Best hunting load with the .260 Remington

[ACC]

I had the bad luck of having a Remington ADL in .260 Remington given to me. What would a good cast bullet load using a Lee mold(I have to buy one so let me know which is the best). What powder would be good.

ACC

[waksupi]

You need to know the twist rate before you pick a bullet.

[MostlyLeverGuns]

I don't believe Lee makes a 6.5 / .264 mold. RCBS makes one,Lyman maybe, NOE lists a few, Accurate will make one for you. Depending on your twist rate, velocity may be limited. The Rem 700 .260 had a 1-9 twist but it has been changed to 1-8... so you'll need to check, though a 130-140 grain will work in most, IF you don't try to push too hard (1800-2000 fps).

[Nobade]

Lee made a 170 grain monster called the cruise missile. I have one, it's made for the '96 Mauser. But a normal Remington 260 needs something in the 140 grain range, the RCBS or the Lyman will work fine.

[taco650]

You need to know the twist rate before you pick a bullet.

Ditto. If the twist rate is fast, like 1-9 or 1-8.5 etc, it will do good with heavy bullets. If it's more like 1-10 then lighter will work better.

[ACC]

As best as I can tell it has a 9" twist as I can measure it. You know a tight patch on a cleaning rod that is marked. That is the only way I know how to tell. But Remington says the .260 with my serial number has a 8.5" twist.

ACC

[dverna]

Sorry about your “bad luck”

Hope it turns around for you.

What do you intend to hunt?

[richhodg66]

My oldest son's first deer rifle is a Model 7 Remington youth model in .260. Should be the perfect white tail round and it worked well with jacketed bullets, but the rifle was never as accurate as I thought it should be. Haven't shot it in several years.

I started on a cast project with a sporterized Swedish Mauser. It never shot anything very well and eventually I couldn't get rid of it fast enoughgot what I had in it back out of it trading for a Krag sporter which is an infinitely better rifle, but it left me with several molds and then I got a couple more from Dad along with a bunch of his cast bullets, among them the Saeco design that looks to be about 140 grains. When deer season ends, I plan to give a serious go to cast in the 6.5 Creedmoor and the old Model 7 will likely get a go as well. Too many things going on at the moment.