Just milling around some ideas. I currently have a 224 Valkyrie AR and multiple 22-250 bolt guns as well as multiple .223s.
But im considering getting a Ruger American Gen2 22arc since they don't chamber it in 22-250.
If i do i would like to also get a 22ARC upper for one of my ARs.
I would like to be able to work up a load with 62gr ELD-VTs that i could accurately shoot in both. I know this would be difficult without having both headspaced nearly identical with identical freebores. And even then it's not going to be perfect.
But if I can get a load that around 0.5MOA in the bolt gun and sub 1 MOA in the AR i would be content.
The question I'm milling around in my head is if I were to do rifle length +2 gas system on the AR with an adjustable gas block would i be able to run close or even equal to bolt gun pressures in the AR. Instead of having to compromise with lower velocities in both to maintain the lower AR pressures.
The 22ARC is already spec'd lower pressure than 224 Valkyrie. And I run my valkyrie on the high side of pressures with 80.5gr Berger Fullbore and 26.6-26.8gr of CFE223 depending on ambient temp (cfe223 is not at all temp stable) so I have summer and winter loads.
This would lead me to believe that a 22 ARC with rifle length +2 gas system and adj gas block would probably run fine on 22ARC loads that are closer to bolt gun pressures.
is anyone else doing this or have any thoughts on it?
The whole reason for wanting to do this is the 224 Valkyrie i just can not manage to get it to shoot sub MOA with the 62 ELD-VT. It shoots sub MOA with 80.5 berger, 60 B-tips, 53 Vmax, and around 1 MOA with 75 BTHP. But the best load I've found with the 62 ELD-VT is still about 1
5" at 100yrds. And it took a lot to get there. My first loades started out over 3MOA. Doesnt matter how far from loads or what powder or what chargeweight. I just cant get them to shoot in the valkyrie.
But im considering getting a Ruger American Gen2 22arc since they don't chamber it in 22-250.
If i do i would like to also get a 22ARC upper for one of my ARs.
I would like to be able to work up a load with 62gr ELD-VTs that i could accurately shoot in both. I know this would be difficult without having both headspaced nearly identical with identical freebores. And even then it's not going to be perfect.
But if I can get a load that around 0.5MOA in the bolt gun and sub 1 MOA in the AR i would be content.
The question I'm milling around in my head is if I were to do rifle length +2 gas system on the AR with an adjustable gas block would i be able to run close or even equal to bolt gun pressures in the AR. Instead of having to compromise with lower velocities in both to maintain the lower AR pressures.
The 22ARC is already spec'd lower pressure than 224 Valkyrie. And I run my valkyrie on the high side of pressures with 80.5gr Berger Fullbore and 26.6-26.8gr of CFE223 depending on ambient temp (cfe223 is not at all temp stable) so I have summer and winter loads.
This would lead me to believe that a 22 ARC with rifle length +2 gas system and adj gas block would probably run fine on 22ARC loads that are closer to bolt gun pressures.
is anyone else doing this or have any thoughts on it?
The whole reason for wanting to do this is the 224 Valkyrie i just can not manage to get it to shoot sub MOA with the 62 ELD-VT. It shoots sub MOA with 80.5 berger, 60 B-tips, 53 Vmax, and around 1 MOA with 75 BTHP. But the best load I've found with the 62 ELD-VT is still about 1
5" at 100yrds. And it took a lot to get there. My first loades started out over 3MOA. Doesnt matter how far from loads or what powder or what chargeweight. I just cant get them to shoot in the valkyrie.
