[eastexsteve]

Thanks, but it’s still not 100% clear to me. You can use many of the same powders to load 308 as the Creedmoor. But I am not discounting your warning about barrel life. I learn something new everyday and that’s the way I like it. :)

Some of it might also have to do with general cartridge design. A good example would be the Winchester 30-30 vs the 32 Special. Ballistic-wise they are close. But, the old 32 Special would burn up a barrel in as few as 500 rounds.

[Magnum44]

You know you’re only the second person I know who has ever mentioned the 32 Special. The first was my dad. He has a beautiful 1955 model 94 in 32 Special. But I didn’t know about the barrel wear issue with that caliber either. But then the model 94 was more of a bush gun than a long range shooter, at least that was my experience with both 30-30 and 32 Special.

[Who is John Galt?]

A good example would be the Winchester 30-30 vs the 32 Special. Ballistic-wise they are close. But, the old 32 Special would burn up a barrel in as few as 500 rounds.

Any idea what barrel life was with the .25-35? I've been kind of intetested in finding one, off and on, for years...

;^)