There's nothing wrong with the Creed. If I had an empty safe and were shopping for my first ground squrrel to deer rifle, the Creed would be an acceptable choice.
But since the safe already contains rifles in 243, 6mm-284, 25-06, 7mm-08, 264 Win mag, and three chambered in 260 Rem. And all the associated reloading equipment and brass is already on the bench. There is no justification for a Creed at my house.
I can't remember ever having to justify buying something that I wanted, even if it was redundant to multiple things that I already had.
I like rifles and I like cartridges, so a new rifle or new cartridge is just an itch that needs to be scratched.
I suspect that I am like the vast majority of the shooting public in that I have a limited budget, a portion of which may be spent on a shooting/reloading hobby.
So yes, some justification must occur, and some choices preclude other choices.
I have found it unwise to attempt to spend the same dollar more than once.
Yup.
Last season my buddy and I were glassing a cow elk out past 450 yards. Given a choice, that's just a tad further than I wanted to use the CM on.
So, we swapped rifles - my CM for his PRC - using the same bullet, and got the job done with that little extra MV insurance.
Doesn't mean I'm gonna buy a PRC. Nice cartridge, nice rifle, but the CM will do nicely.
