.260 Remington ammo advice

[no worries]

Hi,

Picked up a Tikka T3 in .260 and was wondering if anyone in the Tucson is shooting one or something similar. It's 1 in 8 twist 22 inch barrel. Going to set it up for one of my kids to hunt with. Mainly would like some advice on factory loads or reloading.

Thanks Jim

[STOMP442]

Allways better to reload but especially so with the .260 Remington. Unfortunately, there are not many factory loads available for this caliber and even fewer quality factory loads.

 

Pick up a pound of H4350, some CCI primers and whatever bullet you want to shoot and go kill stuff. Being as you are wanting to set up for your kids you may want to look into the 123 Amax to keep felt recoil a little lower. The 140 class either Amax or Berger will help extend the effective range of the cartridge.

 

My Remington Model Seven with a 20" barrel is pushing the 123's at 2800 with 42.5gr of H4350 and shoots very well .

[oz31p]

 

My Remington Model Seven with a 20" barrel is pushing the 123's at 2800 with 42.5gr of H4350 and shoots very well .

That sounds pretty sweet

[no worries]

Thanks 442

How did the Amax work on deer?

[STOMP442]

Amax's work great on deer. I have killed one with a 140 and I watched a buddies wife take one at 680 yards with the 120. Full penetration of both shoulders and liquefied insides. Deer dropped where he stood.

[willhunt4coues]

I believe HSM makes factory rounds. I may be wrong though. They will be really expensive though.

[Kingzero]

I shot 120gn Barnes TTSX's over H4350 in my 260 using necked up 243 brass......I miss that rifle.