Originally Posted by
gwpercle
Try a lighter boolit .
I was all set to jump on the 260 Remington band wagon . I wanted to load long heavy for caliber boolits like I do in my 7 X 57 mauser (160 and 175 gr boolits in it ) I had 500 308 cases to neck down to 260 Rem. and planned to use 140 gr. cast boolits ... but after reading the dismal results with heavy boolits and seeing some compaints on the rate of twist and short throat ... it's a shame what could have been wasn't ... those long sleek 6.5 boolits would have been good hog and deer getters !
I gave up on that idea ... still have 500 308 cases !
Gary