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".
Plenty of shooter's using 20" barrels on 260's shooting long range. My LR-260H has no problem reaching out there with a 20" barrel,and the new 260 AI Savage I just built with a 20" barrel shouldn't have any issues doing it either. I'm just fine with 2600-2700 fps shooting long range,I've never been a speed demon like some guy's!