Ready for those speedy varmints.

[dan belisle]

Rem 700 in 204 Ruger. 32 gr Hornadys over Win 748. Shame its more accurate at slower speeds. Ah well. Back to the bench. - danin

 

[leveractionjunkie]

Miss my local gopher fields. Late spring day, 700VLS in 204Ruger with 6-18x40 Leupold, laid over an elevated rock outcrop with a couple hundred freshly loaded v-maxes.

Life was good.

 

[CV32]

Miss my local gopher fields. Late spring day, 700VLS in 204Ruger with 6-18x40 Leupold, laid over an elevated rock outcrop with a couple hundred freshly loaded v-maxes. Life was good.

I have the same rifle chambered in 204 Ruger, this one with a 1 in 10 twist custom barrel for the slightly heavier pills. But no gophers.

 

[skwerl]

Holy phuk dan , that wouldnt even slow on impact, just xplode

 

[I Dont Care About You]

My 17 Fireball runs 4000 fps with a 20gr bullet. That little bullet blows the living carp out of gophers. It will go into a coyote and never come out.

At 200 yds the 17 cal bullet is still moving at 3000 fps.

 

[prosper]

my 204 has a very strong preference for the 39 grain sierras. The lighter bullets don't shoot nearly as well. But the 39's get up to 3900 or so, and fly well.

I sold off my 17 Rem in favour of my 204, it just does everythign a little bit better.

 

[.22LRGUY]

my 204 has a very strong preference for the 39 grain sierras. The lighter bullets don't shoot nearly as well. But the 39's get up to 3900 or so, and fly well.

I sold off my 17 Rem in favour of my 204, it just does everythign a little bit better.

I once had a 204 that ONLY shot the 39gr Blitzkings well. Issue was, they may as well been an FMJ for how poorly they performed on groundhogs. Even big ones. Pass-though, jump like they're bee-stung. Worked all spring to work-up that load, it was a Cooper and I had high hopes, but after seeing that=sold. Too nice to be laying in wet hay anyway in Ontario's sauna-like summer conditions. Interesting side-note, the target that came with the rifle was a very tight group using 32gr. V-Max. Cooper even gave me the load data over the phone (wouldn't email, liability?) but maybe I wasn't biting my lip the right way.

Now I shoot a Tikka Varmint, the 32gr. FACTORY almost clover-leafs @ 100 yards=no loading req. Now "my troubles seem so far away". lol Very fast/flat of course. Zeroed @ 100 yards, very little adjustment to the POA @ 200. lol Since most farms here aren't big by western standards, a 200 yard shot opportunity isn't even always there...only have one farm I can shoot out to 300.

 

[prosper]

huh. They turned gophers into mist for me pretty well, and my uncle regularly uses them on 'yotes with success

 

[hunter-4-life]

My 204 loves 39gr BlitzKings at 3850 FPS from a 22" barrel and IMR 8208XBR

I've had excellent results with the 39gr SBK, shoot cloverleafs and coyotes hate them

 

[Big bore dinosaur]

My 204 ruger really.like Hodgdon benchmark powder with anything under 40gr..