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.224 Valkyrie Experience?

apdst said:
From whst I can see, it doesn't stay super-sonic as far out as the creedmore.

A guy I know built an AR chambered in in 224 and he had a lot of feed problems. He says he tweaked and changed everything he knew to tweak and change and the problems still existed.
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It should stay supersonic past 1000 yards, and the advantage is that the round fits in a standard AR-15 magazine. Interesting note on the feed problems, though. I looked at it initially but I didn't see a place for it in my quiver. The main problem with adding another 1000 yard rifle is you also have to add 1000 yard glass, and there's where the expense lies.
 
Rucker61 said:
It should stay supersonic past 1000 yards, and the advantage is that the round fits in a standard AR-15 magazine. Interesting note on the feed problems, though. I looked at it initially but I didn't see a place for it in my quiver. The main problem with adding another 1000 yard rifle is you also have to add 1000 yard glass, and there's where the expense lies.
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That's a no ****ter...lol.
 
Casper said:
Just want to know if anyone has any exposure to the .224 Valkyrie, seems to match the 6.5 Creedmoor, an excellent round, with less recoiled. Anyone here used this, Turtle and the rest, got thoughts?
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I have read a little on it, it holds super sonic velocity longer than 5.56 though I myself would have doubts about it, with 5.56 shooting at 1000 yard is an issue and not so much with velocity as much as weight, as lighter bullets stray further and are more affected by wind than heavy bullets. The 5.56 competition shooters usually use heavy rounds to have anything decent at 1k yards.

I can imagine if the more punch of the .224 allowed heavier grain bullets than even the 5.56 it would do great at 1k yards, however calling it a match for the creedmoor is quite an optimistic overstatement, as I doubt it could ever match it.
 
beerftw said:
I have read a little on it, it holds super sonic velocity longer than 5.56 though I myself would have doubts about it, with 5.56 shooting at 1000 yard is an issue and not so much with velocity as much as weight, as lighter bullets stray further and are more affected by wind than heavy bullets. The 5.56 competition shooters usually use heavy rounds to have anything decent at 1k yards.

I can imagine if the more punch of the .224 allowed heavier grain bullets than even the 5.56 it would do great at 1k yards, however calling it a match for the creedmoor is quite an optimistic overstatement, as I doubt it could ever match it.
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.224 Valkyrie will be using 90 and 110 grain bullets and still fit into a standard AR-15 mag; .223 is limited to 77 grain at this point.
 
Rucker61 said:
.224 Valkyrie will be using 90 and 110 grain bullets and still fit into a standard AR-15 mag; .223 is limited to 77 grain at this point.
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That would make a major difference, velocity is only one part of stable flight, weight energy and spin account for the others, with weight being a major issue on 5.56. 110 grain is still not that high but it is creeping towards lower weights of 30 cal rounds like the 3006, so it should definately perform better at long ranges than the old 5.56.
 
beerftw said:
I have read a little on it, it holds super sonic velocity longer than 5.56 though I myself would have doubts about it, with 5.56 shooting at 1000 yard is an issue and not so much with velocity as much as weight, as lighter bullets stray further and are more affected by wind than heavy bullets. The 5.56 competition shooters usually use heavy rounds to have anything decent at 1k yards.

I can imagine if the more punch of the .224 allowed heavier grain bullets than even the 5.56 it would do great at 1k yards, however calling it a match for the creedmoor is quite an optimistic overstatement, as I doubt it could ever match it.
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Thanks for the info.
 
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