.224 Valkyrie? Future competitor to the 6.5 Grendel?

[StoneHendge]

Thanks for catching the uneven playing field.

This is not the first time that unneeded debate and rancor was caused by someone who biased an assessment for a new cartridge.

It happens often enough that one coukd wonder ifnthe ruckus was the actual objective. As we have seen before, notoriety gets name recognition and just recogning the name can sell things.

Just read the review again and it seems that the 90 gr VLD going 2700 was pulled out of thin air. No comment whatsoever in the article as to where that number came from. Just a number in a chart. Not saying it's not possible, but debate is pointless until there's actual real world data.

But Federal must smell blood in the water with Nosler's stupid design. There's obviously a market (and a high end one at that) as I keep seeing more barrel makers get into 22 Nosler. Looks like Rainier will now sell you several different configurations in their ultra match line for 500 clams.

I think the most telling sign of the problems with 22 Nosler is that 9 months after introduction, not a single powder manufacturer has put out any load data. Nor has anyone else put their name on the stupid rebated rimmed brass.