My 204r, 20 practical, and 20 vartarg. Mmm. Mmm good!
I rebarreled a Rem XR 100 with a Criteron Remage Barrel 26inch 11 twist. With a 20 BR Chamber. It was very easy to tune and shoots several different powders well with 40g bullets. I wish Hornaday Sierra or Nosler would come out with 50g bullet . It is fun to shoot. Amazing how fast that bullet gets too 400yd.steel.
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I was chuckling about the title and, slancey, I thought you should’ve written yippee I fell for the 20’s !!!!! The only bad part is the financial when you keep buying them. They are addictive BUT they are everything that they are advertised to be. Welcome to the club !!!
100% mirrors my experienceWell, I'm definitely happy now, but that title is a little tongue-in-cheek in that I always thought the .22s were the best varmint cartridges. Having shot the dogs with .222 Rem. Mag., .220 Swift, and .22-250 over the years, I just couldn't imagine the trade-offs were worth it. Finally admitting I was wrong was the hardest part! Not that the .22s aren't great. It's just that the .20s elevate the experience to a new level.
After years of reading about the 20s, hearing about the 20s, watching the 20s do their thing, and resisting the 20 calibers, I finally jumped in. I bought this .20 Tactical and liked it so much I bought a couple of .204 Rugers, all Dakota Varminters.
Yup, you guys were right. They're easy to load and tune, and they shoot like crazy. The lack of recoil is the real bonus. So if you are like I was for all this time, and still on the fence, be careful. Once you buy one, you may never shoot anything else. I've owned, loaded, and shot rifles in 35 different cartridges over the last 35 years, and this is turning out to be the most fun I've had with a rifle.
I'll be taking this one to my family farm in Wisconsin soon, which just happens to have a woodchuck and ground squirrel problem. More pictures to follow...
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I think the BC is a little better on the 40g vmax and 39 Sierra's. I would guess.