry so much about matching ballistics as you should be plugging in the numbers for your particular rifle and not using one set of ballistics. If this is a practice and range gun for high rounds I would stay away from magnums I.e. 7 mag, the life of your barrel will go down, your going to use more powder and you'll be dealing with more kick or muzzle blast if you decide on putting a brake on it. 260 vs 308 you have to decide on a few things. As you pointed out there are any number of options for components and even factory options for ammo for the 308 and you have bullet commonality with the 300. You get none of these with the 260 and basically a good offering for the CM if you can find it. The upside is a better wind correction if you can push the bullet hard enough. I don't mean to discourage the 6.5 as that's one of my favorites you just have to weigh that for yourself. And lastly as to rifles, what rifle and even stock design may be different depending on your shooting style/position. For instance I prefer a more traditional stock when I'm running ridges and doing more of a spot and stock type of hunt that I don't particularly expect to shoot prone but can make do if a prone shot comes up. On the other hand my high round guns I prefer to shoot prone and much prefer a more vertical grip. Something to to concider anyway in how you envision using this gun. On another note I throw my vote in for a savage, they tend to shoot well out of the box and very easy to work on yourself if you get bored and want a change with a number of companies making barrels ready to go for Around $300. Anyway, sorry for the spitballing hope some of it helped. [/QUOTE]
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