herman

I bought one of the rem mtn rifles when they first came out,later bought a ruger ss,later sold the 2 to buy a rem bdl with 24 in barrel.All have been exceptional shooters,the first one I bought a box of rem cor-loc 140 to get the brass to reload.The core-loc was very accurate took deer with it the first year.Took deer with the 100 gr (hand loads) 120,and 140,most dropped where they stood others didn't make it 25 yds.Took one last year at 442 yds with a 120 grain bullet,it went about 12 ft.
If you are going to use factory I would try the core-loc 140.If you are going to hand load I would try a 120 BT,Speer 120,or sie BTHP 120 useing R-19 47.5 grs Or IMR 4064 42 grainsrem 9 1/2primers.Would start lower and work up with the 4064 most loading book just go to 39 grs.R-19 goes up to 48 grs as max.

260rem

I load 41gr of AR2208 (ADI) similar burning rate to Varget, IMR4064 or AA250 to get just on 3000fps (Hot load!!!) I now load 39gr for about 2800fps but I have yet to clock this load.
43gr of AR2208 gets a 110gr Taipan HP going at 3150fps and 41.5 gets a 115gr Taipan HP going at 3050fps.
I am loading 47.5gr of AR2209 behind a 130gr SST for 2900fps but I am going to swich to AR2208 when I get around to it.

ranger140892

Are you guys chrongraphing your loads or taking the manual's word for velocity?

James B

I chronograph all of my loads.

m.t.hands

i bought my wife one, rem model 7, and i love it, don't have my load data here (work) but i was using 125gr partitions loading between 2600-2700 and getting great results, BTW i was looking for the same gun in 7mm-08 when a friend asked if i was interested, IMO a great little whitetail round, now i carry it 98% of the time, and my thunderboomers 7mag and STW only see big bean or cornfields

and i love the mountain rifle LSSit in the 260 or 08 will be nice

James B

I don't know what your velocity is with tht 125 grain partition but the 260 is effective to 400 yards or so with 1250-1450 Lb ME at 300-400 yards. Still well above the 1000 lb ME that is generally accepted as plenty of energy for deer hunting.

PaJack

I have both calibers,.260 and 7mm-08 in the Model Seven. My first choice would be the 7mm-08 because of the accuracy,but that's me...