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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
Hey Gene, how come I never heard of the .260???
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TS:
Not sure except that you most likely stay more focused on military or LEA requirements.
A .260 is basically a .308 necked down to 6.5mm. Just another modification of what is basically an extremely fine cartridge design.
Half the recoil, much better exterior ballistics than the .308 or 06, just as wide a range of bullets as found with the .30 calibers, same barrel life. They are pretty forgiving in terms of loads too and offer great accuracy potential without much if any effort in terms of loading. Overall a good efficient combination of case capacity and bullet diameter.
Guys use it for hunting medium and large game as well as competitive purposes.
Easy to make the brass by necking up .243 brass. Or you can just buy the brass. Nothing really new about the cartridge so companies make factory loads just as readily as you find for the .308.
Gene