Anyone Shooting A .260 AR10?

[FTSESQ]

Hi folks. So, like the headline says, are any of you fine folks here shooting a .260 AR10? I have the tax return coming in and thought that an AR in .260 would make a great addition to the collection. I already have a 6.5 Grendel, so I could interchange bullets (I think), which would be nice. I also have seen first hand the benefits of the 6.5mm/ .260 bullets, and the .260 is moving at an additional 200- 400 FPS... and that's my rationale for getting a .260 over a .308. Plus, I could always just get a .308 upper down the road.

So, What are you shooting? Is it accurate and reliable? Out to what range have you fired it? Anything that I should know before buying? What loads/ bullet/ bullet weights does it like? Anything that I should stay away from?

Thanks in advance.

 

[mshootnit]

I can't offer much but a friend of mine has been looking at the DPMS for awhile so I hope some good guys here can give us some info!

 

[FTSESQ]

Come on now, I know that someone here has to shooting one of these.

 

[TIMC]

Nope, my AR-10 is in .308 so I'm no help but I like the idea.

I too own a Grendel and I do like the 6.5mm bullet. The ability to use the same bullet in your loads is nice; I can do the same thing with my .50 Beowulf and Desert Eagle in .50 AE with 300 grain .50 cal bullets.

I say go for it and let us know how you like it. I may get inspired and join you.

 

[Offfhand]

Yep, I do, A DPMS in .260 Rem. with all their bells and whistles. Scope is Leupold 4.5-14X. Nicely accurate rig and great fun to shoot at long range AR competitions. (Tip, I get better reloads using Lapua .243 brass necked up to 6.5)

 

[UnTainted]

DPMS doesn't make an AR-10. Just sayin'

 

[FTSESQ]

Offhand-

Nice rig! She is a sexy beast!

 

[alfack]

Yeah, nice rig Offhand. How many does that mag hold? I have a .260 bolt gun, but just bought a bunch of Remington brass. It would be cool to be able to use the same .264 bullets.

 

[Zak Smith]

I know a lot of .260 shooters and one or two that use AR pattern rifles in the cartridge. If you want the ballistics in a semi-auto platform, go for it. You won't get the max velocities we do in bolt guns, but it'll still beat .308 and have less recoil.

-z

 

[hawk45]

Bringing this one back to the top.. I'm looking at a DPMS .260, just wondering if you are losing much with the COL and seating out bullets with the max lenght you can go in an AR10 mag? I currently have a .260 bolt and would be nice to be able to use the same cartridge on two platforms. If not, I may go .260 CM

 

[Zak Smith]

When my .260 bolt gun barrel was new I seated at 2.80". An AR-10 style rifle that can shoot that length should not have any performance issues causes by the OAL compared to a bolt gun barrel that starts out at 2.80" when new.