I own my .243 Parker Hale  for the best part of  4 years , so i thought about getting something newer something with a bit more punch.  A after allot off research i decided what i was going for.

All the research was on the caliber not on the rifle it self, but deciding the call i din't have much choice. 

 Steyr ProHunter Mountain rifle was what i went for and i'm over the moon with it.

Wy .260? you may ask, Being a 6.5/.264 bullet calibre coupled with a case capacity the same as the .308, you have the ability, by simply changing bullet heads and powder charge, to engage any quarry from the wary crow or wily fox through to the small deer species of muntjac and roe, and right up to fallow and red deer. 

Stalkers have long known the ballistic capabilities of the slender and long 6.5 bullet as a deep-penetrating, accurate projectile, while fox shooters appreciate the down-range performance of the lighter hollow-point designs. 

The range of bullet weights starting at 85 grains and transcends the mid-range
 weights of 120 grain up to 140 grain with some varieties as heavy as 160 grain will
 give me all the spectrum i need , but to be onest 120gr to 140gr will be what i will be using most of the time.

With a barrel rifling twist commonly set at 1 in 9in, all these bullets' weights can be stabilised and shot accurately. 





Performance wise is a real pleasure as the .260 is a mild-kicking round,  and with a short action that allow its usage in lighter rifles and it is easily sound moderated and inherently very accurate. 

As a caliber i really love it and don't understand why they are not so common, but if they were probably i wold look for something else.