N555/rl23 do better than H4350 with heavy bullets. N560 may work too as it's higher energy than 555, but not nearly as temp stable. H4350 is a good powder for small SD and accuracy, but velocity is far from what this case is capable of. I have an 18in barrel running 43gr N555 at 3100 currently with 88s. Shoots pretty decent.
Depends on your choice of action... Lots of prefits can be built to order by most reputable smiths these days. And most of these newer actions are so concentric that you can build them at home with an action wrench, barrel vise, a torque wrench, and a set of Go/No-Go gauges.
No kidding. I know there has been a big push on the "small caliber for big animal" train lately, but I never would have thought Moose. I killed quite a few cow elk with a 6 Creed and 108 ELD-M, they do have the potential for some quick killing. The only thing I didn't like about that combo was there was usually a tremendous amount of bloodshot meat, and about 1/2 the animals I shot I would find bullet fragments from the butthole to their neck even if shot behind the shoulder. Other bullets I recovered with a perfect mushroom and the bullet retained 60-70% of it's weight. Go figure.
Frick now I've gotta shoot a deer with mine.
With a 22 Creed you get a fair bit more velocity out of equal BC bullets. For just shooting steel it's not a big enough difference to care but for smashing yotes where distance is changing the extra speed helps make up for range error
Just a suggestion... have you considered putting electrical tape over your muzzle to keep water/mist/snow/muck out of your bbl?
I had tape over the muzzle. I was even wrapping the action with a trash bag. We were crossing rivers and streams. It was impossible to keep anything dry. I learned a valuable lesson in running way lower pressure loads. An extra 50 or 100 ft./s doesn’t matter anywhere near as much as a reliable load that’s safe.
It'll catch on, until just recently it was a wildcat.
Must agree.
This is exactly what was going on. I hit pressure at 41 grains backed it down to 40 and it was still shooting an 88 grain ELDM at 3240 witha 22 inch barrel. The problem with modern cartridges and premium brass is that you may not see pressure till your mid 70,000 psi. Backing it down a grain arbitrarily still had me way over pressure but the components and design hid it. A cleaning Rod would’ve done nothing to keep me from blowing primers. It was moisture in the chamber and water on the cartridges. I could’ve cleaned my rifle 30 times a day and it still would’ve been wet minutes later.
Proof offers them for the q fix so they can be ordered for your chosen action through them.
I'd bet we see a Ruger American available in 22CM in the near future and likely more offerings in factory ammo that will bring prices down.
Man I really hope so. But if it is that devastating on deer it won’t be as huge as the 6 and 6.5 I fear. More hunter go hunting deer for meat than coyotes hunters.
I would love a vandal but don’t really want to dive into a rifle without swappable barrels.
Doesn’t make sense for a volume gun.
This is an apples and oranges comparison. The main draw for me with the 22 Creedmoor is the combination of high velocity pretty good bc and comically light recoil. Not sure if your familiar with the wez calculator but hit probability at range with a 22 creedmoor beats pretty much every other commercially available cartridge on the market. They’re so darn easy to shoot and your virtually guaranteed to see all your impacts
I'm running 88s at 3150 from an 18in barrel with N555. 85.5 at same speed from my old 18in barrel. Prior to that I had a 22in that I ran 80s and 77s at 3350-3450.
I shoot the 90's at 3200fps and I am super happy with it, absolutely shoots dots. But I've got a hard on for a 6 dasher. I feel what I'll give up BC/Velocity will be made up in barrel life. Once this barrel is toast I plan to switch over
I've been shooting 90gr berger vld in my 24" 7tw 22 creed. Original load that shot best was 43.1gr 4831sc@ 3220. It sped up and I had to back down to 42.4 to get down to 3225 again. It sped up again to 3350, downloaded to 40.2gr to sit at 3225fps. No pressure signs on brass at 3350 but I would have a few clickers on bolt opening and 3225fps was crazy accurate and fast enough. I'm at 175rds on the barrel so I hope it's settled in and will maintain that speed till it starts slowing down.
