I am making this decision based on an 18” barrel. Reasons: shorter OAL when suppressed, lighter in weight, most places within an hour drive only have 800 yards max range (3.5hr drive for 1200+yards) and can be used for deer/yote hunting.
I previously had a Valkyrie and was impressed with it. I consistently made hits at 750 on a mini ipsc even with the 75gr TMJ. This was with a 24” barrel though, so it makes me wonder if it would still be that easy after losing 6” of barrel length. Locally, the ammo has been available and reasonably priced.
The 6mm has much better BC bullets, but ammo is more scarce than 223 and 9mm with maybe 1 or 2 boxes I’ve ever seen locally. Online is showing $2.30/rd. Aside from the ammo availability, my other concern is the 6.5G bolt it uses. I’m not a fan of that thin metal at the rim of the bolt face. 5.56 bolts break, so it would be expected that a 6.5G bolt is likely to fail at a much earlier round count.
The 6mm is also untested. At least we all know the deal with the Valkyrie. I don’t reload, so primer pockets and load data doesn’t matter to me.
What say the hide?
I previously had a Valkyrie and was impressed with it. I consistently made hits at 750 on a mini ipsc even with the 75gr TMJ. This was with a 24” barrel though, so it makes me wonder if it would still be that easy after losing 6” of barrel length. Locally, the ammo has been available and reasonably priced.
The 6mm has much better BC bullets, but ammo is more scarce than 223 and 9mm with maybe 1 or 2 boxes I’ve ever seen locally. Online is showing $2.30/rd. Aside from the ammo availability, my other concern is the 6.5G bolt it uses. I’m not a fan of that thin metal at the rim of the bolt face. 5.56 bolts break, so it would be expected that a 6.5G bolt is likely to fail at a much earlier round count.
The 6mm is also untested. At least we all know the deal with the Valkyrie. I don’t reload, so primer pockets and load data doesn’t matter to me.
What say the hide?
