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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
[Re: RattlesnakeDan]
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04/16/18 06:37 PM
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bronco71
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Valkyrie was developed by Federal so ammo should be available. Got my 20" 1:7 barrel but haven't had a chance to build the upper yet. Your 6.8 bolt and magazine will work with the Valkyrie BTW...
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
[Re: RattlesnakeDan]
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04/18/18 04:58 AM
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My buddy has an AR in 243, absolutely loves it.
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
[Re: RattlesnakeDan]
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04/18/18 10:30 AM
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Think I have settled on the 224 Valkyrie. Waiting list for an upper, no rush so I will wait. Should be a fun one to shoot and see how it performs on hogs at 8000 yd shots.
Just like Jesus, sometimes you gotta kill some hogs. Lone Star Mesquite . com RattleSnake Dan's Shredding Service
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
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04/18/18 12:00 PM
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Dang it RattlesnakeDan!
You made me go look up the specs on this Valkyrie creature. Since I am heavily invested in the 6.8 AND can use 6.8 mags and bolt face I can see this costing me money in the future!
And Palmetto has barrel/bolt combo and complete uppers in stock. I hear the money vac coming for my wallet now....
Cheers, Vern1 Texans since The Old 300 in 1824 NRA Lifetime Member
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
[Re: RattlesnakeDan]
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04/18/18 07:57 PM
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Ammunition Depot has the 75 grain TMJ .224 Valkyrie ammo on sale for $10.99/box now, I ordered a couple for initial shooting and for the brass.....need to finish building the gun and get some reloading dies now!
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
[Re: RattlesnakeDan]
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04/19/18 12:45 AM
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.458 Socomm, Thump them hard.
"If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children." -- Confucius
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
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04/19/18 01:21 AM
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Dang it RattlesnakeDan!
You made me go look up the specs on this Valkyrie creature. Since I am heavily invested in the 6.8 AND can use 6.8 mags and bolt face I can see this costing me money in the future!
And Palmetto has barrel/bolt combo and complete uppers in stock. I hear the money vac coming for my wallet now....
Last edited by RattlesnakeDan; 04/19/18 01:22 AM.
Just like Jesus, sometimes you gotta kill some hogs. Lone Star Mesquite . com RattleSnake Dan's Shredding Service
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
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04/19/18 01:26 AM
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Love my Grendel, but I'm a 6.5 nut! My 7.62x39 AR is my hog gun, (cheap ammo) ASC mags only! My AR 10 (.308) has shot good groups with factory ammo, My SBR in 300 B0 suppressed kills them quietly! BUT, my 50 Beowulf make me giggle when it thumps large hogs! A quality 5.56 is good fun also. Luckily I didn't get into the 6.8 (not a .270 guy) Had a 300 SAUM Remington AR, but it weighted more than a scoped M1A, and ammo was Weatherby expensive!
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
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04/19/18 11:31 PM
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223 good from nowhere
300 bo good from 25 yards and in
6.8spc good trajectories from 200 and in
6.5 grendel good trajectories from 400 and in
seems to me you just need to keep adding longer ranges for your AR and then you are covered for whatever you want to do
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GO TRUMP!
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
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04/20/18 12:33 AM
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OK, I'll weigh in on this, everyone needs ONE per person in the household in 223/556. There, I said it.
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Re: AR Caliber Conundrum
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04/22/18 09:46 PM
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Waiting on delivery of another 7.62x39 medium weight barrel. Everything else is in stock for another hog hammer!
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