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Anyone out there use a .260 Remington for deer hunting or any big game animal?
ByThose Remington Model 7′s look pretty nice, I would like to know it performs n the hunting world.
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6 Comments
March 10th, 2010 at 5:57 am
You betcha it’ll work for deer hunting. I’ve seen a few nice deer taken by a fellow hunter with a Rem .260
March 10th, 2010 at 6:49 am
I am sure it will take deer fine if you dont encounter dense brush. I wouldn’t hunt a thicket or deep woods, NOR would I make an attempt at any bigger game. You can take bigger game, but with a .26 calibre bullet you are more likely to wound instead of kill.
March 10th, 2010 at 7:33 am
Jim Carmichael’s 6.5 Panther, now known as the 260 Remington, in the model 7 essentially duplicates the 6.5×55 Swede, and it’s a bit hotter than the 6.5 M-S, with which W.D.M.Bell killed hundreds of elephants, so I don’t think you need to worry too much about being undergunned. I’ve had no problems with my Swede, and my youngest has a model 7 in 7mm08 instead of 260 simply because I already had the dies and brass for the former and wanted to limit the chance of confusion. And in contradistinction to the answer above, if you load it with 160′s you have the largest SD of any bullet in the hunting world, as good as you can get for bucking brush or penetrating deeply. And as I noted above, it’s killed ELEPHANTS by the hundreds.
March 10th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Shot my first deer with a 6.5 Swedish Mauser in 1968
March 10th, 2010 at 8:43 am
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March 10th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Jim Carmichael is in my opinion one of the most knowlegeble gun writers of this time and he considers the .260 to be the perfect whitetail deer round and I can’t disagree. Low recoil, adequate power, and generally good accuracy, what more could you want. Keep your bullets at 120 grains or heavier and if you lose a deer it’s because you either missed or didn’t hit him where you’re supposed to. As for coolhands answer, I have read some of your other answers and for the most part agree with what you say, but I’m gonna have to differ from you’re opinion on the matters of “brush bustin” rounds and the matter of game larger than deer and the .260. First of all, alot of test shooting has been done in the last 10-20 years to determine which rounds penetrate brush best. Contrary to popular opinion, nothing flies straight after it strikes brush. Bullets with high sectional density (heavy for caliber) do better than anything, but it’s still a crap shoot where a deflected bullet will go. Use a good scope and avoid branches. I would not hesitate to use a .260 in brush country or deep woods. As for game larger than deer, WWD kinda said it all in his answer. How much bigger than an elephant can you get? A .260 wouldn’t be my first choice for game larger than deer, but if I was walking out my back door (Wyoming) to go elk or bear hunting and a .260 was the only rifle I owned, I sure as hell wouldn’t stay home. I’d load it with a 140 grain or heavier bullet, probably a Nosler Partition, (see WWD, I do like the NP, just reserve it for bigger/tougher game than deer), place my shot well and start trying to find freezer space. Good luck with your .260.