.260 Remington VS .308 Winchester

[Bryan Litz Ballistics]

You guys are right; 600 and in 260 Rem could be highly competitive in F-Open. I was thinking 1000 yards.

-Bryan

 

[SDDasher]

"So a 260 puts you shooting open against every other caliber out there that is not a 308 or a 223, which usually means a mixed bag of 7RSAUMs, 284WIn, 284Shehanes, 280 Rem, 6.5-284s and a smattering of 300WSMs"

Just for clarification nothing prevents anyone shooting either the 308 or 223 in Open class. FTR is limited to the two mentioned; not so with FO.

 

[XTR]

"So a 260 puts you shooting open against every other caliber out there that is not a 308 or a 223, which usually means a mixed bag of 7RSAUMs, 284WIn, 284Shehanes, 280 Rem, 6.5-284s and a smattering of 300WSMs"

Just for clarification nothing prevents anyone shooting either the 308 or 223 in Open class. FTR is limited to the two mentioned; not so with FO.

While I will allow that you are correct, why? That's like a nuance of the PHMSA regulations I'd discuss with another Transportation and Disposal guy at a seminar somewhere.

In I don't know how many matches I've fired over the last 4 yrs or so I cannot think of a single instance that someone shot a 223 or a 308 in F-open. I've seen open guns fired from bipods, and I've been grouped with the Open guns because we didn't have enough for a class in TR, but I've never seen someone by design come to the line shooting a 308 or a 223 in F-Open.

 

[ShootDots]

"So a 260 puts you shooting open against every other caliber out there that is not a 308 or a 223, which usually means a mixed bag of 7RSAUMs, 284WIn, 284Shehanes, 280 Rem, 6.5-284s and a smattering of 300WSMs"

Just for clarification nothing prevents anyone shooting either the 308 or 223 in Open class. FTR is limited to the two mentioned; not so with FO.

While I will allow that you are correct, why? That's like a nuance of the PHMSA regulations I'd discuss with another Transportation and Disposal guy at a seminar somewhere.

In I don't know how many matches I've fired over the last 4 yrs or so I cannot think of a single instance that someone shot a 223 or a 308 in F-open. I've seen open guns fired from bipods, and I've been grouped with the Open guns because we didn't have enough for a class in TR, but I've never seen someone by design come to the line shooting a 308 or a 223 in F-Open.

XTR, on 2 occasions I shot my "trigger time" .308 in F-open at 300 yards. On one of those days, we had a VERY windy / blustery day and I did not want to shoot my 6mmBR. The other time, I did not have anything else loaded up. On the windy day time, I believe I came in second>>but I can't remember for sure. I am considering, at some point in the future, building a .308 with a 32" barrel, shooting Palma Brass and 215 Hybrids, for my 600 yard F-Open rifle. But that is a little ways off.. I have had about every other cartridge for F-Open and I would not mind giving the venerable ole' .308 a shot at the title!