{"id":91229,"date":"2018-05-05T15:17:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T19:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=91229"},"modified":"2018-05-05T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:31:19","slug":"hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_91230\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumb_IMG_8495_1024.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91230\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\" class=\"wp-image-91230 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumb_IMG_8495_1024-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumb_IMG_8495_1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumb_IMG_8495_1024-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumb_IMG_8495_1024-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hornady is now making 224 Valkyrie.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/flight-valkyrie-224-puts-rounds-steel-1-mile-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\">said it before<\/a>, but 224 Valkyrie is the greatest AR development since the free float handguard, at least in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Since it\u2019s initial release just a few months ago, it has taken the small frame AR world by storm. I was absolutely stunned when I\u00a0was\u00a0able to\u00a0put\u00a0lead on steel at a full\u00a0mile with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/flight-valkyrie-224-puts-rounds-steel-1-mile-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\">Federal&#8217;s\u00a0Valkyrie offering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But just because I like it doesn&#8217;t mean everyone else will.\u00a0 As we all know, the road for a new caliber to acceptance is littered with the shattered bones of many that fell along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Hornady is now throwing their\u00a0hat into the Valkyrie ring is a great sign for the cartridge.\u00a0 Hornady told me at NRAAM that their 88-grain version will hit store shelves in June.\u00a0\u00a0I have never seen Hornady jump on a new caliber faster, which also speaks volumes about its potential for it to become a mainstay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91245\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HornadyMatchValkyrie.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91245\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\" class=\"size-large wp-image-91245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HornadyMatchValkyrie-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HornadyMatchValkyrie-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HornadyMatchValkyrie-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HornadyMatchValkyrie-400x275.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HornadyMatchValkyrie-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/HornadyMatchValkyrie.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The skinny on the deets.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/flight-valkyrie-224-puts-rounds-steel-1-mile-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\">\u00a0Flight of the Valkyrie: .224 Puts Rounds On Steel at 1 Mile \u2014 Review<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_91232\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-11.48.47-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91232\" title=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\" class=\"wp-image-91232 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-11.48.47-AM-1024x517.png\" alt=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-11.48.47-AM-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-11.48.47-AM-150x76.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-11.48.47-AM-400x202.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-11.48.47-AM-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-11.48.47-AM.png 1046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pre-order today.\u00a0 Trust me, this is going to go fast.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hornady has been crushing it in recent years with accuracy and consistency, across the board. The 224 will be from the ELD-Match family to start with and I bet we see offerings in Black and ELD-X in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The 88-grain projectile has an advertised ballistic coefficient of .545 G1\/ .274 G7 and an advertised velocity of 2700 fps. This is going to be a winner.\u00a0 I recommend you pre-order some today.\u00a0 This stuff is going to sell faster than they can make it.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hornady.com\/\" campaign=\"HornadyNRAAM2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Hornady.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Get your AR some revolutionary feed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve said it before, but 224 Valkyrie is the greatest AR development since the free float handguard, at least in my opinion. Since it\u2019s initial release just a few months ago, it has taken the small frame AR world by storm. I was absolutely stunned when I\u00a0was\u00a0able to\u00a0put\u00a0lead on steel at a full\u00a0mile with Federal&#8217;s\u00a0Valkyrie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":91247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,226],"tags":[299,132,499,617,1090],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-clay-martin","9":"tag-ammo-2","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-hornady","12":"tag-industry-news","13":"tag-nra-2018"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition - Authors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hornady-unveils-224-valkyrie-88-grains-of-revolutionary-ar-feed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hornady Unveils 224 Valkyrie Ammunition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#039;ve said it before, but 224 Valkyrie is the greatest AR development since the free float handguard, at least in my opinion. 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