Quote Originally Posted by SageRat Shooter View Post
you've got to go with a minimum length of 24" in the 260 to take advantage of the cartridge and heavy for caliber bullets. You're going to want to shoot those for extended ranges over 500+. I'm in the middle of building one myself, and went with a 25" so I could make it easier to carry for out foxing, coyotes, prairie dogs, antelope, and deer.

But I primarily want a long range target rifle first. I plan on shooting @ 1000 eventually. For velocities sake I may have wished I had gone with a 26".
Actually that is not true, the 260 Rem will do plenty well on velocity with a barrel shorter than 24". My 22" gun will run 140s at 2800 fps fairly accurately, and 130s at 2900 fps, under 1/2 moa. That's all with almost zero load development.

I'm actually thinking now of just investing in a McMillan Edge stock, and upgrading my optics, rather than a new rifle.


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