Why this over the others? Simply because I have had the chance to load it at some length, and the brass is superb and readily available. I have a mountain rifle build in the planning stages for next year, and I am pretty sure now it will be a short action chambered in. If I want to punch 160- or 175-grain bullets, I reach for my 7×57 Mauser. Above 140 grains, the larger 55mm case has a marked advantage, but I never load rounds above this in the 6.5mm Swedish. Until recently my personal preference would have been to opt for none of the above, and instead chamber a hunting rifle in 6.5×55 Ack Imp. They can, however, be loaded to greater pressures, and handloads soon bring them back in line. Sure, the 6.5×47 factory loads are down about 150fps on the others owing to the smaller case capacity. The bottom line is that in practical hunting terms, there isn’t a hair between them. 260 Rem does not have it all its own way, however, as the introduction of the 6.5×47 Lapua and Hornady’s 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge have provided the inquisitive shooter with something of a dilemma. In the hunting world the uptake has been a bit slower, although it is enjoying increased use across Europe. 260 Rem, including Remington and Federal. Defiance custom bolt rifle actions are the first choice among gun builders seeking to build the most accurate rifle possible. Whether you would like to choose from one of our standard Sporter, Match Taper, Palma profile or straight contours, or. Thankfully it is no longer a preserve of reloaders, as several ammo manufacturers now produce loads for the. Krieger Barrels offers a wide variety of standard and custom barrel contours for bolt action rifles as well as AR10, AR15, M1 Garand, M1A/M14 and service rifles. This is hardly surprising given the calibre’s rise through the target shooting world, with many shooters trading in their. I have been testing it since its arrival, and it is quite possibly the most high-tolerance and consistent brass I have ever used. In March this year, Hannam’s Reloading started importing the first batches.
Since then, life has been made considerably easier with Lapua recognising the need for dedicated, high-quality. The extra prep time was worth it for the results, but this didn’t help non-loaders, with off-the-shelf ammo hard to come by. Home-loaders soon found a satisfactory solution by necking up Lapua. Launched by Remington in 2007, the calibre was held back initially by the availability of quality brass. 260 Rem is a commercialised answer to the 6.5-08 Wildcat cartridge. 260 Rem is a worthy addition to the already crowded queue of calibres hoping to be the ultimate answer to the 6.5mm bullet.Įssentially the. I will not repeat these, but will instead evaluate if the. Its underrated because its a worse 6.5 Creedmoor - or rather 6.5 Creedmoor is a significantly improved 260 Rem with a shorter case, better shoulder angle. Indeed, the virtues of its favourable ballistic properties have been described here before. It is one of the most versatile, accurate and manageable bullet diameters ever to have been chambered. It comes as no surprise that so many manufacturers have tried to harness the awesome ballistics of the 6.5mm in their own concoction of brass housing. I also have a 6.5 creed and I picked that over 260 solely on the factory ammo price.Essentially the.
In that case yeah 6.5 creed is a much better buy. I decided to buy 500 rds of FGMM just because it was so cheap! Black hills is over priced, FGMM is the bees knees! Just my $.02 againĮTA: disregard I just realized your were talking about 260 being expensive ha!.no more posting before my morning coffee. Results turned up FGMM for $1.10 a round and there is a buttload of other brands on the cheap. I'm not sure if you are using it right there boss man.
I'm not afraid to spend some money on the rilfe, but having limited and expensive factory match ammo takes some of the fun out of it. I don't reload and don't want to reload, so that may make all this a moot point. However, I just realized by looking at that there is not really any factory match ammo available other than Black Hills at $2.17 per round. I get about 2,550 fps with 168 grain FGMM in 80 degree weather. I guess that is a good way to look at it. Compare the ballistics to what you get from your 308 and see the difference. Most anything a short-barreled 308 can do, a short barreled 6.5mm can do "better".
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