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Old September 23, 2017, 02:32 PM   #1
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New project.

Next project, waiting for everything is killing me!



If you want more info, www.7mmvalkyrie.com
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Old September 23, 2017, 10:10 PM   #2
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Hit CarJunkieLS1 up I think he has a couple AR rifles in that chamber.
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Old September 24, 2017, 08:24 AM   #3
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Post when you get some results, an interesting one like the .270 AR

Thought about these before, but way too much work for brass for me so I stick with the Grendel.

Call me lazy...
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Old October 29, 2017, 06:26 PM   #4
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Now that things have progressed.

Wildcat case with parent case.


Wildcat, parent and loaded round.


Upper on my sons lower until I get another.
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Old November 1, 2017, 05:39 PM   #5
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Is that one of Bruce's (Bigdawg) barrels? That barrel look thick and heavy. I have the 270AR in side charger and love it. But forming the brass is work unless you've got pockets deep enough to pay Bruce to make it. I tried to form 270AR brass with Starlines Creedmoor brass but it wrinkled. I'm going to try it again this weekend when I get some more of that brass later this week. But I'll anneal it this time around. If it works, that will save having to do all the neck work.
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Old November 1, 2017, 05:43 PM   #6
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Just look at Bruce's site. Didn't know he was selling bull barrels.
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Old November 1, 2017, 11:28 PM   #7
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Yeah, Bruce is a good guy to deal with. He did my first run of brass and told me how to do the rest, have a friend with an annealer to help.

I went with a 24" heavy barrel and it still makes the 17" hand guard look small. Still waiting to pick up a scope, looking at either a Nightforce SHV or Leupold.
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Old January 18, 2018, 03:33 AM   #8
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Bump for guys thinking about buying a BCA upper or other stuff.
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Old January 20, 2018, 08:24 AM   #9
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Are you in the Facebook group for the Valkyrie?

I've got a 20" Valkyrie I use for deer hunting and I LOVE it.
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Old January 23, 2018, 03:57 AM   #10
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No, I'm on the Mad Dog site.

Probably doesn't get the same amount of traffic but Bruce will answer your questions within the day. He's probably the most knowledgeable about it also.
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Old January 29, 2018, 12:09 PM   #11
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+1 to Bruce. Always helpful and so knowledgable.
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Old January 30, 2018, 10:07 PM   #12
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Nice 7 miker miker Valk bbl!!
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Old January 31, 2018, 02:06 PM   #13
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Will this be a range gun? Hunting rifle? I'm just more or less curious what you think the final build weight will be...?

It looks like the final product, especially with high-end glass on it will be superb shooter, and would function very well as a hunting rifle (for some reason 7mm has a hunting stigma in my head, hard to think of it as a range round) but then there's the weight.
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Old January 31, 2018, 03:51 PM   #14
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I built it more for the range/desert as living in SoCal I have access to both.

It does make a great hunting round, plenty of guys have posted pics of their hunts on the FB page and the Mad Dog sight.
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That makes sense... and it sounds like you have a great situation to really take it to its limits. Congrats!
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