Cutting edge bullets again

[Gaddyman]

Wanted to give people some reviews on the cutting edge for the 25 creed.

Background.

Tikka t3x action
mdt xrs
24 in carbon six barrel 1-7.5 twist

COAL: 2.872 and 2.842
Jump was .02 and .05 for some. Ill explain in a sec

Cutting edge MTH 115 grn .257


I reloaded almost 4 diff powders now for this gun with not great results.

I loaded N150, H4350, varget, Ramshot hunter. Ik varget is a bit fast burning, but i wanted to just try it. No luck. N150 shot the best, but one day it shoot .5 moa the next 3 MOA at 100 yards.

Got great velocity for alot of it, however groups were super inconsitent. One day it would shoot .5 in the next 3 inch, thought it was my gun, until i started bringing 100 grn ttsx bullets as a control each time i went out and realized it was the bullets. I tried .02 jump for all the powders then .05 jump again with ok ish results. I was looking for a forgiving load, however it seems these cutting edge bullets are a bit finicky with what they like. They seem well made, and im sure people have good things to say about them, but for me and my barrel they just havnt been great out of the 25 creedmore. Was gonna try the hammer 107 HBC and curious if anyone has ran them in a 25 creed before.

 

[Wisco0331]

I have tried cutting edges across 7 rifles now with zero success. Maybe their match style projectiles are better but the lazer and MTH has not worked for me. I also was not super impressed with their customer service when I was getting indents on the bullets after seating with .002” neck tension. I’ve recently been testing more hammers and mcguires with much better success; have not tried any of the 25 cal projectiles yet but McGuire does make one too.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Wanted to give people some reviews on the cutting edge for the 25 creed.

Background.

Tikka t3x action
mdt xrs
24 in carbon six barrel 1-7.5 twist

COAL: 2.872 and 2.842
Jump was .02 and .05 for some. Ill explain in a sec

Cutting edge MTH 115 grn .257


I reloaded almost 4 diff powders now for this gun with not great results.

I loaded N150, H4350, varget, Ramshot hunter. Ik varget is a bit fast burning, but i wanted to just try it. No luck. N150 shot the best, but one day it shoot .5 moa the next 3 MOA at 100 yards.

Got great velocity for alot of it, however groups were super inconsitent. One day it would shoot .5 in the next 3 inch, thought it was my gun, until i started bringing 100 grn ttsx bullets as a control each time i went out and realized it was the bullets. I tried .02 jump for all the powders then .05 jump again with ok ish results. I was looking for a forgiving load, however it seems these cutting edge bullets are a bit finicky with what they like. They seem well made, and im sure people have good things to say about them, but for me and my barrel they just havnt been great out of the 25 creedmore. Was gonna try the hammer 107 HBC and curious if anyone has ran them in a 25 creed before.

How many shots in your groups?

 

[Gaddyman]

How many shots in your groups?

3 to 5 on some test.

 

[Gaddyman]

I have tried cutting edges across 7 rifles now with zero success. Maybe their match style projectiles are better but the lazer and MTH has not worked for me. I also was not super impressed with their customer service when I was getting indents on the bullets after seating with .002” neck tension. I’ve recently been testing more hammers and mcguires with much better success; have not tried any of the 25 cal projectiles yet but McGuire does make one too.

agreed, iv done the 308 and 280 ai with em and wasnt great. the barnes did better

 

[Mike D Texas]

I’ve only tried the Lazer bullets but in several different rifles/cartridges and found them to be one of the easiest bullets to tune I’ve ever used.

I set the seal ring at the case mouth and go shoot them.


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[Gaddyman]

I’ve only tried the Lazer bullets but in several different rifles/cartridges and found them to be one of the easiest bullets to tune I’ve ever used.

I set the seal ring at the case mouth and go shoot them.


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Thats where my last test was. never tried the laser tip, but the MTH is the only one i have tried. I would say however i did notice something about the MTH in the .25 cal. The tip that is slightly hollow gets dented extremely easily. When i mean no issues at all. i can dent them with the slightest of pressure. So i decided to do a test yesterday. I took a couple that were slightly dented and i took some that i inspected every single one and shot them both. The dented ones were all over the place and the non were right on the money. So i think that may have been my issue. I would say however the dents that were on the tip we super super small. like i dont think anyone would notice unless u checked every single one after loading them.