260 Rem for Whitetail. Too much?

[gopherslayer]

If you're not shooting long range don't forget the 140's. Spectacular penetration. Core-lokts hold together better than Hornadys. Core-lokts will leave big chunks of bone on the ground;)

[lomfs24]

Yeah, 140gr SST's are what I was shooting gopher. Maybe they are opening up a little too fast. Maybe an interlock or a partition is a better choice. Unfortunately I can only shoot a couple deer a year so then I have to wait an entire year to try the next bullet.

[gopherslayer]

My wife shot an averagesized 10pt at 240 yards with an interlock and it shed its core. I cansee how the quicker expanding SST would shoot up some meat especially if shoulder bone is hit. The interlock took out ribs and the core was in the spine.

[Tracer]

Now a good friend of mine shoots a .260 Remy and I use a 6.5/06 and your right, it is enough caliber for moose using that 160 grain bullet!

My friend uses Remington Core-Lokts in the 140 grain and has no problems getting pass throughs out to 250 yards behind the shoulder. It pays not to hit that shoulder unless your shooting a heck of a trophy bullet, then by all means "Bust" em down hard so it can not wonder off and get lost.

[cfvickers]

.264 caliber bullets are anomalies. Although smaller in diameter and weight they are absolutely devastating to game of about any size. try a 120 or 130 grain bullet, not as much meat damage but they fall just as hard.

[bubbinator]

My wife and I shot 4 AL whitetail last year out of our garden. She got hacked off because they were eating her bushes in the front yard too! All our shots were with Rem 140gr Core-Lokt bullets, double lung shots, BEHIND the fore leg/shoulder area. All were DOTS(dropped on the spot), and no shoulder meat was lost. I shoot Hornady SSTs (Hornady Light Mag 308) in my Rem 700 Sendero 26" @ 3000fps with the same result. I try to aim at least 10" behind the front leg vertical plane if possible. My sole deer this year was an old 7pt buckin my greeenfield following some does that I shot off-hand with my wife's Ruger Compact 7mm-08 @90 yds(porch to back fence). It went about 30 yds, collapsing as it tried to jump the fence. It also was a double lung shot, a little higher than I like, but it was a standing unsupported shot on a moving deer. If you want to see meat destruction-shoot a deer with a 220 swift or a 300 Weatherby Mag. I guy in my old club used a 300 Weatherby( on 100 lb AL deer!) and lost both shoulders and still had to track some deer w/ 5" exit wounds! I killed 2 the same day with a 222 Rem that were dead in their tracks in the green field(neck shots). Bullet placement will save your meat.

[Tracer]

The .260 Remington is certainly NOT to much to use on any whitetail deer or mule deer for a fact! I have used the 1/4 bore (25-06) for years and now am using the wildcat (.264-06) 6.5/06 for you metric fans out there in the hardwoods. ;D

[lomfs24]

I have looked at that 6.5-06 and that does look like a very good round. Little bit more poop than the 260 but I'll bet that it's a killer down range. I have even thought about that as a next build because I have a ton of 25-06 brass laying around that would work for it.

[Luckus]

I have been using two 6.5x55's for a few years now with the 140 Hornady IL at about 2600 fps, with excellent results on deer and one cow Elk. Sounds like you have had a bullet problem. My new barrelled Swede really likes the 120 Nosler BT but I haven't shot any game with them yet. Try the 140 IL and slow it down a bit, 6.5's really don't need big speed to kill well. jmo

[robert d]

i shoot 6.5 284 120 sie sptz. 3250 fps no meat lose when shot though lung entry and exit wounds hit one going away from me between shoulder blades lost a lot of meat that time. if your meat eater 22-250 3500 fps neck shot no meat loss one shot kills done this many times.i think your bullet is to soft try different brand.

[PawPaw]

My sister in law shoots a .260 Remington. She makes neck shots, prefers to hit them high in the neck. She doesn't like tracking them. So far, she's three-for-three, bang, flop. Her husband loads 120 BTs over IMR 4350.

[Tracer]

Yes, one does not need the extra muzzle blast created by the .264 Win mag caliber but the 6.5/06 is just the ticket for down range shooting and penetration with a 130 or 140 grain bullet it very good. I would not be affraid of elk hunting with this caliber, it will do the job.

[sniper15545]

I had problems with the .260 remmington 140's putting whitetails down without them running for hundreds of yards first. Then I switched to the 120 grn nosler ballistic tip. Since the switch I haven't have a deer run farther than 10 yards.

[Hammer]

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The 260 Rem is really too small for large whitetails.

Better stick with a 340 Weatherby or 375 H&H with premium controlled-expansion heavy-for-caliber bullets for complete penetration on whitetail.

With conventional bullets, stick with something at least 458 in diameter.


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[lomfs24]

Wouldn't expect any less out of you Hammer. ;D Go big or go home right?

[Hammer]

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Once shot a spike mule deer using a light-for-caliber 210-grain Nosler Partition from a 340 Weatherby at point-blank range -- maybe 20 yards.

It was at last legal light.

Took two hours to find him -- laying exactly where he had been standing when he was shot. Hadn't moved a foot.

If he had been hit with a 250-grainer instead of the little 210, or if we had more muzzle flame by using a 378 Weatherby, we might have found him quicker.

But hunting for a little spike in the dark using lit cigarettes for light ain't too easy.

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[savageboy]

Hammer, you a funny man!

[sniper15545]

260 to small lol lol lol

[jsthntn247]

Your .260 is fine, just use a tougher bullet. Try a ttsx, GMX, or partition.

[rivermud]

I use a 125 grain Nosler Partition for deer and it has been outstanding. Everything falls to this bullet and very little waste with the controlled expansion.