22 GT vs Creed

[TradLife406]

I ended up with Grandpas Browning highwall B78 in 22-250. It's a great gun. I had the barrel threaded last year and with a can it's like an unsuppressed 22 lr.
But when I last cleaned the barrel I noticed a lot of "cracks/lines" going the diameter of the bore all the way down.
And it won't even shoot a 50 gr vmax with varget. Factory isn't much better. Like 2-4 moa.

Thinking about getting a new barrel. I'm leaning hard on 22 GT since alpha has brass and Hodg has load data. Don't really care about buying factory.

I was going over Hodg data yesterday and there doesn't seem to be much difference between the creed or the GT. Kind of thinking a 22" barrel with a can.

Pretty sure the b78 extractor can grab either head case.

Anyone know which has the better barrel life? Is the GT a little better than the 22-250?

Seems the 22-250 is sort of falling off. The only brass I can find is Hornady which is sort of blah.

 

[sierracharlie338]

If you base barrel life off powder capacity the GT would have a slight edge as long as everything else is the same. Otherwise I think it’s 6 for one and half a dozen for the other in terms of performance with the creed having a touch more velocity.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Either will work. There’s nothing wrong with the 22-250. Although dated, it’s a very capable cartridge. Especially with a faster twist like 1:8”.

 

[wind gypsy]

The GT case has basically the same capacity as a 22-250 IIRC. It's the modern version without all the body taper. That's the direction I'd go to get better brass than 22-250, have less case stretch, and be less overbore than 22 creed.

 

[TradLife406]

The GT case has basically the same capacity as a 22-250 IIRC. It's the modern version without all the body taper. That's the direction I'd go to get better brass than 22-250, have less case stretch, and be less overbore than 22 creed.

I've wanted an ackley 22-250 but the GT seems the easy button.

 

[Castle Rock]

GT all the way

 

[Juan_ID]

Early 2024 I was going through the same debate, decided on the GT. Will have another barrel coming soon for when this one is shot out. Have just under 1k rounds now and it’s still shooting good.

 

[khuber84]

There is a 150fps difference between them with equal weight bullets from same barrel lengtha using H4350 from my testing.

 

[G&W]

Went through the same thought process last year, trying to decide between a fast twist 22-250, 22 CM, or 22 GT. I have maybe 1000 22-250 cases that have only been fired once or twice plus custom honed Forster dies and a ten round MDT 22-250 magazine, so I was leaning that direction, but ultimately decided on the GT. Glad I did. It’s fast and (relatively) efficient and I probably won’t need to trim the cases. Alpha OCD brass is really good. The GT case size reminds me of the 6.5x47 case in that it’s well balanced.

Planning to use my existing 22-250 parts for a dedicated thermal 22-250 AI project down the road since I would rather loose the Winchester brass than the Alpha brass, and I have always wanted to “improve” it anyway.