The 22 creedmoor thread

[rugerhoyt]

What is the ideal free bore for the 80 and 88 eld’s? My gunsmith just informed me he only has the saami at .80” and my shooting partners tell me .120” minimum ideally .169”.

Never shot 88s but the 80s rolled great out of my Horizon. I have 2 PBB barreled 22CMs on tikka actions at .081 FB. Have yet to shoot, but will tomorrow if weather holds.


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[rugerhoyt]

Never shot 88s but the 80s rolled great out of my Horizon. I have 2 PBB barreled 22CMs on tikka actions at .081 FB. Have yet to shoot, but will tomorrow if weather holds.


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Idk if it helps you or not. But a factory Hornady precision match with 80gr eldm goes 1.9700 CBTO with an COAL of 2.5950 with my tools.


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[Escalante11]

Just an FYI. Slightly pricey but they do 5 - 10% sales every now and then it seems. Disregard if already posted here

 

[Tall_Vol44]

Ramshot Grand worked really well for the 88’s in my 22 Creed, better than H4350 as far as accuracy and speed.

What charge did you end up going with and what kind of velocities were you getting?

 

[Snowwolfe]

Ordered a .22 caliber 1 in 8 twist stainless Krieger barrel #4 sporter contour. A #4 measures .670 at the muzzle. First time using a Krieger for me. Not to concerned with weight as most of the time the rifle will be carried on a ATV or snowmobile. Plan is to have my smith finish it up at 24 inches. Donor rifle will be a left hand stainless Tikka T3x 6.5 CM. Kreiger quoted 4-5 month delivery time. Plan is to have my local smith do the chambering and barrel install work. Ordered a 3 piece set of Redding dies that include the micrometer seating die adjustment.
Contacted McMillan and ordered a lefty Game Warden stock which should be here about the same time as the barrel. Now just need to find a decent deal on a left hand Tikka 6.5 to use as a donor.
For glass I will pick something in 5x20 range. Never owned a scope higher than 16X before but hoping this rig turns out to be a good shooter.
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[Tahr]

Ordered a .22 caliber 1 in 8 twist stainless Krieger barrel #4 sporter contour. A #4 measures .670 at the muzzle. First time using a Krieger for me. Not to concerned with weight as most of the time the rifle will be carried on a ATV or snowmobile. Plan is to have my smith finish it up at 24 inches. Donor rifle will be a left hand stainless Tikka T3x 6.5 CM. Kreiger quoted 4-5 month delivery time. Plan is to have my local smith do the chambering and barrel install work. Ordered a 3 piece set of Redding dies that include the micrometer seating die adjustment.
Contacted McMillan and ordered a lefty Game Warden stock which should be here about the same time as the barrel. Now just need to find a decent deal on a left hand Tikka 6.5 to use as a donor.
For glass I will pick something in 5x20 range. Never owned a scope higher than 16X before but hoping this rig turns out to be a good shooter.
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Why does the donor need to be a 6.5 Creed? Any 308 case head size will do. Unless you want a 6.5 take off barrel?

 

[Dan Carey]

Wrong answer, because I didn't read the thread..

 

[Snowwolfe]

Why does the donor need to be a 6.5 Creed? Any 308 case head size will do. Unless you want a 6.5 take off barrel?

It doesn't. I will buy whatever model is cheaper when I find it.

 

[swavescatter]

Why does the donor need to be a 6.5 Creed? Any 308 case head size will do. Unless you want a 6.5 take off barrel?

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It doesn't. I will buy whatever model is cheaper when I find it.

I take into consideration the resale value of the barrel too. A slow twist 243 or 22-250 won't sell for much, but the 6.5's and fast twist 22/243's are pretty desirable.

 

[littlebigtine]

Anybody care to share velocities using factory ammo and 16”-18” barrels?

 

[rugerhoyt]

Anybody care to share velocities using factory ammo and 16”-18” barrels?

18” Horizon Vandal C that did 3150 with 80eldm precision match and 3250 with 69gr eldvt precision varmint.

Breaking in 2 new 18” PBB barrels right now and both are doing 3120 with 80gr eldm precision match.

Plan to hand load after I get some brass built up. Should be able to get 73gr eldm close to 3300fps out of 18” is my goal


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[glock233]

Anybody care to share velocities using factory ammo and 16”-18” barrels?

Hornady white box 80 ELDM. 18” preferred barrel tikka prefit with hybrid light contour. Not suppressed.

3080 fps average MV across 40 shots. 13 SD.

 

[Nine Banger]

Anybody care to share velocities using factory ammo and 16”-18” barrels?

18" bbl 3040fps 80gr ELD from a lot from a year ago.

 

[mt100gr.]

Anybody care to share velocities using factory ammo and 16”-18” barrels?

I was right at 2900 with factory 80gr ELD-M and ELDX with a PBB 16.25 in 7.5 twist barrel.

 

[43.6N]

Anybody care to share velocities using factory ammo and 16”-18” barrels?

16” 1:7 twist.
80gr ELDX Precision Hunter
2920fps (20 shot average)

 

[TradLife406]

Anybody care to share velocities using factory ammo and 16”-18” barrels?

Not sure with factory ammo. But with my 16" and book max with 77's I'm at 3083.

 

[bojangles808]

I see preferred offers a .169 22cm smk freebore, is that better for the 88tmk loads if I ordered ammo from UM or copper creek or stick with the .120 as that's still fine for 88s (I'm going to be trying 80 eldms too). fingers crossed federal come out with a gold medal 22cm 88 tmk and 6cm 107 tmk factory load

 

[mt100gr.]

So there we see a sample of velocities for factory ammo - pretty much limited to 80grain bullets on the heavy end.

What are handloaders seeing with the other bullets?
Bullet?
Barrel length?
Powder?
Velocity?

My 16.25" shot really well today pushing the 88TMK at 2845fps cooking N560. Virgin brass, sub 100 rds on the barrel. Reasonable ES, low SD.

 

[43.6N]

So there we see a sample of velocities for factory ammo - pretty much limited to 80grain bullets on the heavy end.

What are handloaders seeing with the other bullets?
Bullet?
Barrel length?
Powder?
Velocity?

My 16.25" shot really well today pushing the 88TMK at 2845fps cooking N560. Virgin brass, sub 100 rds on the barrel. Reasonable ES, low SD.

16”

77tmk
39.5gr H4350: 3020fps
40.0gr H4350: 3058fps
42.0gr N555: 3068fps
43.0gr N555: 3121fps

88tmk
39.0gr H4350: 2928fps
43.0gr H1000: 2920fps

85.5gr Berger
39.4gr H4350: 3050fps

 

[Kauaihunter]

Anybody care to share velocities using factory ammo and 16”-18” barrels?

Preferred 18.75” Hornady Precision 80gr ELD-X 3105fps average.