224 Valkyrie

The .224 Valkyrie is equally at home in the AR-15 or the bolt-action rifle; here’s everything you need to know about the precision rifle cartridge.224 Valkyrie belongs in a bolt-action rifle just as much as in an AR-15.

224 valkyrie bolt

What the Valkyrie offers, that no other cartridge does, is a factory-supported .22-caliber VLD-friendly cartridge case that can fit loaded rounds in the length-restrictive standard AR-15 detachable magazine. To understand where and how the Valkyrie makes sense, it’s best to take a detailed look at its chamber and cartridge design, followed by an assessment of how it does in both bolt-action and semiautomatic platforms.