Thread: 260 Remington

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
I think I would start a bit lower than that. 42 grains of AR2209 is Hodgdon book max for the 140 grain and there have been some variations in speed with AR2209 I would start at 40 grains and chronograph to confirm your powder speed. I am a cautious old Fudd though.
GPM.

NOTE: Not advice but it's what I do.
Based on trying to avoid wasting components, multiple range trips and needing to pull bullets.

I tend to lean on the side of not wasting components rather than caution. I also tend to just use Google rather than reloading manuals.
So long as you aren't using a weird powder it's pretty hard to make a truly dangerous load, obviously don't do anything stupid.
I always start with the lowest loads first if the top loads are a little hot.

41-43gr is common in 6.5CM so it's pretty safe to assume the 260 will be safe as in this powder range.