Thread: 260 hunting loads 18" barrel

Originally Posted by superdiver

Will be mostly bush chasing reds, sika and fallow so majority under 50m but I want the ability to be able to sack a deer on a slip or clearing at 400-500m if needed(had considered the 143gr eldx but again unsure how it will go on animals up close).. Am running a vx3 3.5-10 cds on top

You shouldn't have any problems with the ELD X up close, I shot a Sambar Stag at about 25 yards in the neck with the 178 ELD X out of the 300 Win Mag at over 3000 fps and recovered it on the opposite side after going through heavy hide , muscle and bone, still weighted 91 grains and was intact, don't recover a lot mostly pass throughs.

Originally Posted by superdiver

Eldm good for killing? Thought it was a target round? It is Wildmans 260 I have bought which with a 140 Eldm comes out at 2775 I think so pretty impressed for that speed from a bigger pill out of an 18 inch barrel.
Mathias I am actually unsure on mag length but know it is a LA mag in a tikka so would think over 3 inches

That rifle likes the 140 SST and really likes the 140 Hornady Interlock sp, the Interlock is not the cool sexy bullet your mates are using, but fuck it kills stuff dead. The Amax/ELD, SST and interlock hold nearly the same poi out to 200yds so you could dual load for it.

Apart from the above mentioned pills the other projectile I liked was the 130 Swift. Proved a hard but extremely accurate pill in my 260 and Swede. Good knockdown but only used to about 200m.

Cheers guys

OK so looking at the 140sst and the 140 interlocks. Bush load

So after all the advice on here you take Andy's? next you will be shooting a quarter bore while square dancing in a pink tutu

Also because I looked at the price of bergers and I can get 200~ hornady projectiles for the price of 100 bergers haha. I know what the rifle likes as well but down the line I will look at bergers.

SST if you want to stretch it a bit further. I would load a eld-x over the sst though, its pretty much the same construction just better BC. For a pure bush load the interlock all the way.

Originally Posted by superdiver

Also because I looked at the price of bergers and I can get 200~ hornady projectiles for the price of 100 bergers haha. I know what the rifle likes as well but down the line I will look at bergers.

Not wrong there, i was lucky enough to get a few hundred cheap on here

Originally Posted by Gibo

So after all the advice on here you take Andy's? next you will be shooting a quarter bore while square dancing in a pink tutu

Cheeky shit! Just coz I won't let you be my dance partner

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

Cheeky shit! Just coz I won't let you be my dance partner