So help me out here a bit.....I haven't kept up the latest creedmore hysteria as I haven't had a need for anything other than what I now have.....

Can anyone tell me about the 22 creedmore....what case is it based on?....223?....243?...how does it compare to other high speed 22s?....like the 22-250...


Same question for the 6mm creed and the 6.5 creed.....

I appreciate any info....especially as I'm now wanting a standard 22 to replace the 220 Swift.

Vapo it's a necked down 6.5 Creedmoor case, which was based off the failed .30 TC cartridge. It is basically a .22-250 AI in performance. I don't think dies at cheap as it's still a custom die only proposition.

People tend to think it's the best thing since sliced bread because it has Creedmor in the name. I think if you're rebarreling your rifle it might be worth it. However, if you're looking to buy Whittaker's gun shop has a 1:8 twist Tikka .22-250 that would be a sweet long range varmint/medium game rifle. I'd be tempted to get one if CO allowed .224 calibers for hunting larger game.

thank you for the reply....but is the case head the same as the .30-06 case......473 diameter? and that tells me if I can use a Mauser action for one.

Great.....so it'll work in the '98 Mauser.....

I'd definitely go to the .22-250 AI for the die availability. I've seen a couple with heavy barrels in 1:8 twist that were extremely accurate with 80 gr bullets.

Clarence

75@3500.

There is nothing new under the sun, but we keep on inventing new names for igneous rock four billion years old and thinking it is something new.

The "Creedmore" series is simply the .250 Savage with the shoulder slightly widened (or a .300 Savage with minimal modifications to the shoulder/neck. Incidentally, the .300 Savage was exactly what the military was looking for when they unnecessarily "invented" the 7.62 Nato/.308 Win.) Thus, a .22 Creemore would be, except for very minor dimensions and angles, a .22-250 Improved. Which has been around for what, 75 years or so?

hmmmm - a swift by any other name - is still a swift

Shoot a buddy's thin barreled Creed at the range today.Did a three shot 1/2" group at 50 yds. with an UNsteaday rest. All three bullets hit exactly where the cross hair idicated when the shots went off. Had it been a better rest or a better shooter we would have had close to a one hole group.
Had that barrel been chambered for the Arasaka I think the result would have been the same,
roger