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.224 Valkyrie

I am using a 22" Bison Armory Fulcrum 1:6.5 twist barrel with 69gr TMK, CCI 41 (or 450), and 27.0gr of CFE223. I have a Griffin Recce5 suppressor on it. I'm at 2982fps. I killed 4 coyotes with it this past weekend at night with my thermal and the holes left in the coyotes was impressive. Pass throughs but huge devastation inside with tons of blood pouring out. Shots were just above the heart into the lungs. dead dead. Once I shoot up this batch, I'm going to try to load some at 27.5gr and 28.0gr. I'd like to get 3100fps if possible, and safe, and accurate.

used 68gr BTHP and 70gr MKZ, the 69gr TMK is better than the BTHP and a little cheaper than the MKZ. I just want them to go faster lol

Video of the 69gr TMK's and the four coyotes I got this last Saturday

 
I am using a 22" Bison Armory Fulcrum 1:6.5 twist barrel with 69gr TMK, CCI 41 (or 450), and 27.0gr of CFE223. I have a Griffin Recce5 suppressor on it. I'm at 2982fps. I killed 4 coyotes with it this past weekend at night with my thermal and the holes left in the coyotes was impressive. Pass throughs but huge devastation inside with tons of blood pouring out. Shots were just above the heart into the lungs. dead dead. Once I shoot up this batch, I'm going to try to load some at 27.5gr and 28.0gr. I'd like to get 3100fps if possible, and safe, and accurate.

used 68gr BTHP and 70gr MKZ, the 69gr TMK is better than the BTHP and a little cheaper than the MKZ. I just want them to go faster lol

Video of the 69gr TMK's and the four coyotes I got this last Saturday


I am using a 22" Bison Armory Fulcrum 1:6.5 twist barrel with 69gr TMK, CCI 41 (or 450), and 27.0gr of CFE223. I have a Griffin Recce5 suppressor on it. I'm at 2982fps. I killed 4 coyotes with it this past weekend at night with my thermal and the holes left in the coyotes was impressive. Pass throughs but huge devastation inside with tons of blood pouring out. Shots were just above the heart into the lungs. dead dead. Once I shoot up this batch, I'm going to try to load some at 27.5gr and 28.0gr. I'd like to get 3100fps if possible, and safe, and accurate.

used 68gr BTHP and 70gr MKZ, the 69gr TMK is better than the BTHP and a little cheaper than the MKZ. I just want them to go faster lol

Video of the 69gr TMK's and the four coyotes I got this last Saturday



You might check out 80gr eld m’s. Often called “little red rockets”. They perform excellently on deer.
Meanwhile, good job with your current setup! 👍
 
You might check out 80gr eld m’s. Often called “little red rockets”. They perform excellently on deer.
Meanwhile, good job with your current setup! 👍


I loaded some but I couldn't get them to group satisfactory.

1.37MOA at 2790FPS
1.44MOA at 2810FPS
2.63MOA at 2840FPS

Granted this was very quick and dirty workup but I wasn't close to an 1" so I gave up. Plus I wanted more speed for the coyotes, flatter is better for me at night.

the 77gr SMK went .67MOA at 2950fps, maybe I should try the 77gr TMK.. hmm..
 
I am using a 22" Bison Armory Fulcrum 1:6.5 twist barrel with 69gr TMK, CCI 41 (or 450), and 27.0gr of CFE223. I have a Griffin Recce5 suppressor on it. I'm at 2982fps. I killed 4 coyotes with it this past weekend at night with my thermal and the holes left in the coyotes was impressive. Pass throughs but huge devastation inside with tons of blood pouring out. Shots were just above the heart into the lungs. dead dead. Once I shoot up this batch, I'm going to try to load some at 27.5gr and 28.0gr. I'd like to get 3100fps if possible, and safe, and accurate.

used 68gr BTHP and 70gr MKZ, the 69gr TMK is better than the BTHP and a little cheaper than the MKZ. I just want them to go faster lol

Video of the 69gr TMK's and the four coyotes I got this last Saturday


Have you tried 6.5 staball? I use that to drive 80 grain bullets pretty fast in my 22 nosler bolt gun. I did throat it to seat the bullets out a bit further.
 
I loaded some but I couldn't get them to group satisfactory.

1.37MOA at 2790FPS
1.44MOA at 2810FPS
2.63MOA at 2840FPS

Granted this was very quick and dirty workup but I wasn't close to an 1" so I gave up. Plus I wanted more speed for the coyotes, flatter is better for me at night.

the 77gr SMK went .67MOA at 2950fps, maybe I should try the 77gr TMK.. hmm..
For me they were accurate with a good jump to lands. Like .030 or more, as I recall. With the ELD they seem to do better with a longer jump than being loaded close to or into the lands.
 
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Thanks for the feedback, I'll give it a try, but admittedly I haven't even measured my lands in this new barrel lol. I just load some and if its MOA and speed is good, I send it.
 
The 80 eldm’s seem to like 0.035” jump. The 88’s are more forgiving and will go 0.035”-0.090” jump and perform well normally. My early bison barrel needed windowed mags to get the right jump to make the 80’s work. My node is at 2920fps out of my 24” Bbl.
 
Decided to dust off my craddock 224 Valkyrie today. Haven’t messed with it in the past year. Shot my previous load of 25.7grs of varget with 85.5 hybrid but I set then 60 off the lands this time. This seems to be the sweet spot for every hybrid I have tried in multiple calibers. Shot 4 10 shot groups and every one was sub 3/4 moa at 200 yards with a sd of 3.5 across 40 shots. This is past book max but shows no signs of pressure in my rifle. Average velocity was 2760 from a 22” barrel.