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Hey team, What's everyone's experience with .260 with reloading, ballistics and distance?
I've got the joy of a blank canvas of a 6.5mm barrel with a ZKK601 action. The idea of getting it chambered in .260 came up from having excess .308 brass and been able to size it down.
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I'm using 44.5 grns of 09 with the 147 eld-match getting just under 2800fps in my sako 85
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I have the Ackley version and love it but if I had to do it all again I would honestly just go with the standard clambering.
I am starting to look at building one for my son's 16th B day.
Have put a lot of thought into it and can't think of a better first caliber for him.
It is a great caliber that has a huge selection of projectiles.
Good on targets beyond a km and kills well with the right load out to 500. People will claim longer kills and that's all good but I personally wouldnt attempt to take an animal of medium size much further.
Inherently accurate thru a lot of rifle brands. Easy to load develop for.
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What did you do for brass? Did you buy .260 or size down existing cases from another caliber?Quote:
Originally Posted by buzzman
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I did a bit of research and .260 did sound good! I've got a blank Douglas Barrel in 6.5mm to be matched up with a BRNO ZKK601.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
Just ordered a Boyd's AT-One stock (with the help of a friend bring back to get around America's shipping laws). Next big decision will be choosing optics for it.
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@dnsn Re your mate and stock remember that ANY firearm part (including stocks) over US$100 in value needs an export permit. Don't let your mate end up in an american jail by having the stock in his checked luggage without an export permit.Quote:
Originally Posted by dnsn
:( everything I looked into just said for "shipping" it. How hard is the export permit to get?Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
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US$250 I think.
These guys might help Small Parts Exemption ($500/$100) Service | BORDERVIEW | International Firearm Logistics
Thanks, I've already got it in process shipping somewhere, so I'll see if I can get an export licence without needing to ship it direct to them. Otherwise I'll cancel the order for nowQuote:
Originally Posted by stug
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This site has a bit of info/might help Rifle Stock Export Information
just brought 260 lapuaQuote:
Originally Posted by dnsn
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Great caliber. Like some, I made mine different and went the 30 degree improved version to make the brass last longer & look sexier. Buy 260 brass like Lapua, bugger resizing it from 308.
Yeah, I'm considering that too. A quick look online and it looks like a mission to resize.Quote:
Originally Posted by buzzman
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Re sizing should be easy, there's enough people here who have done it to give you advice.
I have had great success using Remington 260 brass, but have now got myself some Lapua.
My Tikka T3 is a joy to shoot, not much recoil, accurate and easy to reload for.