The 22 creedmoor thread

[Nine Banger]

A new barrel is a lot easier than continually messing with one that is picky.

Agreed.

I'll shoot the rest of my 88s plinking and then stick to 77s for the rest of the ride on the PVA.

These barrels age like a dog.

 

[Formidilosus]

Agreed.

I'll shoot the rest of my 88s plinking and then stick to 77s for the rest of the ride on the PVA.

These barrels age like a dog.

Haha

 

[Carl Ross]

Here's 12 77 TMK for the first time in the same gun that shot the 88s yesterday.

The 77s have 39.5gr H4350.

The 77s are carelessly (is carefreelessly a word?) seated at the same depth setting as my hand loaded 88s were set at with no regard for jump in my bootleg 6.5 creedmoor brass that was loaded with a powder drop.

The 88s from yesterday were loaded in nearly perfect Petersen brass and probably all trickled at 39.3gr H4350 based on a few I pulled just for curiousity.

It just has me wondering if a priority to neck turn is really "a thing" at least for hunting purposes.

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I concur with Form on the underwhelming barrels.

Regarding the neck turning, short of benchrest the only reason I’d consider it is if you have insufficient neck clearance, that can cause issues. I strongly dislike turning, and sold my neck turner planning to never do it again. Then I got a brass-chamber fit that was too tight and had to borrow one.