Fixed my .224 Valkyrie Upper...

[Snarf]

...by installing a 16" Faxon 6.5 Grendel Barrel
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Bedded the barrel to the upper and gas block (fun fact, this Faxon barrel does not have the set screw dimples I've become accustomed to. Not a huge problem). New York only allows unthreaded barrels so the thread protector is also installed with Permatex. That is not the method they proscribe but I challenge anyone to get that sucker off of there without heat.

Shot some ladders with 123 ELD's, here's what I found at the end of one
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28.5 gr Varget gave me 2360 fps, 13.2 SD. The flier shot was partly me and partly a velocity outlier as well

[6.5Geo]

Very nice rig. What issues did you have with the Val barrel?

[Snarf]

...What issues did you have with the Val barrel?

It was chambered in .224 Valkyrie that was the main issue I had. For a <$400 PSA upper it shot very well, sometimes sub-MOA with the $13 American Eagle. But I wanted bigger holes and smaller guns and within a week of getting into Grendel I had basically decided to ditch that caliber. Shooting a 75- 85 grain bullet at 3K fps is not that interesting to me, and the heavier bullets had problems from what I understood. Plus that it would not be good at killing things, I wouldn't feel right shooting a deer with any .22 caliber (even though I know for a fact any of them will work)