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Pay no mind to the barrel length fetishists, the Creed does fine with shorter barrels, and shorter barrels are the correct answer when hunting suppressed.

I didn't catch what powders you're loading with, but RL16, RL17, RL26 and 6.5 STB are good bets for velocity for pressure. Also, I'd try some 140gr options if you can find them, in my 18", they are not much slower than 129gr at all.





I've played with 129gr Interlocks a little recently just because I was actually able to find them, and use them in my Grendel as well. They really aren't much faster than 140gr though. I like how ABs perform at different speeds, but I mostly used the 140gr, did a little workup with the 130gr and found them to be slow for pressure.





These are my chosen loads for my 20" Kimber. The same 127gr and 142gr loads run 2,735 fps and 2,680fps respectively when fired from my 18" Sig.



Bullets I'd try in that rifle: 140gr AB, 142gr ABLR, 140gr BT, 140gr Gold Dot, 129gr ABLR, H Interlocks, etc.