Thread: 224 Valkyrie
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Old 07-10-2018, 09:17 AM
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I just started shooting the 224 Valkrie. My interest for this round is shooting groups at 1000 yd plus applications. I have been shooting several precision 223’s with 77 and 80 grain target bullet the past year and I have pretty well “ hit the wall” with these loads at extended ranges.
The 224 is going to be used with 90 and 95 grain high bc bullets. I am not a fan of using smk’s on game animals, but the fusions should be effective for certain applications.
I am not the least bit concerned about barrel life. I have been shooting 7mm mags and 300 win mags for decades and rebarrelling these rifles at a certain round count is sop. If and when the barrel needs replaced, I will deal with that then. My 224 is on a AR upper, so rebarreling is something I can do.
Have two boxes of the new Sierra 95 smk’s on the table here and am going to load some this afternoon.

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