Stag Arms offers new AR rifles chambered in .224 Valkyrie

By Daniel Terrill

Chris Berlinski, marketing director for Stag Arms, poses with the new Stag 15 Valkryie rifle at the company’s booth during SHOT Show 2018 in Las Vegas. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Stag Arms introduced a new series of rifles built around the popular .224 Valkyrie cartridge, an exclusive round made by Federal Premium Ammunition, this week at SHOT Show 2018 in Las Vegas.
Stag’s marketing director Chris Berlinski explained the advantage to the new Stag 15 Valkryie is the combination of its size and the round’s capabilities. “It’s a small-frame AR that allows you to shoot supersonic passed 1,300 yards. So, you are getting the long-range aspect of a 6.5 Creedmoor in a small-frame AR-15. And the cost of ammunition is much less expensive,” he said.
The Stag 15 Valkryie operates using a mid-length gas system and is equipped with a Magpul PRS stock, an aluminum enhanced trigger guard and Hogue pistol grip. The rifle features an 18-inch 416R stainless steel fluted heavy barrel, Stag’s two-stage match trigger that’s coated in Nickel-Boron, and a Manganese Phosphate coated, chrome lined 6.8 SPC II bolt carrier group.
The new Stag 15 Valkryie is available in both right- and left-handed configurations. The rifle has an 18-inch barrel, and measures

Source: Guns.com