Thread: 260 short barrel powders

I trialed 2208 and 2209 with 120's and 140's respectively. Ended up running just 2209, gave good accuracy and no hassle over powder swaps.
With 120's its a long drop tube for sure to get it all in, but they are seated for mag clearance. The 140's are long and the powder rattles around fine.
I have pretty much got same POI with the two different loads too. This is from a 18 1/2 inch barrel.
DONT try this without working up your own, but I ended up with 45.5 grns for the 120's and 42.5 for the 140's this was for Amaxes

According to Strelok with distance verified loads the speeds are 2900 for the 120's and 2800 for the 140's So not chronied it may not mean much but its a bit of info for you.