JASmith Wrote:The other difference is that the Creedmoor can digest bullets with longer noses within the magazine length constraints.
This becomes important when trying to minimize drift at long ranges.
In the big picture this is true. However in my 260 SASS I've yet to find a projectile that was too long to run at mag length.
142 SMK, 143 ELD-X AND 147 ELD-M can all be loaded to 2.800 and perform wonderfully.
Maybe the new 150 SMK will only be usable in a Creedmoor gas gun, but I won't know till I get my hands on some.
We will see in bolt guns if the heavier 147 and 150gr projectiles start showing favor towards the 260 Rem case and the oh so slightly higher capacity.