Yeah. No. mtmuley
.25 Creed! But Why?
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fishing4sanity
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Do we need all the new offerings - why not? Hornady does a good job of supporting cartridges, so I'm sure it'll be around for a long time. I got a 25 Creedmoor years ago as a PRS rifle, before anyone was making brass for the quartermoor. Did I need it? No. Do I like it? Yes. I have a 6.5 SAUM and a 7 SAUM. Neither SAUM is drastically different than the other. I just like rifles.
Potsie
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I feel ya.
grizzly63
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Time for my soapbox. Where the hell is a .296, thats the missing cat? Come on man, somebodies gotta fill in that missing .284-.308 gap. Huh?
Doublecluck
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25 creed is one of the ideal NRL hunter cartridges which is I’m sure what they are marketing to.
Zeroed off the roof of my truck on some random state land before heading out. Mr consistency. 135’s at 2848 PF of 384,480 and a bc of .334
Zeroed off the roof of my truck on some random state land before heading out. Mr consistency. 135’s at 2848 PF of 384,480 and a bc of .334
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Elktrack
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Oh just wait…I’m sure there will be one before too long. You don’t think they’ll pass up on an opportunity to market the next wiz bang miracle cartridge do ya?
Haha
Keep that RUM roaring bud
kodiakisland
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Some of us are just crazy about the .25 bore, and there's no explaining it. I've been shooting the slow twist 40 degree 25 creedmoor for 30 years or so. Most people know it as the 250AI. Same, same. Of course, the 250RCBS improved used the 30 degree shoulder, but it's a lot less common than the AI.
When Springfield sees fit to chamber the 2020 in it, I'll pick up my fast twist 30 degree 250AI.
My 6ARC bolt gun is fun. That's reason enough to own any gun. I'm sure I'll have just as much fun with the 25Creed.
When Springfield sees fit to chamber the 2020 in it, I'll pick up my fast twist 30 degree 250AI.
My 6ARC bolt gun is fun. That's reason enough to own any gun. I'm sure I'll have just as much fun with the 25Creed.
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ImBillT
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I don’t know why they wouldn’t be death by lightening. I just don’t see why a 6.5XYZ wouldn’t equal them with better bullet availability. There isn’t anything wrong with any 25. If the options and availability of 25cal bullets we’re equal to that of the 6.5, and the 6.5 was as lacking as the 25cal is today, I’d be a 25 man all the way.
There are a few semi-obscure bullets for the 25 that are quite impressive.
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ImBillT
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Really? The 6.5 Creed is a 30TC necked down to 6.5mm. IIRC they didn’t even change the throat length. The 30Creed was the first Creed.
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Beat me to it!
GlockZ
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No purpose, just another sales pitch saying it fills an alleged "gap" between the 6 & 6.5 creedmore. Does it do anything better than anything else out there? No. Will it boost rifle and ammunition sales? Probably.
kodiakisland
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It's OK to own more than one gun though, right? I've got several guns chambered in the same cartridge. How useful is that? If we only cared about what worked, we'd all shoot '06s and that lame .270 would have never seen the light of day. Talking about a shady sales pitch.
IDK. Maybe some of you are limited in what you can own by one entity or another. Thankfully I can fill the safes as much as I want.
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I was thinking of similar performance. Obviously not close, but whatever. mtmuley
noharleyyet
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Simple, 25 Creed or 25 Roy is Alpha….rolls off the tongue and bedazzles the listener.
…also 25 Naught.
…also 25 Naught.
antelopedundee
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Yet for as long as it's been around as a popular wildcat no major manufacturer of firearms or ammunition has chosen to legitimize the 6.5-06.
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To me it seems to close to the .270.
Which the 6.5 in 129 lrx barrnes doing just under 2900 is impressive
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El Jason
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More ooomph?
