It looks Like My New 20 Vartarg is a Shooter.

[stubblejumper]

I finally got around to fire forming brass, and developing loads for my new 20 Vartarg. I started with the 32gr v-max seated .010" off of the lands, but the accuracy was only around 3/4" for five shots, not great for a heavy barreled varmint gun, but not bad considering that I was fire forming cases, and shooting at 0 degrees, with snow coming down. At .005" off of the lands, things improved slightly, but still not great. However, with the v-max seated to the lands, and 18gr of R-7, the groups tightened up to under 1/2" for five shots at 100 yards. Below is the rifle, and my last five shot group. I will continue fire forming, until I have a good supply of fire formed brass, and then I will see just how well the rifle will shoot.

 

[Win 38-55]

Superb. It must be a pleasure to shoot with that kind of accuracy.

 

[steyrman]

I bought a Cooper Custom Classic in 20VT with 22" barrel from Clay a few years ago and put it on hold for a bit, at least until I had a chance to talk to Todd Kindler (The Woodchuck Den) the originator of the 20VT. He claimed that while it was intended to be a 250-300 yd item he found it worked well out to 400-500 yds with the right rig, and also stated the it can outperform the 223 AI by having less wind drift and less bullet drop. He suggested a hot load of 22.4 of H335 and a 32 gr V-Max @ 1.90" OA, while pressures were up, it would group a consistent .375 or better, I tried bullets from 26 - 45 gr, all grouped well, but settled on the 32 gr V-Max. I have just loaded some 32 gr Z-Max at 20 / 20.5 / 21 / 21.5 and 22 gr of H335 and at 1.90 OA to see if the groups will tighten up a bit, great little cartridge, super accurate, quiet and cheap to feed. I also tried, IMR-8028 XBR, RL-7, H4198, and H322, but settled on H335 with the 32 gr, H4198 did very well with the heavier bullets, all were accurate.