Hopefully it shoots great. It’s my understanding that many of the first budget barrels were chambered with reamers that weren’t optimal for precision. I believe PSA was in that category for early adopters, but I’m not sure if they’ve changed up their reamers. Ultimately, I think the use of the early reamers while the factory cartridge specs were being finalized severely hurt the Valkyrie coming to market. Ppl nuking the loads and trying to push 80-90’s up to 2900fps + from 18” barrels and destroying brass after 1-2 firings didn’t help either.
Barrels from CMT, Craddock, WOA, Rainier and a few others have proved to be excellent performers. I’ve got 2 of the Rainier and 2 WOA. 1 of my WOA is still sitting as a reserve barrel, but the other 3 have been great. The WOA has yielded the best results with the AE 75 plinking ammo, as well as the FGMM 90’s and 80eld handloads. The RA’s have done great with the FGMM 80.5’s and 80eld handloads. The RA barrels are a 1:7.5t and have not stabilized all lots of FGMM 90’s that I’ve tested.
When Rainier had them on sale for 224$, they were a steal!! They are freaking lasers with H4895 and 80elds. If the PSA doesn’t work out, try to locate a Rainier or WOA. If you can’t source either, send me an IM. If that doesn’t work, contact Craddock!
For projectiles, stick to 75-88gr bullets for the most part. There just isn’t really enough case capacity to make the 90-95’s a viable option unless you’re going with a short barrel or just looking for maximum supersonic distance. Inside of 1200yds, 80elds over h4895 will beat out the heavier bullets in drop and drift if using a 20-24” barrel in most situations.