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I have both the Swede and the Creed, each with new Shilen barrels.

The Creed is easier to load for, shoots about everything well, some loads super well. The Swede is more selective, not as forgiving, but very accurate with loads it likes.

Both kill stuff equally dead.

DF

BAM! My brother from OK speaks my thoughts! Shoot em all!

I took my Godson to Collbran, Co to shoot an exotic when he was 13. Have to be 14 to hunt in Utah ( stupid Law). Anyhow, there was a guy, 50ish, who was there to shoot one of the big bull elk on the place ( at that time, $5500) he was showing me his 25 Winchester Super Short Magnum he had handloaded the 117 Hornady "round nose". We hear them later that day, multiple shots fired, big bull finally down, at the skinning shed, many were barely getting into the body cavity. He finally made a killing shot at the base of the skull. He was so happy! Then had a guy in church who "won" a browning in the 223 SSM. It was not that accurate, he had sticky bolts with the factory loads. Poor design ( and or use) of them soured me. Add 'any" of that old Electric Ammo crap...

Another Remington boondoggle marketing flop.

They've had their share.

DF

Agreed.

Quoted for truth.

I won't begrudge a man for the caliber he shoots. Judgement come with how well he shoots whatever caliber he has chosen, as long as it is the right one for the job. Like the guy we hunted with that used a .308. I have nothing against that caliber, I own several myself. But after he destroyed a yearling doe with a raking gut shot and then turned a turkey into a pile of feathers and ground meat, I didn't like how he used that caliber at all. Probably wouldn't have mattered if he was a 50 cal muzzle loader or a 340 WM. He was just a bad shot. Its not the arrow, its the indian.

6.5x55 Swede needs to die.

It's bad enough we got the 6.5 Creedbros but then we gotta listen to the old timers that haven't a clue tell us about how the Swede has been doing it "for over a hunnert years!!!"

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I like my Creed, but I ain't a bro!

crazy ain't it, I worked in a rifle tuning shop back in college, had a big guy, admitting he took steroids, traded in his 300wby for the new 300 ultra mag. Bigger the better was his philosophy. We decked it out with a nice zeiss scope, he broke the power ring within the first month manhandling that thing.

I'm equal opportunity, P.C. and such.

I like them both, shoot them both, kills stuff with both...

Didn't realize I was so big into diversity...

DF

Really ? You surprised me there.


Altho I have a Swede, I'm FAR from a BIG proponent or advocate. I haven't hunted it in several years.

There are cartridges/calibers that I have NO use for, the Kriedmore being one, but I AGREE with those here who've said,
"Shoot em all, We need more advocates than opponents".


Jerry

I don't care what someone else hunts with as long as it's legal. I understand the desire for some folks using a cartridge that has a high percentage of DRT kills. High Brass lived in "down east" NC and the desire to drop a deer quick is based on swamps and brush. Not everyone reloads so going to a magnum or a light fast bullet for DRT kills is understandable to me.

.55 French Pin-fire.
oh wait................ I guess it did.

Be interesting if I would live long enough to see what happens to this blizzard of lever gun specialty cartridges and the "my little pony short fat case" cartridges are doing 25 years from now. My guess is something on the order of the .25 Stevens Rimfire.

The 270 Win is the holy grail of Whitetail cartridges, all others try to compare. In a similar way to the 30-06 for an "everything" cartridge.

Some make more sense to me than others.

If another’s choice in cartridges/calibers ever gave me heartburn, I think I’d just take a Midol...

+1

With a caveat though. Please don't try to convince me your latest, greatest new cartridge is capable of stuff that completely defies the laws of physics. We've had that crowd with every new offering.

Dirtfarmer

Speaking of Remington flops, the Accelerator line of 50-55gr out of '06 and 308 Win.

Not arguing, I never bought any.
ATST > ' back when' I read a few G Ws who said they were plenty accurate for them <whatever that meant, I can't remember>.

OTOH I thot it wasn't a bad idea for those who didn't handload. I never heard why they were taken off market, probably from lack of sales, just a guess.

Jerry

I have a box of 30-06 Accelerators, never got around to shooting them...

If I want to shoot fast 50 gr. bullets, I'll crank some out of my 22-250.

DF