Originally Posted By: pyscodogOriginally Posted By: SqueezeI have a Shilen Select Match prefit 260 Rem. on a Savage 16, and it exceeds my expectation, both in accuracy and easy of cleaning.
Squeeze
Does your 260 barrel have a load that it prefers over other loads? I have a Tikka that shoots 120 Noslers pretty good but its still a "work in progress" rifle right now. Still under 50 rounds fired right now.
I tried the 85 gr. Sierra HP, for a varmint bullet, over Benchmark, and it shot well enough to just table the load, if I ever need/want a varmint load. Primarily, I was after a long range deer/antelope rifle, so for the deer part, in WI, I tried a 100 gr. Barnes TTSX bullet, again over Benchmark. It didn't take too many development loads, and I was shooting tiny groups, with a number of them being just a ragged hole. Given the longer Barnes bullet, for the weight, it should perform well in the wind, but my range is pretty wooded out to 300 yards, so I don't get a great test of that. In the woods, I am holding about a 1.5" group at 300...Nice deer rifle.
When I make my next trip to WY, for antelope, I will work up a heavier VLD bullet load, and test the two once I get on the windy high plains...But Barnes TTSX bullets have done well in the WY wind, in both my 300 WSM, and my 6mm Rem.
This last deer season, I did a community service shot on an doe that some previous archery season person shot poorly on, at 180 yards. Quartering towards, nice lung and heart shot, 50 yard run, and skidded to a halt. The autopsy showed the 100 gr. TTSX did a great job of turning vitals into blood pudding, and left about a 2" exit hole to ventilate. Quite happy with the barrel so far. Cleans very easy.
Squeeze