Thread: .260 Advice

Originally Posted by R93

I have the Ackley version and love it but if I had to do it all again I would honestly just go with the standard clambering.
I am starting to look at building one for my son's 16th B day.
Have put a lot of thought into it and can't think of a better first caliber for him.

It is a great caliber that has a huge selection of projectiles.

Good on targets beyond a km and kills well with the right load out to 500. People will claim longer kills and that's all good but I personally wouldnt attempt to take an animal of medium size much further.
Inherently accurate thru a lot of rifle brands. Easy to load develop for.

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Good. I've always said that the 6.5 can be a slow killer 380 odd yards plus, but mostly get rebutted. I've shot hundreds of deer and tahr with my 6.5 at 2800fps and this is what I've observed. I've shot tahr at 500 with it but hell, you have to be careful and experienced. But out to 350 or so it's hard to beat. If you want to shoot animals at a calibers upper margin you should instead step up in power to something with more oomph.