another new caliber

t-roy · 12-19-2003, 06:08 PM

anybody heard much about the ruger .204? just heard about it, checked ruger's site, guns will be out march '04. i believe its a .223 necked down to a .20 caliber bullet. uses less powder and hits speeds arong 4200fps
should be a heck of a varmint round

James B · 12-19-2003, 07:57 PM

I read about them. Its a bit of a step up from the 17 remington.

biggunz.45-70 · 12-19-2003, 08:36 PM

I think I read that its more like a .222 mag necked down to .20 cal. Do we really need a .20 cal? I think ruger should bring out a line of beltless magnums designed to fit in a std length mk II action. More power than the wsm line and not so stupidly big like the ultra mags.

Vapodog · 12-19-2003, 08:42 PM

It's actually a .222 Remington Magnum necked to a .204 diameter bullet.

I built a similar one three years ago by altering a .222 Remington reamer and proceeding to make a chamber and then a sizing die. It's a very fine round seeing velocities well past 4,000 ft/sec and seriously little recoil. Accuracy is good and the Pdogs just vaporize.....hence I named it the 5MM Vapodog.

I wouldn't begin to forecast how sales will go....I think Hornady (the Mfr. of the ammo) has made a big mistake by not using the .223 case.....time will tell.

t-roy · 12-25-2003, 03:12 AM

here it is straight from the horses mouth

http://www.ruger.com/firearms/news-11-06-2003.html

eldeguello · 12-25-2003, 05:37 AM

YES!! We really needed this!

Drilling-Man · 12-25-2003, 09:05 AM

I don't know "if" we really need it, but i'm a big fan of the 5mm rimfire Remington made in the 70's, and it sure performes great! I still have one of the tube feed rifles, and several boxes of ammo, but i sure hate to shoot all that ammo up!!

Anyway, i always figured that the reason the 5mm mag out performed the 22 win mag by such a wide margin was because of bullet design! The little 5mm bullet really does a great job in the rim fire!