22 creedmoor vs 6mm creedmoor

Kino M said:
Why not just bypass all those wanna bes that rely on marketing and get that brand new cartridge introduced in 1952, the ole 243 winchester??? More speed, more energy, more components, more factory ammo and unlike the crapmore, it was designed from the beginning for light bullets. Unless you get a custom reamer with smaller freebore and a custom blank like 1/10 vs the standard 6crapmore of 1/8 twist. Then you still don't have the case capacity of the old 243 which is why its the king of stone dead varmint cartridges and has held its own for 70 years....
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I personally know tor a fact that the 22creed has less wind drift and shoot flatter than the 6, I have a .243 that I used to shoot 1000yd matches. The 22creed is literally a cheat code for less drop and wind drift because the 22 has a bc .485 in the heavy but the 6 only has a bc of .410. The 22 will put a lesser man in the winners circle
 
Rick9144 said:
I personally know tor a fact that the 22creed has less wind drift and shoot flatter than the 6, I have a .243 that I used to shoot 1000yd matches. The 22creed is literally a cheat code for less drop and wind drift because the 22 has a bc .485 in the heavy but the 6 only has a bc of .410. The 22 will put a lesser man in the winners circle
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Higher BC is all well and good if you plan on shooting at coyotes at 1000 yards 😂
 
Rick9144 said:
I personally know tor a fact that the 22creed has less wind drift and shoot flatter than the 6, I have a .243 that I used to shoot 1000yd matches. The 22creed is literally a cheat code for less drop and wind drift because the 22 has a bc .485 in the heavy but the 6 only has a bc of .410. The 22 will put a lesser man in the winners circle
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Have you compared the 22CM to the 6CM with DTACs? I think that changes things.
 
Bowhunt said:
Higher BC is all well and good if you plan on shooting at coyotes at 1000 yards 😂
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I like to touch some off from time to time haha.

Rick9144 said:
I personally know tor a fact that the 22creed has less wind drift and shoot flatter than the 6, I have a .243 that I used to shoot 1000yd matches. The 22creed is literally a cheat code for less drop and wind drift because the 22 has a bc .485 in the heavy but the 6 only has a bc of .410. The 22 will put a lesser man in the winners circle
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I guess it depends on what bullets you’re shooting. I have a 20inch 1:8 twist 22 creed and a 24 inch 1:8 twist 6 creed. The 22 creed is shooting the 62 eldvt at 3410 fps and the 6 creed is shooting the 80 eldvt at 3450 fps. Both use Alpha OCD LRP brass, and a fed 210 primer.

With my data above, Shooting both side by side in the same conditions, they’re the same out to 600 yards with a 10mph crosswind. Past that, the 6 creed with the 80 eldvt slightly beats the 22 creed on drop but just barely. The wind drift is still basically neck and neck.

Makes it nice when my wife and I are shooting side by side and I can run 1 bc profile in my rangefinding binos and make a wind call for us.

I went this route because of quality brass availability and to shoot the same powder (H4350). It’s nice only having a stock pile of 1 or 2 powders now haha.

Not trying to sway anyone’s opinion or say my cartridge choice is best. Just some comparison. We have a 243 in the safe too but I haven’t loaded for it lately.
 
I shoot a 6 creed, using 108gr ELDM's at coyotes and love that combo. It's not blazing fast, but it anchors them and doesn't do a crazy amount of damage to the fur.
 
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