The real driver for the creedmoor is for box magazine fed guns where the shorter case length lets you seat the bullet farther out at magazine length, and to have a factory load available for competition. For a bolt gun it is just another option, and will be outrun by the base .260. The Lapua was intended for shorter range competition at lower velocity and is just being hot-rodded by some.
The creedmoor was not intended to be a velocity champ.
Last edited by spr1; 07/04/09.
