Need Reloading Help

[captainsling]

I know every gun is different, and my new 260 shoots Remington corelokts pretty good.

I am looking for a recipe for anybody loading and shooting 260 Remington. I have already bought Hornady SST 140grain pills. My barrel is a 26" 1:8 twist.

What is giving you the best results? Looking for a place to start.

[Trouble]

Loading manuals. start low and work up. I usually start with powders that do a pretty good job of filling the case. Keep the bullet off the lands. You probably already know all this, but I always start with the basics.

[PSD Ryan]

Why keep the bullets off the lands? When i work up bolt action loads, I cut a slit in the case neck so it grips the bullet loosely, then chamber a round. Pushes the bullet in so it just lightly touches the lands. Perfect seating depth as long as it still feeds properly.

[Trouble]

If you get one seated firm in the lands, you risk a pressure spike if you have not worked up to that charge. A variance of 0.002 can make a difference and I would suggest anyone allow for the slightest variations that can exist in seating bullets.

One concern with pressing a bullet into the case to get a snug fit is the risk of the lands gripping the bullet and pulling it back slightly on extraction. Just be careful and triple check everything to insure safety.

[LeanMachine]

In the case of my .308 the chamber will tolerate the bullet seated further out than the magazine will.

Buy some loading manuals and play around with some loads.