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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
.224 Valkyrie?
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<blockquote data-quote="budlight" data-source="post: 2133093" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p><strong>I didn't find this to be true, but I've been reloading since I was about 10 years old!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Thats exactly why Im hesitant, I've heard that before.</em></p><p><em>Sounds like an awesome round when/if you get it dialed in.</em></p><p></p><p>Years ago when the Val first came out I just built a new upper. The barrel is a 24 flutted stainless rifle length piston setup. I couldn't find a barrel with a + 2 inch gas system. If you are doing a 6mm ARC get the + 2 inch. Higher pressure rounds with slow powders get better velocity and less pounding on the action. I bought 1000+ cases and boxes of 500 pills </p><p></p><p>To save time I went with powders that I had. Leverrevolution, cfe223, Superformance, and staball 6.5. All of these work. I first did bench shooting with the chrono. 80 gr @.473 BC. beat out the 90 gr @.523 BC because of the fact that I was never going to do 600 or a 1000 yard competition. This is a varmint gun. I love doing ground squirrel and Prairie dogs.</p><p></p><p>STaball and LVR are nice. As to 3000 fps. that requires above max pressure in my setup. Yes i load tested in .2 grain increments up to flatten primers. Actually loose primer pockets and ruined cases. I load lower right around the listed max and found that accuracy went way up. typical load is more like 2840 with low ES</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="budlight, post: 2133093, member: 2939"] [B]I didn't find this to be true, but I've been reloading since I was about 10 years old![/B] [I]Thats exactly why Im hesitant, I've heard that before. Sounds like an awesome round when/if you get it dialed in.[/I] Years ago when the Val first came out I just built a new upper. The barrel is a 24 flutted stainless rifle length piston setup. I couldn't find a barrel with a + 2 inch gas system. If you are doing a 6mm ARC get the + 2 inch. Higher pressure rounds with slow powders get better velocity and less pounding on the action. I bought 1000+ cases and boxes of 500 pills To save time I went with powders that I had. Leverrevolution, cfe223, Superformance, and staball 6.5. All of these work. I first did bench shooting with the chrono. 80 gr @.473 BC. beat out the 90 gr @.523 BC because of the fact that I was never going to do 600 or a 1000 yard competition. This is a varmint gun. I love doing ground squirrel and Prairie dogs. STaball and LVR are nice. As to 3000 fps. that requires above max pressure in my setup. Yes i load tested in .2 grain increments up to flatten primers. Actually loose primer pockets and ruined cases. I load lower right around the listed max and found that accuracy went way up. typical load is more like 2840 with low ES [/QUOTE]
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