Originally Posted by
Bbj270
How about a 260 remington don't have one but was thinking about getting myself my first full custom rifle and that caliber looks good. I know remington makes one in there model seven youth rifle. The 260 seems like a good alternative to the 243 as well. Just a thought. Talked to a guy and he said that was his main dial deer gun he used on the eastern shore in Maryland.
Maybe the OP is considering availability of factory ammo.
The 260, great cartridge that it is, is kind of scarce on sporting good store shelves in my neck of the woods. You can get all the 243 you want.