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Re: 260 rem
Reloading manual recipes are also for unobtanium powders, so keep searching and hope that someone with more loading experience steps up with some suggestions.
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Re: 260 rem
Varget is great propellant, when available as you know. There are others that will serve you well in that burn range. Here in CO they are gradually showing up on dealers shelves. Don't rely on others recipes, get to the range and experiment on your own. Good replacements for Varget are IMR4895...H4895...IMR4064...VV135...VV140...RL15. Check this website for complete data on the .260 Rem.
http://www.hodgdon.com/basic-manual-inquiry.html
http://www.hodgdon.com/basic-manual-inquiry.html
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Re: 260 rem
IMR 4064 start around 36 grains for 107 to 142. This worked great for me before varget showed up. Still works great and most of the time just a bit better. Could also try IMR 4320 around the same charge.
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Re: 260 rem
I just bought 3 pounds of Varget today. I guess I got lucky.
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Re: 260 rem
Shhhh don't tell anyone bout 4064 cause you can still find it, everybody will run out and hoard it lol
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Re: 260 rem
42.5 gr of 4831sc pushing a 140gr sierraBT
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Re: 260 rem
What Bob said is good advice. Follow the manuals you have and any medium burn rate powder shoots well in the .260 thankfully.
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Re: 260 rem
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Re: 260 rem
100 rounds of freshly minted 7-08 practice ammo. Winchester cases fired 11 times each, 40.0 grs. IMR 4064, 140 gr. Sierra pro hunter reject bullets. I recently scored three 8 lb. cans of IMR 4064 for practice ammo. I will save my stash of Varget for match ammo used in matches only. This was my go to 7-08 propellant before Varget hit the states in 1994.
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Re: 260 rem
Next time I see the pro hunter type bullets I am going to have to try them in my 7 br should work like a charm..and cheaper too.
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Re: 260 rem
Was in Schiels today and they had 3 - 8lb cans of varget. Big Bear had 3 - 1lb cans.
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Re: 260 rem
saw imr 4064 8lb today $190 at schiels also had imr 4350 and different numbers of hodgden and imr 1 lb for $27
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Re: 260 rem
To\ bad you weren't coming back sooner Jerry I'd have you pick me up one of those 8lb onesJerry G wrote:Was in Schiels today and they had 3 - 8lb cans of varget. Big Bear had 3 - 1lb cans.
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Re: 260 rem
Bob, check with me in late August.