260 rem what's ur best load

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Re: 260 rem what's ur best load

Post by Herdsman » 29 Jul 2015, 1:33 pm

Hmm, that's quite a bit of cratering at just 46gr to be going higher.
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Re: 260 rem what's ur best load

Post by deye243 » 29 Jul 2015, 3:01 pm

yep and nothing out of the ordinary for a rem 700 look at the radius on the primer
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Re: 260 rem what's ur best load

Post by lole » 04 Aug 2015, 12:54 pm

deye243 wrote:yep and nothing out of the ordinary for a rem 700 look at the radius on the primer


Hadn't heard that before.

Size issues with the firing pin hole is it?
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Re: 260 rem what's ur best load

Post by deye243 » 04 Aug 2015, 2:26 pm

lole wrote:
deye243 wrote:yep and nothing out of the ordinary for a rem 700 look at the radius on the primer


Hadn't heard that before.

Size issues with the firing pin hole is it?



that and a slight countersink around the hole i have had rem700 since the 80s and it started with the ones i have in the 90s

i can get 6 + loads out of all my calls and just neck and no bolt or primer pocket probs so there not hot just optimum there's

a difference
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Re: 260 rem what's ur best load

Post by Sender » 11 Aug 2015, 8:55 am

deye243 wrote:that and a slight countersink around the hole i have had rem700 since the 80s and it started with the ones i have in the 90s


Is that around the time they went to Marlington?
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Re: 260 rem what's ur best load

Post by dan76 » 03 Apr 2018, 9:18 pm

Tikka T3 laminate .260 Remington
Hornady 123 A-Max projectile
Norma brass
38.5 grains AR2208
.288 neck sized
Federal LR primer
Range 100 meters
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