Anybody using the Ruger .204
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RE: Anybody using the Ruger .204
Thanks guys, I am shooting a Swift right now and am looking for something with similar ballistics, I read as many pages as I could to see who else was using it (swift). I didn't even recognize the .204 came up so often.. Didn't mean to be repetitive, just got excited.
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RE: Anybody using the Ruger .204
I don't know if you seen me ever mention it in the CB forum but I like my .204 alot. It is flat and fast and is the sweet spot between the .17 and a .22 cal round. The .204 also is considered a "safer" round since it does not ricochet as much as the .22 cal rounds will. The best Hand load I have worked up is 39 bliztskings on 28 grain of 4895. was about 5/8 inch group I think. Have shot it much since I had to many forks in the fire, but am getting ready to start hand loads again for this spring. Things look alot better now since when I first bought it the only way you could get brass was to buy Hornady.Hornady and Sierra where the only bullet makers at that time also. Now they are all making them and brass is available. This spring should be fun.
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RE: Anybody using the Ruger .204
What kind of groups you getting the the 40gr Bergers?
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RE: Anybody using the Ruger .204
I'm shooting about a 1/2"-5/8" group @ 100 yards with 39gr of BLC(2), factory Hornaday brass once fired from my gun and neck sized, a 40gr V-Max bullet, and CCI primers. I haven't shot it through a chrono, but out to around 300 yards my point of impact is still close to the factory loads. I haven't got to shoot with zero wind yet either.
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