204 or 223 for gophers

My 9 year old daughter shooting my Tikka T3 SS Varmint in .204 Ruger.






I have had some amazing and explosive results with 32 and 4 grain Vmax's and 32 Grain Nosler Ballistic tips.

It did take a bit to get some loads that the rifle likes....but its fun to spend alot of time at the range :D


As for it being a "Barrel Burner" So what? Burn out the barrel, you just screw a new one in!! :D
 
Denn0001 said:
the idea is to sneak up on the colony and see how many you can pick off. Most of the time a .22LR can hit near a gopher and it will just wonder what's going on until you take the next shot.
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Sneak up? Gophers? My idea of sneaking up on gophers is turning down the Sirius sattelite radio in my black FORD blind.
 
Ah yes,prairie boys,springtime and gophers...

I've never used a .204,but must admit to taking a few truckloads with the 223 over the yrs. It is an excellent gopher ctg-cheap and easy to reload and shoot. A good rest helps a lot and gets you to a point where the biggest challenge is doping the wind. Back when I used to "plough" the gopher fields north of Edmonton I built an adapter platform which allowed me to use my shooting rest on a BREN tripod. When you got into a heavy colony it was worth the time to unload it and set it up.

In simpler times we used to go on month-long spring training concentrations to Camp Wainwright which always had a high gopher population,especially in some of the open areas overlooking the Battle River. A number of times we booked these areas for live fire exercises,something like "the platoon in defence",and proceeded to while away the time and the gopher population with pistols,SMGs,C1s and C2s.I credit this with really improving my pistol marksmanship.Then there were the Wainwright rifle ranges where one or more brave/stupid/lucky/unlucky ones would always feel an urge to cross the range at the wrong time.
 
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