204 cal for groundhogs

[maddysdad]

what are your faverate loads for this round.how far can it shoot for humane kills on hogs.
gary b

 

[B23]

The Sierra 39gr Blitzking would be a really good place to start.

 

[Mark M.]

10X powder works the best out of mine with the 39gr Sierra Blitzking

 

[mikeinct]

500 meters 39 gr. SBK in the tac 20 or the 204... mike in ct

 

[varmintshooter]

8208 with 32 vmax or 39 sbk work well. The 39 sbk will be better in the wind and work well to 500+ yds. I call the 204 a point and shoot gun but I still like my 20vt better, just my opinion. My longest kill on a Ghog with a 204 was 554 yds with a Cooper classic shooting 32 zmax @ about 4150 fps. As it turned out I hit it in the head so it was DRT.

 

[stacy]

35GR BERGERS AND VARGET AT 4000FPS DOES A FINE JOB FOR ME

 

[Matt k]

35gr berger and benchmark for me

 

[long40shot]

Another vote for the 39 blitzkings and RL10x. I've not shot a groundhog with it, but they make a mess of a p-dog at 600yds.

 

[jpx2rk]

I've gotten good results with Benchmark, CFE223 and just recently Pro Varmint.

 

[shadrac]

rl 10x 39 bk hard to beat ive shot coyotes at 400 yards

 

[JSH]

Another vote for the 39 blitzkings and RL10x. I've not shot a groundhog with it, but they make a mess of a p-dog at 600yds.

Who did you watch do that?

 

[Bill K]

I have taken them out to around 410 yrd, so far, with a near max load of CFE223 under the 32 grain Nosler lead free. This same load unglues smaller varmints also.

 

[Loggins J]

35 grain berger 4895 good for mine out to 600 yards Remington 700

 

[Kimber.204]

I use 40gr Vmax and Varget per the Hornady manual.... But then I found out that the Fiocchi shoots as good as my handloads... So I've been buying it on sale for years

 

[JSH]

The Fiocchi is good ammo for sure. I have about ran out and not found any at good prices like I have in the past.

 

[Rick in Oregon]

My four 204's all seem to thrive on RL-10X and the 39gr SBK for long range work on rats and rock chucks. Great in the wind compared to the 32's past 350 yds.

 

[Alguapo]

I don't know about Ground hogs but I've killed several Badgers, several Rock Chucks and several thousands ++++++ of P dogs using the 32 Grn v/z max's from Hornady. H322 in the .204's and 8208 in the 20 Practical.

 

[KY_Windage]

No matter what bullet you shoot, at 300 yards in a 25 mph crosswind you are going to have to hold over several MOA for the wind. With the 32's I have to hold over a little more than with the 39's, but who cares? They are still very consistent (I think because they get there so fast, before the wind has time to affect them much). I decided to just pick one, learn it and stick with it.

The 32 VMaxes do a LOT of damage even out to 500 yards.