.224 Valkyrie

[Wormydog1724]

I am using a 22" Bison Armory Fulcrum 1:6.5 twist barrel with 69gr TMK, CCI 41 (or 450), and 27.0gr of CFE223. I have a Griffin Recce5 suppressor on it. I'm at 2982fps. I killed 4 coyotes with it this past weekend at night with my thermal and the holes left in the coyotes was impressive. Pass throughs but huge devastation inside with tons of blood pouring out. Shots were just above the heart into the lungs. dead dead. Once I shoot up this batch, I'm going to try to load some at 27.5gr and 28.0gr. I'd like to get 3100fps if possible, and safe, and accurate.

used 68gr BTHP and 70gr MKZ, the 69gr TMK is better than the BTHP and a little cheaper than the MKZ. I just want them to go faster lol

Video of the 69gr TMK's and the four coyotes I got this last Saturday

 

[Bbracken667]

I am using a 22" Bison Armory Fulcrum 1:6.5 twist barrel with 69gr TMK, CCI 41 (or 450), and 27.0gr of CFE223. I have a Griffin Recce5 suppressor on it. I'm at 2982fps. I killed 4 coyotes with it this past weekend at night with my thermal and the holes left in the coyotes was impressive. Pass throughs but huge devastation inside with tons of blood pouring out. Shots were just above the heart into the lungs. dead dead. Once I shoot up this batch, I'm going to try to load some at 27.5gr and 28.0gr. I'd like to get 3100fps if possible, and safe, and accurate.

used 68gr BTHP and 70gr MKZ, the 69gr TMK is better than the BTHP and a little cheaper than the MKZ. I just want them to go faster lol

Video of the 69gr TMK's and the four coyotes I got this last Saturday

I am using a 22" Bison Armory Fulcrum 1:6.5 twist barrel with 69gr TMK, CCI 41 (or 450), and 27.0gr of CFE223. I have a Griffin Recce5 suppressor on it. I'm at 2982fps. I killed 4 coyotes with it this past weekend at night with my thermal and the holes left in the coyotes was impressive. Pass throughs but huge devastation inside with tons of blood pouring out. Shots were just above the heart into the lungs. dead dead. Once I shoot up this batch, I'm going to try to load some at 27.5gr and 28.0gr. I'd like to get 3100fps if possible, and safe, and accurate.

used 68gr BTHP and 70gr MKZ, the 69gr TMK is better than the BTHP and a little cheaper than the MKZ. I just want them to go faster lol

Video of the 69gr TMK's and the four coyotes I got this last Saturday

You might check out 80gr eld m’s. Often called “little red rockets”. They perform excellently on deer.
Meanwhile, good job with your current setup!

 

[Wormydog1724]

You might check out 80gr eld m’s. Often called “little red rockets”. They perform excellently on deer.
Meanwhile, good job with your current setup!

I loaded some but I couldn't get them to group satisfactory.

1.37MOA at 2790FPS
1.44MOA at 2810FPS
2.63MOA at 2840FPS

Granted this was very quick and dirty workup but I wasn't close to an 1" so I gave up. Plus I wanted more speed for the coyotes, flatter is better for me at night.

the 77gr SMK went .67MOA at 2950fps, maybe I should try the 77gr TMK.. hmm..

 

[fdkay]

I am using a 22" Bison Armory Fulcrum 1:6.5 twist barrel with 69gr TMK, CCI 41 (or 450), and 27.0gr of CFE223. I have a Griffin Recce5 suppressor on it. I'm at 2982fps. I killed 4 coyotes with it this past weekend at night with my thermal and the holes left in the coyotes was impressive. Pass throughs but huge devastation inside with tons of blood pouring out. Shots were just above the heart into the lungs. dead dead. Once I shoot up this batch, I'm going to try to load some at 27.5gr and 28.0gr. I'd like to get 3100fps if possible, and safe, and accurate.

used 68gr BTHP and 70gr MKZ, the 69gr TMK is better than the BTHP and a little cheaper than the MKZ. I just want them to go faster lol

Video of the 69gr TMK's and the four coyotes I got this last Saturday

Have you tried 6.5 staball? I use that to drive 80 grain bullets pretty fast in my 22 nosler bolt gun. I did throat it to seat the bullets out a bit further.

 

[Bbracken667]

I loaded some but I couldn't get them to group satisfactory.

1.37MOA at 2790FPS
1.44MOA at 2810FPS
2.63MOA at 2840FPS

Granted this was very quick and dirty workup but I wasn't close to an 1" so I gave up. Plus I wanted more speed for the coyotes, flatter is better for me at night.

the 77gr SMK went .67MOA at 2950fps, maybe I should try the 77gr TMK.. hmm..

For me they were accurate with a good jump to lands. Like .030 or more, as I recall. With the ELD they seem to do better with a longer jump than being loaded close to or into the lands.

 

[Simonsza1]

77tmk is awesome for me!

 

[Wormydog1724]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll give it a try, but admittedly I haven't even measured my lands in this new barrel lol. I just load some and if its MOA and speed is good, I send it.

 

[AKGuide]

The 80 eldm’s seem to like 0.035” jump. The 88’s are more forgiving and will go 0.035”-0.090” jump and perform well normally. My early bison barrel needed windowed mags to get the right jump to make the 80’s work. My node is at 2920fps out of my 24” Bbl.

 

[steve101610]

Decided to dust off my craddock 224 Valkyrie today. Haven’t messed with it in the past year. Shot my previous load of 25.7grs of varget with 85.5 hybrid but I set then 60 off the lands this time. This seems to be the sweet spot for every hybrid I have tried in multiple calibers. Shot 4 10 shot groups and every one was sub 3/4 moa at 200 yards with a sd of 3.5 across 40 shots. This is past book max but shows no signs of pressure in my rifle. Average velocity was 2760 from a 22” barrel.

 

[steve101610]

Tried some staball match with 85.5 Bergers and was pleasantly surprised with how accurate every powder charge was. Ran up to 25 grs with zero pressure. Found an area between 24.4-24.8 that I’m going to explore. Single digit sd and sub half moa groups in that area. Not setting any speed records but around 2650 fps is good enough for me. My varget load is faster but I wanted to find a temp stable ish powder that meters well for bulk loading.

 

[culater]

For you guys using the ar15 platform. I looking to upgrade my hand guard to a free float one. Any suggestion without braking the bank. I don’t mind if I had to but like to keep that cost down.

 

[fdkay]

For you guys using the ar15 platform. I looking to upgrade my hand guard to a free float one. Any suggestion without braking the bank. I don’t mind if I had to but like to keep that cost down.

Well, you don't say what length, but this is a very decent handguard. I have one and am very pleased with it.

Guntec USA Ultra-Lightweight Thin M-LOK AR-15 Handguard - Black - 15"

The Guntec USA 15" Ultra-lightweight Thin Handguard tightly fits against your MIL-SPEC upper receiver providing a monolithic top rail for your rifle.

www.primaryarms.com

 

[culater]

Well, you don't say what length, but this is a very decent handguard. I have one and am very pleased with it.

Guntec USA Ultra-Lightweight Thin M-LOK AR-15 Handguard - Black - 15"

The Guntec USA 15" Ultra-lightweight Thin Handguard tightly fits against your MIL-SPEC upper receiver providing a monolithic top rail for your rifle.

www.primaryarms.com

Thanks I have a 24in barrel with a +1 gas tube. The longer the better

 

[NCHillbilly]

For you guys using the ar15 platform. I looking to upgrade my hand guard to a free float one. Any suggestion without braking the bank. I don’t mind if I had to but like to keep that cost down.

I've used Midwest industries guards on a couple of builds with good results. They clear the superlative arms agb's that I use.

 

[Shifty6BR]

Took the Valkyrie out after its hiatus, 20" Craddock testing some 60gr vmax load workup then this. Happened 2nd shot from the start on the lowest charge group tested, perhaps it was just it's time, not sure wtf happened. Luckily I'm only a few minutes from the range, grabbed another complete bcg returned and continued on. 60gr vmax is looking very very good tho.

Likely shoot the bolt mfg an email ...not very high round count on this bolt, easily less than 2k.

 

[Namekagon]

Took the Valkyrie out after its hiatus, 20" Craddock testing some 60gr vmax load workup then this. Happened 2nd shot from the start on the lowest charge group tested, perhaps it was just it's time, not sure wtf happened. Luckily I'm only a few minutes from the range, grabbed another complete bcg returned and continued on. 60gr vmax is looking very very good tho.

Likely shoot the bolt mfg an email ...not very high round count on this bolt, easily less than 2k.
View attachment 8742856

Just curious, how did you notice this had happened? Bolt not want to close?

 

[Shifty6BR]

Just curious, how did you notice this had happened? Bolt not want to close?

Yes, well the sheared off lug made its way into the barrel extension and that caused the next round to jam...that's when I noticed it broke off.