Dang! I just purchased a per-owned Savage in 260 Rem. The shop did not stock the ammo. No problem. I stop at cabelas to peruse the 260 options and select a 'few' loads to test for accuracy. No choices at cabelas! It is A or B, take it or leave it.
There is a grand total of one box of Remington green box, corelock, I guess and that was $40. I dont like those. There was one choice for match shooting from Hornady, 30 gr eld for $30. I look on line and Hornady does not offer white tail in 260 and just two or three loads. I digress, back at cableas I ask if they normally carry other loads. The clerk says maybe one other load. Then he points out a whole shelf of 6.5 creedmore. I might guess 20 or 30 or more loads to choose from. He says the 260 is dead, the world has gone creedmore. Ok.
Now, I have a choice, reload 260 or rebarrel to 243. Not a big problem but a little surprise for me. And why am I surprised you ask? Seems I read some discussion around the 260 and no one actually came out and decalred the 260 dead. Well it is, they just did not have the funeral yet. I did read the 6.5 was very popular. I did not pick up on the flip side, the 260 was dead.
It kinda too bad, I like how the 243,260,7mm,308,358 all share the same case dimensions and go/nogo gauge. Life is what it is. perhaps, I could try setting back the barrel and reaming to creedmore. That would be something new for me. And if I screw it up, get a 243 barrel.
There is a grand total of one box of Remington green box, corelock, I guess and that was $40. I dont like those. There was one choice for match shooting from Hornady, 30 gr eld for $30. I look on line and Hornady does not offer white tail in 260 and just two or three loads. I digress, back at cableas I ask if they normally carry other loads. The clerk says maybe one other load. Then he points out a whole shelf of 6.5 creedmore. I might guess 20 or 30 or more loads to choose from. He says the 260 is dead, the world has gone creedmore. Ok.
Now, I have a choice, reload 260 or rebarrel to 243. Not a big problem but a little surprise for me. And why am I surprised you ask? Seems I read some discussion around the 260 and no one actually came out and decalred the 260 dead. Well it is, they just did not have the funeral yet. I did read the 6.5 was very popular. I did not pick up on the flip side, the 260 was dead.
It kinda too bad, I like how the 243,260,7mm,308,358 all share the same case dimensions and go/nogo gauge. Life is what it is. perhaps, I could try setting back the barrel and reaming to creedmore. That would be something new for me. And if I screw it up, get a 243 barrel.