260 Rem Load Recipeies?

[5R LR SHTR]

jtkratcer,
i had PRK done and right now i have about 20/30 in both and as they heal i beleive they will true up to about 20/15 in each. it is awesome not having to get up in the morning and not have to worry about glasses or contacts. just need a few more days so my eyes can adjust. past couple of days my sight has been great and usually in the mornings when i am fresh they are fantastic but as the day goes by they fuzz up. doc says 3-4 weeks before they are completely healed.

i hope it is sooner so i can get to the range. i am gonna try the 42.5 grains of H4350 with the 140 AMAXs. i think that will work pretty good but i am gonna do it in tenth grain amounts and work up to it.

i only got to shoot my new 260 once before i got the surgery so i don't want to push getting back on the range until at least another week or so. i am really dyin to try some of the loads i did. the gun is perfectly broke in now and sitting on my bench waiting to be fed thanks for the info. talk to you later

 

[jtkratzer]

I picked up another 260...this one is a Savage 10 Predator Hunter...24" tube, 1/8 twist and with the 3.000" DBM, I can load the 129, 123, 120, and 107 grain bullets I have now to touch the lands and feed from the magazine. I ordered 140 gr Berger Hunting VLDs and Nosler Accubonds as I'd like to give some deer lead poisoning with this thing in a few months.

I was able to push 129 gr SSTs to 2897 fps out of my 20" tube on the Model Seven. I'm seeing load data for 2950 fps with 140s. I'm hoping to find something that groups well, 1/2 MOA or better, with the 140s at that kind of velocity. Guy I bought the rifle from had the 123 AMAX grouping at 1/2 MOA or better.

I currently have RL22 and H4350 on the bench and both seem to be popular with the 260. I printed the 260 Rem load data from Berger today and I'm going to check the manuals I have at the house for powder and charge for the Accubonds.

 

[Fire306]

Just reading through some of this thread, lots of great info here. I have a Sako 85 in 260 Rem. 1:8" twist barrel, 22" long. (factory)

I have found a load with V-Max's over 44 gr of Varget for a great performing coyote load. They leave around 3240fps.

I seat pretty well everything I load in it a @ 2.900" as that's the max the Sako Magazine will hold.

After playing with several loads for my STW, and trying H1000 in it to get a load that is closer to full case capacity, I got thinking about my 260 Varget loads. As all of you that use Varget know, 40-44 grains in the 260 case leaves a fair amount of empty space in the case. So I looked around and sure enough H1000 has a few listed loads for the 260...
So today I loaded up a few loads to try using 50 and 50.5 grains of H1000. 130gr Berger VLD's shot great with both 50gr and 50.5gr, with a great groups well under an inch at 100 yards, @ 2680 fps. Little slow, but shot great. I tried the 140gr VLD's which shot well at 50 and 50.5gr at 2640fps. The last load I shot was 50gr of H1000 pushing the 139gr Scenar's at 2650fps, into a .242" 5 shot group at 100 yards.

The cases are full, and compressed. SD were very low. Much better than I ever got with Varget.

 

[captacademy]

Wow, that's a tight group!

 

[jtkratzer]

Got my 140 gr Accubonds and Berger Hunting VLDs. Who has some start and max data for me?

 

[Fire306]

Got my 140 gr Accubonds and Berger Hunting VLDs. Who has some start and max data for me?

H4350 39-41grs
Varget 34-36grs
H1000 48-50.5gr (check out my post above, H1000 worked great for me)

There is a couple for you, what do you have for powder on your shelf that you were thinking of using?

 

[jtkratzer]

H4350 39-41grs
Varget 34-36grs
H1000 48-50.5gr (check out my post above, H1000 worked great for me)

There is a couple for you, what do you have for powder on your shelf that you were thinking of using?

Just H4350 and RL22 right now. I wasn't impressed with H4831sc in my Model Seven 260 for accuracy or velocity. The RL22 pushed a 129 gr SST to just shy of 2900 out of a 20" tube.

I was going to run a ladder with the H4350 and the RL22, just didn't have a start or max point for either. I have data for H4350 for 140 gr bullets, but nothing similar in design to either the Accubond or VLDs. What I have is for the flat base lead spitzer. I suppose I could work with the 140 or 142 SMKs' data, but I don't think RL22 is listed in any manual I have for 140 grain bullets.

EDIT: I have the Speer manual that came with my press kit, not Sierra.

 

[jtkratzer]

Don't have any of these powders and the velocities are not where I want to be. Same issue with the Hornady 140 bullets in this manual.

 

[Fire306]

Just H4350 and RL22 right now. I wasn't impressed with H4831sc in my Model Seven 260 for accuracy or velocity. The RL22 pushed a 129 gr SST to just shy of 2900 out of a 20" tube.

I was going to run a ladder with the H4350 and the RL22, just didn't have a start or max point for either. I have data for H4350 for 140 gr bullets, but nothing similar in design to either the Accubond or VLDs. What I have is for the flat base lead spitzer. I suppose I could work with the 140 or 142 SMKs' data, but I don't think RL22 is listed in any manual I have for 140 grain bullets.

EDIT: I have the Speer manual that came with my press kit, not Sierra.

RL-22 43-46.5gr
My 260 doesn't seem to be capable of high speed loads, with the 22" barrel a fast load for me in 130-140 gr bullets is 2850 fps. The 140 grain stuff shoots incredibly accurate down around 2600 fps

 

[captacademy]

I use 42.5 grs in my 260 with the 140 Amax and the accuracy is 1/2" or better 2788 fps with a 24" barrel.

 

[captacademy]

For my last post. That's with H-4350.

 

[trebark]

45 grains of H4350 gets the 130grain pills going 2900+ in my 28" barrel.

 

[jtkratzer]

I'm hoping to have time to run a test with H4350 and RL22 for the Bergers and the Accubonds tomorrow, but I don't know if I'll have time to get it all in. I just want to find the "accuracy window" for each bullet/powder combo and then I can head back to the range another time to break that down further.

I got a snapshot from a Hornady manual and it has RL22 for the 140s - 38.6 - 46.6. I'll try the range listed above to save me a few rounds and time. I'm hoping for tight groups around 2900 fps with the 140s. That keeps KE above 1000 and velocity above 1800 fps with the Bergers out to 700 yards. That should be plenty of range to kill deer where I'm at in PA.

 

[jtkratzer]

On the H4350...I see the data suggested here, but on Hodgdon's data on their website, the 140 gr Nosler Partition is listed at 39.0 - 42.0 grains and the 142 Sierra HPBT is listed at 41.5 - 44.5 grains. I'm guessing I could start with 42.0 as the Accubond and Berger are closer in design to the Sierra than the Nosler Partition and check every piece of brass for pressure signs.