Well I hate to be that guy but IF I were going to buy a Creed, I’d have a hard time buying anything besides a Tikka. I bought one for my Dad before our Colorado trip last year because his .270 was acting up, and holy expletives does it shoot. I have a lot of accurate rifles, as well as a few other Tikkas that are great shooters, but this thing is phenomenal. For a $700 rifle and $30 factory ammo it is real hard to beat. Plus you could throw it in a Mesa Precision stock and still be less money than the others you’ve mentioned. I haven’t reloaded for it yet because the factory stuff shoots so well, the only down side is they’re slow and the SD isn’t great so you get some vertical when you get way out there. This is the first 6 shots out of a brand new rifle, 1-3 eld-x with a sighter off paper, 4-6 eld-m. Bore snake between each shot. 100rds down the tube now still shooting great
