Valkyrie

[prairiefire]

For those of you who have shot the Valkyrie - what's your assessment? Like many here, I chase the "next best thing" - but at my age, I want to thin my collection to a few useable calibers. I have the standard collection - 22LR, 556, 300 BO, 6.8 SPC, PS90, 6.5 grendel and recent have flirted with getting a 6.5 creed moor. It would seem that I get all my jollies from shooting with just the 22, the 6.8 SPC and a Valkyrie for longer range steel . I know it's up to each person to decide, but I would like some feedback here. I hunt very little - coyotes, pigs, occasionally deer - so I want to keep that option open, but my major effort these days is shooting targets. Thanks!

 

[steve123]

It comes down to how far away you want to shoot and how much wind drift you can tolerate.

The farther away you shoot the more the wind affects the bullet, that's where a 6.5 Creed makes more sense. BC and fps combined gets higher hit percentages.

I have a 6mmFatRat, which will blow about the same in the wind as the 224V. The 6FR does well until a certain wind threshold and distance vector happens, then it's time to get out a bigger rifle or pack it up out of frustration. This just happened to me last wednesday, 550Y and 675Y were no problem, 812Y iffy, but 979Y a bit frustrating.

What I'm saying is it's maybe time for you to get a bigger cartridge because you have it covered otherwise.

I'd look into 6.5 4s or 6.5PRC and run a 7.25 twist so you can shoot the heavy .7-ish BC bullets to full potential at 3000 fps or so. In comparison to 224V, in uncooperative winds, you will make plenty of hits with a cartridge like those I mentioned, whereas the steel will be laughing at the 224V.

Take it a step further, in much worse winds, with my 30-375R a month ago, out to 1122Y on the same steel, it was easy. That's a .78BC bullet going 2935 fps.