Brass and factory ammunition are very available.
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Brass and factory ammunition are very available.
I'd have to poke around in quickload to get real #'s but I can say this. to benefit from your plans you would possibly have to throat the barrel for the longer cartridge length, but some of the new vld's take alot to reach the lands so that may not be 100% accurate. you will gain some useable case capacity but not much. I plan to do a similar change with my .308 in the near future. I'm single feeding 208 hornady's right now as there 3"+ and I can get 2525 fps with them and its a huge improvement over the 168 amax's I shoot at mag length 2623ft/sec. right now i'm only using them beyond 600 and sometimes 800yds as they help in the wind, but they do knock the snot out of you compared to the 168's. lol:beaten:
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That even applies to choosing between the Grendel, Creedmoor, 260, 25-06, and so on.
All will reliably harvest game and varmints within 300 yards, all will go a bit further with the right bullet, many will go 100 or so yards further out at the expense of more recoil and reduced barrel life.
In the end, however, how many of us actually used to check list to select our mate for life? Some like small blondes, others like large redheads, and still more have a thing for brunettes of any flavor. So, if the 260 catches your imagination, go for it. Others have the same fascination for the other cartridges.
My take is that there is not enough difference in the hunting arena to support a choice, particularly between the 260 and the Creedmoor. The Creedmoor will continue to have an edge in the long range venue because Dave Emery had the wisdom to move the shoulder-neck junction back enough to allow the cartridge to hold long ogive bullets while having similar powder capacity. For almost all of us, the choice becomes one of what captures the imagination.
If no new cartridges were developed after 1906, we would still have all we need. But how much fun would that be?
^^^LOL I like that.
I love the 260. Had my choice when I built this rifle between it, and Creedmore. Chose 260 for the bump in case capacity, while still working in a short action, over Creedmore, and the ability to tap into a seemingly endless supply of cheep brass. I use once fired, LC 7.62 brass. And they come out beautifully. But I still have my choice of Lapua, Nosler or Norma 260 brass for the absolute MOST accurate. 260 going away? Certainly not in this lifetime of reloaders.