Palmetto State Armory Long Range Rifles – .224 Valkyrie & 6.5 Creedmoor

By Tom McHale

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- In Long-Range AR Rifle Options: 6.5mm Creedmoor and .224 Valkyrie we talked about two great long-range cartridges for use in the AR-15 and AR-10 platforms. That was the theoretical part. Now it’s time to take a real-world look at both.

What better way to do that than with a pair of matching rifles? The Palmetto State Armory .224 Valkyrie is built on the company’s AR-15 lower receiver platform while the Palmetto State Armory PA-65 is a 6.5mm Creedmoor offering on their AR-10 chassis. Most everything else on the two rifles shares the same material specs. Of course, the bolt carrier group, magazines, and upper receivers are sized for their individual AR-10 and AR-15 platforms.

Both rifles use 20-inch barrel and rifle-length gas systems, both of which are entirely appropriate for their intended longer-range use. The barrels are a heavy profile and made of 416R Stainless Steel. Both measure 0.74 inches in diameter on the outside, so the only difference is the hole. The .224 Valkyrie features a 1:7-inch twist rate while the 6.5mm Creedmoor uses 1:8. …Read the Rest

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