The 22 creedmoor thread

[khuber84]

You don't worry about case fill with the bullet seated out so much? For hunting, I worry that the powder column on steep shots could affect internal ballistics (think downhill shot where powder is not packed against primer flash hole).

This is why I'm hesitant to use just H4350 at 41-ish grains...

N555 is FULL at 43.5gr, H4350 doesn't give any issues either tho.

 

[wind gypsy]

You don't worry about case fill with the bullet seated out so much? For hunting, I worry that the powder column on steep shots could affect internal ballistics (think downhill shot where powder is not packed against primer flash hole).

This is why I'm hesitant to use just H4350 at 41-ish grains...

41 gr h4350 is plenty case fill.

 

[FB Trout]

Muley buck that was jumped out of its bed at 80 yards, impact velocity of 2880ish fps with 88 ELDm. Buck was sharply quartered away while running, bullet hit right at base of the backstrap, above shoulder. The deer dropped and when approached had a few agonal breaths, then expired. The backstrap in the area was destroyed, heavy bone fragmentation with bone or bullet fragments that entered upper thoracic cavity and upper lobes of lungs. Bullet was through and through the strap/bone.