Hi James,

Congrats on the new .260. I think I'd agree with you about the matte black scope on the stainless rifle. I had a synthetic stocked SS Ruger in .338 Win. that I put a matte black Leupold VX-III 2.5X8 and it looked like the were made for each other! In my opinion much better looking than a mismatched stainless look. (Just my taste!)

My .260 is the Remington ADL and it shoots the Remington 120 Ballistic Tip load into groups so small....it nearly makes a grown man cry. I was shocked when I first took it out...strick factory with a Nikon Buckmaster 3X9X40. With the above premier load I had one three shot group go into 3/8" first day out. The other groups opened the average size to about 3/4" for the day. And I thought I had bought "an inexpensive medium game rifle" that could be stretched to cover long range varmints. Turns out it wants to shoot like a varmint rifle dressed for medium game.

Let us know how your first range session goes. Good shooting!