Re: Possible Sniper's Hide Spec Built Caliber Choices
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sobrbiker883</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Unfortunately I'm in no position to order, but I think 6.5 Creedmor would be the ticket. 260 is leading, but the non-availability of quality brass is what keeps me from trying a 260. 7-08 would be great, but I think its tough to load for to take advantage of the high BC 284 pills without over-pressuring.</div></div>
How exactly is the .260 suffering from poor brass?
There are several options for the .260 Rem. Yes, the R-P brass is soft and at the bottom of the quality chain. But guess what, the cartridge will still shoot very small and fast with that brass.
Nosler and Norma are making brass for it now also.
<span style="color: #3333FF">Little bit of Weasel Craft for you that I prolly shouldn't even say anything about but W-W brand 7-08 Rem brass is the best setup currently on the .260Rem. W-W brass is harder than R-P, more consistent and close to the same price. Run the W-W brass through a FL .260Rem die, do a good inside neck chamfer and load the stuff. There is only about 0.001" max neck thickness difference in the loaded rounds. Most batches are 0.0005".
I loaded new W-W brass for the SHC this spring and it shot pretty good. I am still using off of that batch of ammo to test fire any .260Rems going out of here. It is consistently capable of back to back freak groups when the rifle and shooter are on. I have some customers shooting F-Class with Lapua .243Win cases necked up to .264 but I do not feel that is an advantage at all over what we are already doing.</span>Not trying to single you out brother, but everybody keeps throwing up the brass flag on the .260Rem and it's just doesn't hold water.
Black Hills and Cor-Bon (you're welcome Pete) can load ammo for the .260 if you are not a handloader. Don't know what direction the group here will go on caliber but brass shouldn't play even a small part in your decision making.
FWIW, I am a fan of the .260Rem but fairly ignorant of what performance penalties it has to pay with a short (sub 20") barrel. My .308Win has an 18.75" barrel and gets 2610 fps with Fed 168 Match. Ditto speed with my 175 load. And NO, it does not have any type of extra tight bore, just a .300/.308" Krieger 4 groove.
Typically the cartridges with generous bore/capacity ratios are the most efficient across shorter barrel spectrums. Taking the same case capacity as the .308Win and sticking a smaller neck on it will cut your efficiency with shorter barrels to a degree proportional to the size if the neckdown. As I said earlier, I just don't have any experience with the short .260s so I can't help there.
Just wanted to share what we are seeing and doing so that others may cut to the chase and enjoy their shooting more.
No wind,
Terry
