A short time ago I sold my 260 rifle in the Savage Lh bolt action rifle. The chamber was a little to short and 140 grain bullets had to be seated below the crimping ring. This also cut down on powrer space' Thiis could have been fixed but the trigger was awful as well and would have had to be changed. Instead of messing with it I sold that rifle to a fellow who borrowed it a couple times and took two nice elk with it. We were both happy. Just a few weeks ago I was in Scheels all sports and they had a new Ruger bolt action in 260. Its a stainless synthetic stocked rifle. I usually don't like stainless rifles but the heft and feel of this gun felt great and I put it on layaway. Today I talked to Santa and santa said pick that up for Xmas.
I still have all my brass and dies and bullets so I picked up one box of factory Remington in thier new accutips 120 grain. Its dark now so I will have to wait a bit to try it out. The trigger is about the right weight. It does have a little excess travel but I have never looked at a Ruger trigger so I don't know if they are adjustable by the owner or not. Scheels has two in house gunsmiths if it needs any work. It feels pretty shootable. I picked up a box of Sierra 120 gr pro hunter bullets as I was impressed with thier performance in the 280. In the 260 the 120 grains have a pretty high sectional density and the book shows a velocity of about 3000 fps. They are using a 24 inch barrel however the Ruger just has a 22 inch barrel. I almost bought a cheaper scope to put on it but at the last minute I decided to wait and save a little more money for a better scope. I have the VX 1 off of my 257 Roberts right now so I will stick that on until I pick up another. I would like to put a compact scope on it as its a fairly light trim little rifle. I have my old thirty year old 2x7 Redfield off of its normal rifle now too so I could use that. I think I will put a matte black scope on it rather than trying to match the tone of the stainless action. The stock is Black anyway. sorry for the long post but even at 60 a new rifle gets my heart pumping