well guys, the creed is a inherently accurate cartridge, however you must remember, It is a 22-250 capacity case running a 140 gr bullet,, if you break 2700 fps you are fortunate, it is however more than adequate for deer sized game to around 700 yards. I have rifles that burn 80-100+ grains of...
have read in a few sources that the 120's have a thicker jacket than the 140's due to using thee same jacket cup for both bullets so the shorter bullet. has a thicker jacket.
how were your bullets packaged? assk this to determine if they were old stock. I love the 95 gr BT in my 6mm running 3200 fps. never had a BT fail since they were upgraded years ago. have taken deer from 70 to 400 yards with it with great results. you can see this buck was also shoulder shot and...
killed aa bunch of whitetails and a 200# black bear with a 140 @ 3500+ MV, the bear was shot on the shoulder at 80 yards, bullet exited, bear never took a step. Only had 1 deer to ever run from that load, he made it 30 yards. Bet I have taken 75 deer with BT's, using 95 gr. 243, 115 gr. 257, 120...