10-12-2017, 06:04 PM
Arkhangel5 Wrote:Stonehenge,
And that is assuming that a 90gr VLD will shoot loaded to magazine length.
The pic shown representing the Valkyrie is not a VLD, it looks like a Sierra MK, there is a big difference in the BC's for each bullet, eg Berger 90vld = .560bc, 90gr SMK = .504bc.
I have played with the 90vld and it is a finicky bullet to get shooting properly. It is very sensitive to barrel twist, seating depth and powder charge.
Examples 1-7tw .223 26in barrel gets around 2600fps, would not shoot accurately above that speed in that barrel.
28in 1-6.5tw would net around 2840fps and sensitive to seating depth, shot like a laser when it was on, the amount of testing getting to that combination was interesting.
My point is, the tester cherrypicked the best numbers and threw them out there. If only going by the numbers, it looks like a good cartridge, but for what.
SY
Long range target shooting, but like I said above, spotting hits at range is difficult with any 224. The other use I see in my parts is for varminting during big game season. In CO, you're not allowed to hunt big game with 224 caliber. but you're not allowed to hunt varmints with anything larger than 224 during a big game rifle season. How's that for a stupid law - we think you're going to poach if you're out in the field with something larger than 224 and you say you're just looking for yotes - but we won't worry about you shooting an elk with a 223 because anyone stupid enough to poach can't be stupid enough to shoot an elk with 223...... Then of course there are the people like us who build it because we can! And with more barrel makers getting into the 22 Nosler game, someone must be buying them. But I've been there/done that and personally no longer see the point given how cheap it is to shoot 223.
Kilco, what sort of SDs is your bro getting? Mine have really widened. I'm of the belief that I have case heads that are bent but not identifiable
Let's go Brandon!