Where did you find RL26 in Canada ??!!
The 22 Creedmoor
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I bought a lot of it in 2016
Some of us don’t buy powder 1lb at a time.
The 40 gr bullet, what twist did you shoot them with and were there very negative results?assuming you have a fast twist barrel.
The anternat says a 22 creed barrel should be cooked at 1200 rounds , but if you care for it ,do you think 2000 rounds is achievable before accuracy expands over 0.875moa ?
I run a 22250 fast twist, at 2600 rounds I'm beginning to get consistent flyers ,but still 1 moa . So maybe a cared for 22 creed could exceed barrel life expectations??
New barrel will be a 22 creed for sure !
What relaoding dies do you use for it ?
I use Redding Type S 6mm Creedmoor dies with a .251" neck bushing and a 22 cal VLD micrometer seating stem. Nowadays I'd just buy a set of Hornady dies and install their micrometer seater stem
I shot the 40gr Nosler BT again the other day, no negative results from my 1:7 twist IBI barrel (426,000 RPM!)
4150 fps (26" brl) with 50.0grs Hodgdon Superformance (Alpha brass / Federal 210M primer)
I just couldn't get the 88gr to shoot out of my 1:7 benchmark.
tried both 7828 and h4831, both of which seemed to be in the neighborhood or recommended powders. I kept getting crazy swings in velocity - 100es and 25 or so SD. not really what I was after. ran through a fair amount of powder and bullets trying to get them dialled.
I tried everything from 10 thousand off lands down to 45 off, it didn't like any of it. groups were typically under an inch but then I'd get a random flier.
Alpha brass SRP, charges dropped with an autotrickler, neck tension set at 0.222. same loading method gets a sd of 2.5 and es of 5 with my 7saum. gun shoots tight too, so I'm relatively certain it's the 22cm arrow (yes this is why I'm trying to sell ~380 of the 88gr in the EE. lol)
Experimented with some varget (37gr) at last session under some 70gr bergers. es dropped to ~30 and sd was around 15 or so.
I know on other forums with the 22cm they say 39gr of varget under a 69gr SMK has been pretty consistent shooter. going to try a little more load development before I rule on it, but so far a lot more consistent results than the 88gr.
tried both 7828 and h4831, both of which seemed to be in the neighborhood or recommended powders. I kept getting crazy swings in velocity - 100es and 25 or so SD. not really what I was after. ran through a fair amount of powder and bullets trying to get them dialled.
I tried everything from 10 thousand off lands down to 45 off, it didn't like any of it. groups were typically under an inch but then I'd get a random flier.
Alpha brass SRP, charges dropped with an autotrickler, neck tension set at 0.222. same loading method gets a sd of 2.5 and es of 5 with my 7saum. gun shoots tight too, so I'm relatively certain it's the 22cm arrow (yes this is why I'm trying to sell ~380 of the 88gr in the EE. lol)
Experimented with some varget (37gr) at last session under some 70gr bergers. es dropped to ~30 and sd was around 15 or so.
I know on other forums with the 22cm they say 39gr of varget under a 69gr SMK has been pretty consistent shooter. going to try a little more load development before I rule on it, but so far a lot more consistent results than the 88gr.
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Finally found my Ultimate Varmint Hunting Load
New Load 62gr Hornady ELD-VT
I have some new load information. I think I found a keeper at least in my rifle. At nearly 3700 fps I think this will destroy gophers and coyotes alike. SUB 1/2 MOA and SD of less than 10 fps
This is a varmint hunters dream !!! SO excited to test on a critter or two.
Powder is 41.9gr of H4350
COAL is 2.640 (right out of hornady manual)
Bullet Hornady 62gr ELD-VT
Gun DATA Posted previously on this thread
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THIS LOAD IS FOR MY RIFLE ONLY AND MAY NOT BE SAFE IN YOUR RIFLE
New Load 62gr Hornady ELD-VT
I have some new load information. I think I found a keeper at least in my rifle. At nearly 3700 fps I think this will destroy gophers and coyotes alike. SUB 1/2 MOA and SD of less than 10 fps
This is a varmint hunters dream !!! SO excited to test on a critter or two.
Powder is 41.9gr of H4350
COAL is 2.640 (right out of hornady manual)
Bullet Hornady 62gr ELD-VT
Gun DATA Posted previously on this thread
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THIS LOAD IS FOR MY RIFLE ONLY AND MAY NOT BE SAFE IN YOUR RIFLE
Bringing some life back into this thread.
Anyone run the 22 Creed with an 18-20" pipe?? Just curious what kind of velocity a guy can expect with one. Im in the process of putting one together, and sick of lugging around a 24-26" med/heavy barrel. I know i'm going to lose some velocity and from what I can find on other forums and Youtube, it seems like lots of guys run the 16-18" pipe down south BUT they all run a suppressor which seems to increase velocity in SOME (not all) instance's.
Im building it to replace my old savage 243. Primary use is coyotes and if I feel like it, load up a good 70-80gr hunting bullet and use it for whitetails. Ideally for deer i'd like an 80gr ELD-X or maybe a 77gr Barnes LRX. Id like to push these 3200+ with an 18-20" barrel. Is that possible with like H4350, StaBall6.5, N560, H1000 something like that? Obviously too short of a barrel results in incomplete powder burn so I feel like i'm on the brink of things here.
Anyone run the 22 Creed with an 18-20" pipe?? Just curious what kind of velocity a guy can expect with one. Im in the process of putting one together, and sick of lugging around a 24-26" med/heavy barrel. I know i'm going to lose some velocity and from what I can find on other forums and Youtube, it seems like lots of guys run the 16-18" pipe down south BUT they all run a suppressor which seems to increase velocity in SOME (not all) instance's.
Im building it to replace my old savage 243. Primary use is coyotes and if I feel like it, load up a good 70-80gr hunting bullet and use it for whitetails. Ideally for deer i'd like an 80gr ELD-X or maybe a 77gr Barnes LRX. Id like to push these 3200+ with an 18-20" barrel. Is that possible with like H4350, StaBall6.5, N560, H1000 something like that? Obviously too short of a barrel results in incomplete powder burn so I feel like i'm on the brink of things here.
I can't offer you any personal experience but over on the Rokslide forum there a re a crap tonne of guys running barrels that length.
Massive wealth of first hand 22 Creed info over there.
