the 204 ruger, anyone know the effective range for it.
I think there is a bit of a correlation in range and case size.....just about all the cartridges based on the 222, 223, 222 mag case have about the same range.....that's about 250 yards.
This also seems to be true of the .243, .260, 7-08, .308 rounds.....all have about the same range
Also the 6.5-06, .270, 280, .30-06, 338-06 and 35 Whelen all seem to have similar ranges.
These correlations certainly aren't exact but are surprisingly similar.
What we gain in speed of the smaller calibers we loose in down range energy and the trade offs seem to even much of it out in the end.
There's only so much energy that one can pack in the case.....and that's all we can get out of it.....
In other words the range of the 204 is about the same as the 223 and the 17 Remington.....about 250 yards......maybe a bit more.