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Is the .224 Valkyrie dead???
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<blockquote data-quote="Hydra6" data-source="post: 3095987" data-attributes="member: 125161"><p>I have two 224V AR uppers and when I rarely shoot a gas gun - I shoot 224V. Federal had issues initially with the ammo rollout (especially the 90s) plus there seemed to be some issues with the early reamers. Similar to Remington and the 6.8 SPC, the factory dropped the ball on product launch and support such that dedicated hobbyists had to carry the cartridge.</p><p></p><p>Hornady is a marketing machine so their introduction of 6ARC followed by 22ARC severely hurt the 224V.</p><p></p><p>In an AR, the 80 grain projectiles seem to be the sweet spot for reloading although the 88s get love too.</p><p></p><p>I am keeping my Craddock 224V upper and feeding it 80SMKs and 80ELDMs. Wish there were more and better brass options.</p><p></p><p>Also, it was sold as a long range gamer cartridge to hit steel 1000+ - problem is you can hit steel at 1000+ but cannot see the impacts and must pray it sets off flashers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hydra6, post: 3095987, member: 125161"] I have two 224V AR uppers and when I rarely shoot a gas gun - I shoot 224V. Federal had issues initially with the ammo rollout (especially the 90s) plus there seemed to be some issues with the early reamers. Similar to Remington and the 6.8 SPC, the factory dropped the ball on product launch and support such that dedicated hobbyists had to carry the cartridge. Hornady is a marketing machine so their introduction of 6ARC followed by 22ARC severely hurt the 224V. In an AR, the 80 grain projectiles seem to be the sweet spot for reloading although the 88s get love too. I am keeping my Craddock 224V upper and feeding it 80SMKs and 80ELDMs. Wish there were more and better brass options. Also, it was sold as a long range gamer cartridge to hit steel 1000+ - problem is you can hit steel at 1000+ but cannot see the impacts and must pray it sets off flashers. [/QUOTE]
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