I have a friend who is a Sgt 1st Class in the WA Army National Guard. Three combat tours, airborne, sniper, every badge except Ranger it seems.
He and some friends head to western Montana every year to shoot ground squirrels and rock chucks(?).
He takes a 17 HMR, a 223 AR, and wants something for 450 yards plus.
224 Valkyrie? Or a bolt gun by who in what? 22-250/22-250AI/22 Creed, 1 in 8 twist?
Or, get a used Remington 700 action, screw on a Remage in 22-250 fast twist, and drop it in something with an AICS magwell and go forth and conquer?
Valk would work, but the splat factor happens with speed, and that isn't what the valk does.
You could have a .22 Creed screwed together in three weeks.
FYI Alpha is out of brass (next week?) and RL 26 is a bit tough to find, but you could always run H4350 and Lapua or ADG 6 Creed and neck down.
