Is a .204 Ruger as great as people say it is? I want to hear what people have to say about it. What guns they have shot and how well they shoot.

I have bought two of them, my brother has one now. Its extremely flat, and very accurate in a decent gun. And explosive on groundhogs. Now the bad. I can't get mine to shoot 40gr or higher bullets well at all. I think it would take a tighter twist. I would rather have a 22-250 after its all said and done. But I am keeping mine. Its fun. I can littlerly watch the impact thru my scope.

[align=left]No personal experience but I've looked into for awhile. My basic conclusion would mirror bigcountry's. Great little round...but doesn't really offer anything new. And when its all said and done I'm stickin' with my 22-250. Recoil is low enough on my 700w/scope that I can watch impacts on mine as well...unless its low-light. Then all I see is ORANGE!!!!!!!!!!----dead animal/paper
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I was thinking about a .204, but now I am thinking a 25 WSSM

I knwo someone that has a 25 wssm and the barrels on them burn out very quickly.

What everyone else said + I'm sticking with my 220 Swift and will make the claim that after 70 odd years, it is still the Arnold Palmer (the King) of all Varmit calibers. And OBTW, don't buy the crap about long actions and excessive powder use.....won't fly on this airfield. You want to kill critters at 200 yards or 500 yards? Clear choice.Regards, Rick.

I present my 220 Swifty on a Carl Gustaf Action, Shilen barrel, Traister trigger, crappy MarkII safety, Fair Sightron 6x16 target scope and a nice Boyd'ssalt and pepperlaminated stock.....total cost 520 bucks.

That is a nice rifle. I already own a .204 but havnt had the chance to shoot it yet. I just wanted to hear what everyone had to say about it. I want to make a decent benchrest rifle out of it. We dont have many varmints around here. Unless you count cats as varmints. I would like to go varmint hunting sometime. The only varmint ive ever hunted is gators in Alabama. Thanks for everyones input.