Remington's technical people developed what I consider the perfect deer hunting round in the .260 Rem. Then the round was passed to marketing and strategic planning where it got almost no support.
I loved the .260 Rem specs and when it came time to get my daughter her first deer rifle, I found a use Model 7 in .260 for her. The rifle should have been the epitome of a mountain rifle, but it didn't shoot well — with my best groups running 1.75" or larger. Yes, this is definitely "good enough" for most deer hunting rifles, but it won't excite outdoors writers or inspire emotional attachment. At the same time long-range shooters were building custom rifles for the .260 that had little trouble holding .1", proving Remington could have marketed the .260 first in premium rifles that would develop a following and only later release "lesser" rifles chambered in it — if they had a management team capable of building demand for a product.