Price for a 22 Creedmoor build really depends on components selected. A MAGPUL magazine well kit was added. Winchester StaBALL 6.5 didnt shine until reaching a 40-grain maximum load, printing .36 inch at 3,244 fps. The Creedmoor gets its longrange performance reputation from a combination of 140- to 143-grain, high B.C. Get yours Today! He concluded it worked best as a varminter, but could also do PRS duty, provided it is loaded under the 3200 fps velocity limit common in PRS matches. Not sure on barrel life. Patrick was curious to see if Hornadys 80-grain ELD Match might expand on smaller varmints. TMKs shoot good in all rifles I've tried. Relatively slow-burning powders were chosen to accommodate the .22 Creedmoors overbore dynamics, leaning heavily on temperature stable formulas and/or those with de-coppering agents when possible. The bullet weight of Remington Golden Bullet Ammunition is 36 grains; therefore its bullet weight is .08 ounces. Speaking for all of us here at Varminter, we love Redding dies. The number is in the form of a decimal. Full house loads in 7-pound rifles recoil with about 15.7 ft.-lbs. Founded by Frank Galli in 2000, Snipers Hide has been offering informational videos, podcasts, and other support to its users in one location. While this certainly can be used for PRS and tactical competition, the 22 Creedmoor seems to be ideally suited as a high velocity varmint round something to replace the 22-250. I was shooting at distances that ranged from just under 100 yards, out to 300+ yards, with the average being in the 250 yard mark. The 22LR muzzle velocity has a lot to do with the weight of the bullet measured in grains, which is why we see hyper velocity bullets weighing in at 30 gr -32 gr. After the barrel was broken in a bit (following PROOF Researchs recommended procedure), that very load produced a .28-inch, 5-shot 100-yard group at 3,139 fps. The bullet demonstrated excellent expansion. Those loads also used the 80-grain Berger VLDs and are somewhat of a copy of Smiths handload. Case capacity very similar to 22-250 AI. FPS and bullet weight (grains) work together to create the rearward force that drive the weapon's cycling. 6.5 Creedmoor Ammo Test Part 3: Live-Fire Muzzle Velocity & Consistency This new cartridge is just a step away from a wildcat round. 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The system feeds well and allows for faster unloading. There, the landscape is wide and rolling with cuts as deep as several hundred feet that divide whole sections of soft, smooth hillsides that quickly turn into deep draws that almost require ropes and repelling techniques when retrieving a kill that has been made toward the bottom. Testing my two rifles here at Ballistics Research & Development I am nothing but impressed. My stock should be in next week then i'll give them a go and i can let you know. Reloading- What pressure signs do you stop at. Along with more than 25 other calibers, Peterson Cartridge now offers casings in 6.5 Creedmoor, 6 Creedmoor, .25 Creedmoor, and .22 Creedmoor. Through-out 2020, the .22 Creedmoor racked up dozens of kills, from rockchucks to coyotes. The only .224-inch bullet with a higher BC is Sierras 95-grain MatchKing with a .600 BC. My first kill was in a rocky area out in the desert near an alfalfa farm, where the farmer was having issues with the rockchucks coming in and eating/digging up his chip potato field. The charge is low and i expect to end up in the 42-43gr range but its new brass and a new barrel so trying to find a charge weight and FPS wouldn't help right now. Im also eager to test powders that excelled with the 90-grain Berger. Overall, none gave me the accuracy, velocity and lower pressures I was looking for. With more time I will undoubtedly work that out but I am more than pleased with where I have begun. Good luck with the rifle. One that comes to mind is at 4:56 in the video. There is an excellent write-up in the GunsAmerica Digest about the 22 Creedmoor cartridge. Okay thanks. ), assuring this outfit would shoot its very best. Bill reports: "Muzzle velocities ranged from 2,893 ft/sec at 24 to 2,598 ft/sec at 16 for a decrease in muzzle velocity of 295 ft/sec. The 22 CM drops below that 800 ft-lb threshold at between 600 to 775 yards depending on the bullet and velocity of Copper Creek's different offerings. John Whidden produces some of the most precise and well-built custom reloading dies you can purchase. However, we could not directly test this theory, since, at this time, we do not possess the requisite equipment. At the time of this writing, there isn't a factory rifle in the new hot rod super .22, but hang on as I believe that is just around the corner. 22 Creedmoor vs 220 Swift | Gunhive Many of the loads listed here were established by extrapolating .250 AI loads, with Rob Behr (formally of Western Powders) and the guys at Capstone Precision (Lapua/Berger/Vihtavuori) also running some QuickLoad software for me. Will Chambers Shot 2 antelope with my 77gr TMK load last fall. The custom Surgeon rifle featured a 22-inch barrel, and I decided to shoot the test without the suppressor attached (i.e. Pet Loads and Handloader are registered trademarks of Wolfe Publishing Company. The advent of the 6mm Creedmoor immediately had folks necking the hornady 6mm down to 22 cal and upon doing so found virtually the perfect case capacity for heavy weight .224 bullets. Mine has 1/10 twist and works well with 4451 powder and 55-60 gr. ALL Bulletin content is copyrighted, 2023 AccurateShooter.com. All of the following data was gathered by our ballistician in our indoor ballistics lab located in our factory in Pennsylvania. The accuracy and ballistics make it a highly versatile rifle on all of the varmints I come across, or call in (coyotes). While this certainly can be used for PRS and tactical competition, the 22 Creedmoor seems to be ideally suited as a high velocity varmint round something to replace the 22-250. RSCAR. __dcid.push({"cid":"DigiCertClickID_nrxaWyMP","tag":"nrxaWyMP"}); Eld-x & m's shoot good in most but some guns hate them. The ability of the heavy .224 bullets to retain both velocity and energy at long distances makes this cartridge a realistic deer and varmint rifle. Velocity average was 3,272 fps. One of the better groups resulting from load testing of the .22 Creedmoor included 44.5 grains of Alliant Reloder 26 and Sierra 77-grain Tipped MatchKings. The Peterson 22 Creedmoor brass is excellent. The 220 Swift certainly has the speed at muzzle velocity, but once you're shooting out past 400-500 yards, the 22 Creedmoor quickly outshines the competition in each category we looked at. [In this LOAD DATA Document] you will find four (4) common bullets, and four (4) common rifle powders used when handloading the .22 Creedmoor cartridge. I use alpha brass which has a little less capacity than hornady, so if you use hornady brass it may work a little better. In fact, we (Peterson Cartridge) personally own one of their Competition Primer Seaters which we use for our development work in our loading operation. Higher FPS and/or a heavier projectile will make more force and give beter results. To help our customers, and anyone else who shoots .22 Creedmoor, we decided to create this Data Sheet and distribute it. Our full custom builds typically average between $4,500-$5,000. Although the CZ 550 I converted had a detachable box magazine (which are hard to find), I was able to still set the bullet depth at2.095 to the lands, then back-off at 50 thousandths and have them chamber with no issues. Please download a browser that supports JavaScript, or enable it if it's disabled (i.e. Alpha Munitions, Petersen Cartridge, Quality Cartridge and Hornady offer properly-headstamped brass, though creating .22 CM brass is no more difficult than running factory 6mm CM cases through a full-sizing die, with no trimming required, though some neck turning may be required. Along with more than 25 other calibers, Peterson Cartridge now offers casings in 6.5 Creedmoor, 6 Creedmoor, .25 Creedmoor, and .22 Creedmoor. When taking a look at this new cartridge, its dead simple to handload and tends to outstretch the .22 Swift when ballistic comparisons are made. Reloder 26 proved worthwhile yet again, printing .26 inch at a respectable 3,202 fps. Hornadys A-Tip Match is a long-range optimized design with a milled aluminum tip sharper than polymer designs. https://www.facebook.com/22CreedmoorRifles/, https://www.primalrights.com/library/cartridge-guides/22-creedmoor. Ammo Description Velocity (fps) Energy (ft/lb) Trajectory Tables (inches) CARTRIDGE BULLET ITEM # MUZ 100 yd 200 yd 300 yd 400 yd 500 yd MUZ 100 yd 200 yd 300 yd 400 yd 500 yd MUZ 100 yd 200 yd 300 yd 400 yd 500 yd M 223 Rem 68 gr. the .221 Fireball, the 22 Creedmoor, the .22 PPC, the .222 Remington Magnum, the .223 WSSM, the .224 Valkyrie, and the .224 Weatherby Magnum. There was the obvious temptation to add some 55- to 69-grain bullets, just to see what kind of velocity would be generated, but I have access to the 1:9 twist .220 Swift mentioned earlier to handle such duties at similar speeds so resisted. One of the benefits of a cartridge being standardized by SAAMI is that manufacturers who publish loading manuals will begin publishing load data for the new cartridge. There are 437.5 grains in one ounce. I started with 77-grain bullets and went to 90, where I entered ballistic-coefficients normally found in heavier 6mm bullets. I doubted these bullets would expand on smaller burrowing rodents, but after shooting water-filled aluminum cans at 200 yards, that notion was erased. Ramshot Magnum, relative to other options from this rifle/cartridge, provided groups from .60 to .92 inch at 3,136 to 3,336 fps despite very low extreme velocity spreads. Glen R. Shaffer I tried contacting Hornady for starting load data but was told they simply have no data for the 22 Creed. I find there are less FTF's and FTE's when I use at least 1255 FPS. When varmint hunting, small caliber bullets going extremely fast, most always results in quick, clean, kills and DRT animals. Im going to find a CZ Model 550 and do a .22 Creedmoor build with it as the donor rifle. When they hit a certain point, both dogs dropped out of sight. I need to get some better glass if I am going to reach out farther consistently. I did try h4350 in a ladder test and it seemed to have promising results. In addition to our data sheet, we have included a few of these loads, complete with their associated pressures and velocities, below. The pressure measured for each load was not meaningfully affected by this slight COAL shortening. I have not grouped past 1,000 with that rifle yet though. Improved Military Rifle IMR 7828 SSC. Again, these loads are just designed to give shooters information regarding what velocity a bullet and powder charge combination will produce given the SAAMI Maximum Average Pressure (MAP) of 62,000 psi. The Satterlee Arms builds are ultra-high-performance rifles. I had a great .25 moa load at 41 gr but after about 50rds the velocity jumped 100fps and the bolt started getting sticky and I had to drop the load a full grain. Primal Rights is also a reseller of Tangent Theta optics, as well as offering marksmanship training at their facility located in South Dakota. This is important when you create your own rounds, but even more so with wildcat cartridges, like the .22 Creedmoor. Redding was kind enough to send us a full 3-die set for this reloading project. Of course you can neck down high-quality Lapua 6mm Creedmoor brass. I have a Remington VSSF chambered in 220 Swift that I am not impressed with the accuracy with (it's about 3/4) MOA, so not terrible but not real impressive either. We then fired both sets of 5 rounds and recorded the pressure and velocity for each round. This takes place not with the Swifts lightweight 55-grain bullets, but heavy weights that run into the 75- and 80-plus grain weights. Fundamentally, we believe that reducing/slowing the twist rate in your rifle (e.g. Others have experienced the same thing saying it builds up a carbon ring in the barrel. The 22 Creedmoor is basically a factory-developed wildcat round by Hornady. In our opinion, the easiest way to avoid this problem is by not exceeding the established safe velocities we have listed above. Matt Smith, Forum Moderators Remington Core-Lokt Tipped 6.5 Creedmoor 129 Grain Centerfire Rifle It could be possible that the velocity increase we recorded, due to the magnum primers, was sufficient to push that load out of a consistent velocity node. The 105-115 gr bullets they favor make it easier to see their impacts at long range. This yields high velocities that provide explosive impacts on small varmints. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The powder seemed to build up pressure for no apparent reason. More often than not, the fastest load is not the most accurate load. 22-250 Remington is its name, and speed is its game: This .22 caliber rifle cartridge boasts a muzzle velocity that can exceed 4,000 fps. It found favor among hunters and PRS competitors, but then its little brother the 6mm Creedmoor became widely adopted because the 6mm version delivered less recoil, equivalent or better ballistics, and lower bullet cost.