carverelli Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) 22 inch heavy 1-8 twist Krieger barrel on aero precision receivers. If everything goes as planned, I cold be breaking in that sweet barrel before Christmas. I reload and I generally have one load that I use excluvisely in each of my guns that shoots well AND terminal performance is decent. In this forums members experience, what are some bullets I should be using in my search. id like them to expand and work on mule deer as well. So far i've ordered Hornady eld-x. also looking for recommendations for riflescopes. I was leaning toward the nightforce velocity 1000 if I can make the ballistics work out. I put one on my dads 338 ultra mag shooting 225 gr accubonds and it worked within 1/2 moa out to 800 yards. I haven't bought a scope in 10 years and things change so quickly in that area. Edited December 4, 2018 by carverelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 What weight projectiles are you planning to use? I can give you some "close" data on my .260 Rem loads, with Hornady 140 ELD-M and 147 ELD-M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverelli Posted December 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 140-147 gr. I'm game for sierra berger and Hornady bullets that shoot well and give good terminal performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 My 140 and 147 ELD-M data will be real close to the ELD-X data. In the Hornady data, it's the same, but verify (per projo weight, it's the same). This load info is shot through a Wilson Combat 20" .260 Remington Tactical Hunter barrel, 1:8" twist. My 147 data came from Hornady, my 140 data came from Sierra. I'm using the Hornady 140s, though, with the Sierra data. Both 140 and 147 data is hard to find, because those projos are so new. On 140 ELD-M in the .260 Rem, I'm running 35.0 grains of AA-2495, 2.785" COL. On the 147 ELD-M, I'm running 43.0 grains of RL-22, same COL. Big difference in the charges between the two,but RL-22 is a slower burning Magnum powder, and AA-2495 is more of a match .308 powder. Took me quite awhile to come up with them, through several OCW ladders, but those are the ones. I have a hybrid 5.7oz shorty 2.500" buffer in there. The 140 load won't lock back with that buffer in there. To run the 140 load, I have to switch out to the 5.15oz shorty buffer. Start LOWER than what I told you. LOWER. .260 Rem has a very small amount more case capacity than 6.5 Creed. My STARTING load on the 140s was 34.9gr, and I went up. There were serious pressure signs with everything higher, and I pulled a bunch without shooting them. I pierced a couple primers when I was in the mid and high 35gr loads. I pulled everything else as soon as I saw that. ***Load data over the internet is on you. If you blow yourself up, it's YOUR issue, not anybody else's issue... ^^^Just thought that needed to be said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverelli Posted December 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 locking back isn't a deal breaker for me as long as they cycle. I'm a little surprised with the rl22 as its more of a magnum rifle powder. my fav load with my 300 is 180 gr accubond over rl22. Thanks for the tips. And yes, I'll start fairly low like you mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 I'm running the RL-22 in 300 Win Mag and 338 Lapua Mag. I was surprised by it, too, in the .260. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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