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Originally Posted by DLab
143 ELD-X in the CM.,worked fine on 2 Mulies and I would use the same load for Elk.
A 160 grain may be a bit heavy for the Creed ,not a problem for the Swede,the .260 with it's slight gain in case capacity shows loads for 160 gr. bullets ,but Hodgdon doesn't show a 160 gr. load for the Creed.
Bullets in the 123-143 grain class or even up to 150 Gr., should perform well enough for most game this cartridge is designed for.
I'm not familiar with the Woodleighs ,if the ogive is Tangent as opposed to the Secant ogive of VLD/ELD bullets,they may not allow all of the case capacity to be used in the CM. due to having to be seated to deep in the case.
Heavy and slow works ,I know ,but it may not be optimal in this case.
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Just going off memory but i believe I was around 3.160 coal in the 6.5x55 with the 160 woodlieghs put the base of bullet flush with the bottom of the neck my reamer for that cartridge has a long throat mind you. I dont feel you would get very good performance from the creed simply due to how far you would have to stuff it in the case