herman,
Still looking! I've come to the point though where ithink it would be easier to find a chicken with teeth than it is to find a 260 bdl
.People who have one don't want to part with it, but hey, i can't blame them because i wouldn't either.I was hoping Remington would chamber the CDL in 260 but got disappointed.I'll admit that i'm notlooking as hard as i was but if by chance one comes around i'd definately be interested.
As for the 25.06, man i love this caliber. It's a fast, flat and accurate shooter that hits the target hard. When i startedworking with the accubonds i also called Nosler and was told to use the 115gr load data so thats what i did. I started to try the RL22 first and i wish i had because it ended up shooting the best groups for me. I started with 4350 and 4831 because i've had such good results with those two powders and the 25.06 and other bullet weightsbut this wasn't the case with the 110gr accubonds. I really didn't get but one load out of many combinations that i felt i could work with and that was with 4831 but even that one left alot to be desired. I then moved to 7828 and i just couldn't get any consistency with that. I then moved to the RL22 sincethat was my powder of choice from the start. I quickly noticed that the hotter the loads got the tighter my groups got. When i got to 53.5 and shot a group of 0.325 i knew i was on to something. I went back to the table and loaded 5 morejust to make sure. Ishot those five and again had one ragged hole in the paper so i noted everything andloaded about 50 rounds.I killed 4 deer with the accubonds last year from 50yds out past 200ydsand you can rest assured they perform just as Nosler states,with the accuracy of a BT and the performance of a Partition.
I also have a good load worked up with the Speer 120gr Spitzer and 52grs of 4350 that will shoot under 1/2" consistently if you wanta heavier bullet. This bullet also shoots equally as well with the same amount of 4831.
I think you'll like that Tikka, i have a friend who has one chambered in 30.06 and i haven't seen him feed it anything that it wouldn't shoot with very good accuracy and i'm talking stock right out of the box. It's also a very nice looking rifle. Good Luck! >-------------> Mike
Load for 25-06 with 110-Accubond bullets.
