.204 Ruger loads

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What is your favorite powder and bullet for the .204? Im looking for a good predator load and bought some 35 gr. Bergers and 39 gr. Sierra BT. For powder I bought some H322 and some Benchmark that Im planning on trying.
For gophers Im going to stick with the factory Hornady loads and Im getting under 1/2 " groups and velocity is extreme.

Cheers!!
 
For 35 gr Bergers I shoot 26 grs of RL-10x or 28 grs of H4895. For the BlitzKings it's 26grs of H4895 in one gun and 27 grs of H4895 in another gun. For 40 grn Bergers it's 27 grs of H4895 or 25 grns RL-10x.

Here is a list of favorites that was posted here some time ago.

ht tp://www.wrzwaldo.org/reloading/public/204_Ruger_Favorite_Loads.html

What kind of gun are you shooting?
Hope this helps.
 
Sorry stepped away from the computer for a minute for a heavy duty wresting match with the 5 year old.
I'm shooting a cheap Rem sps, it shoots factory 32grn'ers to 1 1/4" only but all my hand loads so far are 1/2". My 1 friend is shooting a CV527 varmint and he is between 1/4 and 1/2 inch.
Over the holidays another friend just bought a Rem sps stainless and it shoots the 32 grn hornady ammo in just under a dime with first test group.
 
I use 32 grain Hornady bullets with 26.6 graind of H332, CCI primers and Hornady brass. I has less velocity than factory rounds but has an edge on accuracy.

Factory Hornady 32 grains has been very good to me, 5/8 -3/4 MOA with the odd 1/2" 5 shot group on a perfect day.
 
I'm having excellent results with the 39 gr. Sierras and 25.6gr. of AA2015.Was out to the range yesterday to dial in a new Leupold scope and shot 3 rounds for 3/8" at 100 meters after all adjustments were made.....Ken.
 
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