Anyone have a known good 18” or 20” AR barrel that likes 90gr Federal or 88 ELD M Hornady factory ammo?
.224V with 88 ELD/90 Berger factory loads?
- Thread starter The King
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...in the initial release of 224V barrels many spoke very highly of Craddock's barrels, now that time has passed and many of the 224V anomalies have been ironed out, Craddock still receives very high marks AND he has them in stock ready to ship. Also with this passage of time, many of the other barrel producers are turning out quality barrels in 224V, comes down to "who" you like, what's available in the time frame you want to receive it and how much you want to pay...
on this forum, "Padom" has posted really good reports of his experience with Rainier barrels, the search feature can be your friend..
on this forum, "Padom" has posted really good reports of his experience with Rainier barrels, the search feature can be your friend..
As already stated, JP, Craddock, WOA and Rainier. I would also add Keystone Accuracy from what I've read. Too bad you went LWRC because my MRP shoots the 88gr Hornady out to 800 well. At least as well as I can shoot. Lol. Tried them at 1000 but I'm pretty sure I'm the limiting factor as it was my first time slinging anything that far.
I ended up with a Criterion. I wanted 18” and to see if it’ll shoot.
Shot my 20” LWRC today with the 90gr Federal and with the 75 TMK.
TMK did 1” twice. or better. Probably 3/4”. Third group opened up baaaad. 1.75”.
The 90 grain Federals shot a 12” group.
Shot my 20” LWRC today with the 90gr Federal and with the 75 TMK.
TMK did 1” twice. or better. Probably 3/4”. Third group opened up baaaad. 1.75”.
The 90 grain Federals shot a 12” group.
I have a 24" Rainier barrel which I believe is a Schilen barrel. I got it very early in the Valkyrie hysteria. The twist rate is 7.5 and it will not stabilize any bullet greater than an 85.5 grain. That being said, it does shoot anything less very well. When I eventually replace the barrel I will get a 6.5 twist so I can shoot the heavy's.
Ok, just noticed this is a 224 Valkyrie question. That explains how it could mag feed with an ELDM 88. I was thinking 5.56/223. My 223 seats ELDM 75s at 2.40" and ELDM 88s at 2.51".
I have a Craddock Criterion 20” 7T and it does not shoot the FGMM 90’s or Hornady 88’s well at all. It does shoot the FGMM/Berger 80.5 great and even those cheap Fed 75tmj decent (around 1”)
Rainier isn’t using Shilen barrels in the Ultramatch line, but it is a good barrel.
Id suggest running the ballistics before going to the heavies. Unless you need the energy on target, the 80gr class bullets beat out the heavies in most applications out to 1100yds or so.
