Buzz reloading is a powder charge that has worked for other people, but he doesn't do any testing in his own rifle.

I had my best results with 2000 MR /Varget/ and your favorite Reloder 17.
Was visiting with a couple of FClass shooters in Mississippi who also said 2000 MR was the cat’s meow for tha Valkyrie.
Mine shot well enough that a friend who watched me shoot it took it home.....He called and said come by his office and instead of the rifle he gave me a check.

The 224 V is based (loosely) on the 6.8 SPC case. It has the same exact case head size as a 6.8, so you can use a 6.8 SPC bolt carrier for the 224 V. But you can't simply neck down the 6.8 to .224" and get the long heavy .224" bullets to fit in an AR mag. The bullets would have to be seated much too long. So the design of the 224 V is to use the 6.8 case, shorten the case length and move the shoulder back some. The shoulder on the 224 V is .1" shorter than the 6.8 (1.3-1.203"), and the overall case length is shorter by .075" (1.675"-1.6"). This will allow the long .224" bullets to fit in an AR mag, and be seated in the case properly. It's the same exact concept the 6.5 Creedmoor did compared to the 260 Rem (as far as the shorter shoulder and shorter case length goes). And the 224 V has the optimum 30 degree shoulder angle, where the 6.8 has a 23 degree shoulder angle.

Some of the newer rounds being developed now are being designed to accommodate the heavy and high BC bullets we are seeing now. The reason why the 6.8 round is a great choice for an AR, is the lighter weight 270 bullets (.277" diameter) have a real short ogive to tip length. This will allow them to be seated out long, have more powder capacity inside the case (means more speed) and still fit and feed in an AR.


224 Valkrie


6.8 SPC