Funny that I just saw this post as I was in 5 different stores today here in El Paso and only one store, Gouger Mountain, had any 260 Remington on the shelf and only 4 boxes at that. Had me wondering if the 260 was dead/dying.

For those that reload the 260, how much more velocity can be gained from the cartridge by loading the 140/104+gr bullets forward in the case instead of seating back into the case because of the need to load it into a short action? Basically, it is my understanding that if a long action was used for the 260 so that the cartridge could be loaded longer there should be an increase in performance with the longer bullets over the existing short action, so anyone know how much more velocity and energy can be obtained?