25 Creedmoor in the field

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@theroedeerguy

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What’s better than a 6.5 Creedmoor???

Maybe the 25 Creedmoor?

As ever, factory rifle and ammunition options may prove to be a barrier to success but you never know.

 
I have a 22 creedmoor due in a few days now the excitement is high but the 80-85grain bullets make it barely legal for deer

25 will be the future - I have a 6.5cm and a 308 so maybe one of them will make way for a nice factory 25 creed once you can buy factory ammo more easily

Got a price of £300 for 100 Hornady 22 creedmoor last week so will be home loading from the get go
 
I have a 25 Creedmoor. It's quite the thing throwing the expensive high BC bullets at bits of steel 1000m away for a stalking rifle (22" Tikka varmint profile on a T3 action). But I can't really see any huge benefits over a 6.5, and certainly don't expect to see factory ammo becoming widely stocked.
 
ahenry34 said:
I have a 22 creedmoor due in a few days now the excitement is high but the 80-85grain bullets make it barely legal for deer

25 will be the future - I have a 6.5cm and a 308 so maybe one of them will make way for a nice factory 25 creed once you can buy factory ammo more easily

Got a price of £300 for 100 Hornady 22 creedmoor last week so will be home loading from the get go
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Weirdly, the 22 Creedmoor shooting an 80 grain bullet is large deer legal in Scotland . Mines producing a little over 1900 ft/lbs with home loads .

I wouldn't have thought the 22 CM was remotely large deer legal in Northern Ireland as it doesn't meet minimum calibre and bullet weight and can only imagine the mess it would make of smaller deer .
 
ahenry34 said:
I have a 22 creedmoor due in a few days now the excitement is high but the 80-85grain bullets make it barely legal for deer

25 will be the future - I have a 6.5cm and a 308 so maybe one of them will make way for a nice factory 25 creed once you can buy factory ammo more easily

Got a price of £300 for 100 Hornady 22 creedmoor last week so will be home loading from the get go
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I am looking at re barrelling my .22.250 to this cal. Be a good foxing round with more piff than the .22.250 with a better bc bullet
 
From my research looks like our cousins across the Atlantic are getting decent barrel life 1500-1800 rounds by using slower burning powders and working load back

Ofcourse at some point this defeats the purpose of having a 22 creed but the main factor is the heavy projectiles reduce barrel wear so providing you go 1:7 twist for 80grain instead of 1:8 with 55grains barrel should survive just as long as most modern high BC
cartridges
 
I have just started loading a .22 GT. Thinking it may be the better compromise on barrel wear. Time will tell, but 88 gr bullets at 2950 are very effective. I used a .22 Creedmoor in Texas recently and it was great fun and effective on feral pigs!
 
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