The 22 Creedmoor

[DaedalusX]

Pretty good, I went with RL26 and the load is around 3650 fps and groups are small enough. I don't have my notes handy on specific group sizes etc

edit ** 0.95moa 5 shot @ 325Y

Where did you find RL26 in Canada ??!!

 

[todbartell]

Where did you find RL26 in Canada ??!!

I bought a lot of it in 2016

 

[pathfinder76]

Where did you find RL26 in Canada ??!!

Some of us don’t buy powder 1lb at a time.

 

[Little Guy]

It's been a good rifle, have around 800 rounds down it at this point. Lately I have been playing with 88gr ELDm over H1000 and Ramshot Grand. I also loaded some 40gr Nosler BT over Hodgdon Superformance, just to see what would happen. 3970 fps and 5 shots inside an inch at 100M, I am going to load some more up with a bit more powder next 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 ?

 

[todbartell]

The 40 gr bullet, what twist did you shoot them with and were there very negative results?assuming you have a fast twist barrel.



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)

 

[na1lb0hm]

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.

 

[HunztheMighty]

Finally found my Ultimate Varmint Hunting Load
New Load 62gr Hornady ELD-VT

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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

 

[HunztheMighty]

Sorry I posted the gun data on a different thread so I post a photo or two. Its the same rifle as my 6.5 Creed pictured hear but with the 22 Barrel

 

[Smokinyotes]

Nothing wrong with that Mark. Coyotes probably aren’t going to like it much though