Need to lean on your experience

[mugsie]

I built a 260 Rem on a Savage 300 Win Mag doner action, using a Shileen barrel and a SSS varment / tactical stock. I'll be taking this rig out anywhere from 300 to 600 to 1000 yards. I'm looking to work up a tuned load using SMK 142g HPBT bullets. At the moment, I'm using Lapua brass, and H4831SC powder. The Hodgdon site recomments anywhere from 45 to 47.5 which is a compressed load (don't know why, but I'm never comfortable with a compressed load). I'm also using WLR primers. At the moment, I have 5 loaded at 45, 5 at 46, and 5 at 47. I'll give them a try this week at 100 yards for best groups.

So - what are the rest of you using? have any of you found a "best" powder bullet combination for these distances? I'm not locked in to any powder at the moment (although I need to use up the 4831).

OK - what say ye?

[barthmonster]

I know what you mean I bought 2 8# jugs and now I've sold my 270... I can use it in '06 but I don't shoot it that much... Maybe I need a 6.5-284 I hear they like H-4831SC !!

Good luck with the 260 I don't know much there...

[bluealtered]

I have a .260 savage/krieger tactical thats a 1:8 twist and 24" barrel. I find that 42grs of H4350 works best running either the 142gr smk or the 140 a-max. I have tried cci,win,and rem primers and can't find any difference in performance between them for This rifle. blue

[wbm]

Some of the 260 shooters over at 6mmbr.com seem to think Reloader 17 and the 260 were made for each other. Might want to check it out.

[Armed in Utah]

4831sc works real well in my 260 AI....along with.......

RE19....RE22........RE17.....H4350....

120s to 142's........

[JCalhoun]

I have had best results with H4350.