Anyone besides me finding any interest in this cartridge, looks like a nice speedy flat shooter out to a 1000+ yds, looks like fun until you start adding up the costs of buying all the associated goodies of uppers, scopes, and etc. that would enable a guy to play, federal premium ammo. Is the brainchild behind it. I see PSA and others are producing uppers for the AR platform. Already lots of great info. and vids plastered on the interweb, maybe just another flash in the pan cartridge?
224 Valkyrie Yet
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Yeah I have been interested, not ready to take the plunge yet. Specs and info looks great though. I just need to justify another AR caliber to my 6 already I reload for. I guess I need to figure out where it fits in and my expected use. Boy I sound to practical !
Viper 1-26 INF
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A little interested. I'll probably hold off on it for a year or two before I build one though, already have a few in 6.5 Grendel, so unless it ends up being more widely available than the Grendel and cheaper I probably won't dive in.
Yep, i was reading all about this platform in one of my rags, interesting read, seems the round makers always coming up with something new to add to the platforms, and gotta have, interesting ballistics on it for sure. as for long range shooting, why not stick with an older proven platform, just wondering
Rj
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PSA is "Temporarily Out of Stock" on all complete uppers. The .224 does require a different bolt than the standard .223. I'm going to put one together (I hate the word "build"). I like the round, especially that the case is based off the 6.8SPC which there is a shit ton of brass out there for. IMHO it's a better round than the .22 Nosler.
Homestead defence
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Now that an Alaska move is in our future, I am considering the 224 Valkyrie. Distance shooting has not been an issue in southern AZ, but very well could be in AK. Need to compare nock down to AR10.
Homestead defence
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One reason for me to consider 224 Val is that it's a AR15 platform, small & light. If I go AR10 I would stick with NATO 308. Cheap ammo
Viper 1-26 INF
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Homestead defence said:
6.5 Grendel is an AR15 platform round as well, and is going to hit harder than the .224 Val.
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lew said:
Yes, most likely, but even then I'd probably go with the Creedmoor if I were building an AR10/AR308 platform rifle now lol.
My time in Alaska showed me .224 has very little use except for varmints or home defense. Look at the link above for specs vs Grendel on the terminal end. If you want a thumper for a std AR platform then Beowulf,.458, etc.. No long range shots at prairie dogs. Creedmoor for AR-10 Platform. What ever you go with, reload! , to save cost in Alaska. Buy dies,etc and some componts before you go. Nothing cheap up there.
shooter444
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For me, shot placement and knowing a calibers limitations matters more when shooting 22 caliber hunting rounds. Knowing from first hand use, the limitation of any caliber, is the first step for me when qualifying it for any specific purpose. I load 36 grain solid copper Barnes bullets at just over 4,000FPS. At 150 yards they melt through tempered steel fence posts, I haven't tried any further, yet. With that degree of penetration, at that distance or less, I would have no hesitation taking a deer with a head shot.
Will these
new high tech calibers, that ballistically squeeze out everything they can, do better than the 224/5.56 ? Yeah, probably, but as the old saying goes " dead is dead". Can the new high tech calibers kill out further? Yeah, probably so, but I never considered a .22 size projectile as a long distance killer of anything. Long distance paper punchers, Yeah, I can go with that.
The 224/5.56 can do everything I will ever need from a .22.
Will these
new high tech calibers, that ballistically squeeze out everything they can, do better than the 224/5.56 ? Yeah, probably, but as the old saying goes " dead is dead". Can the new high tech calibers kill out further? Yeah, probably so, but I never considered a .22 size projectile as a long distance killer of anything. Long distance paper punchers, Yeah, I can go with that.The 224/5.56 can do everything I will ever need from a .22.
Racewin
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I think it's a good option for those in the niche, but that the niche is smaller than the marketing would lead many of us to believe. The biggest draw is the "AR/Semi-auto" piece. Sort of like .260 being a neat older cartdridge that many haven't heard of, but 6.5 Creedmore being the razor edge of current ammo R&D.