204 Ruger Pretty cool!

[Slowshot]

As of a couple of years ago, my left handed Ruger M77 Hawkeye in 204 Ruger has become my favorite small bore rifle and cartridge. On a trip to the Olympics with my friend Russ Haydon. we set up soup can lids and other small targets at about 300 yards to see what results we could get. I was surprised to be quickly dialed in and punching holes through those soup can lids, all hits, no misses.

I am still working through a couple of boxes of Fiocchi Extrema 32 gr. V-max that I bought for that rifle, while also experimenting with handloads. I have a lot of work to do to get the rifle fully dialed in but 100 % hits on soup can lids at 300 yards is a pretty good place to start.

As some of you know I am disabled and unable to shoot off hand. For any place other than at a gun range, I shoot with a Caldwell Deadshot Field Pod. Here is that setup:

 

[Hal]

Good looking rifle. Your field pod looks like it would very steady.

Hal

 

[Slowshot]

Good looking rifle. Your field pod looks like it would very steady.

Hal

Yes, it is quite stable, while giving smooth wide ranging movement for windage and elevation. If I was buying now, I would get the Caldwell fieldpod that has a chair and folds up to be carried like a backpack.

 

[STOMP442]

Nice rig all the way around. I love a Ruger rifle, they are beautiful.

 

[Slowshot]

Nice rig all the way around. I love a Ruger rifle, they are beautiful.

I may be alone but I think the most beautiful rifle I ever owned was a Ruger No. 1V in 220 Swift. It was very accurate hard hitting and a beauty.

 

[drags]

As of a couple of years ago, my left handed Ruger M77 Hawkeye in 204 Ruger has become my favorite small bore rifle and cartridge. On a trip to the Olympics with my friend Russ Haydon. we set up soup can lids and other small targets at about 300 yards to see what results we could get. I was surprised to be quickly dialed in and punching holes through those soup can lids, all hits, no misses.

I am still working through a couple of boxes of Fiocchi Extrema 32 gr. V-max that I bought for that rifle, while also experimenting with handloads. I have a lot of work to do to get the rifle fully dialed in but 100 % hits on soup can lids at 300 yards is a pretty good place to start.

As some of you know I am disabled and unable to shoot off hand. For any place other than at a gun range, I shoot with a Caldwell Deadshot Field Pod. Here is that setup:

Does the tripod come with it?
Drags

 

[Slowshot]

Does the tripod come with it?
Drags

I am not sure what you are asking. The only rifle I recently had for sale was a CZ 527 in .223 Rem. The buyer and I will be meeting tomorrow at Bullseye in Tacoma to complete that sale.

The tripod was a separate purchase. If you do not share my disability, I see little reason for the expense of the Caldwell Deadshot Field Pod. Even if rifles are getting heavy for you as you age, a monopod or a shooting stick should be enough of an assist for most. I do what I need to do to overcome a partially paralyzed right hand, and no more.

 

[JB10]

I love my 204, plain ugly ruger american predator but it shoots good

 

[Slowshot]

Shoots good beats beautiful every time. If my Hawkeye was not accurate and reliable, it would just be a wall hanger on someone else's wall. Both of my Ruger No. 1s have been accurate, though I needed to have the 1A in 222 converted to a 1V in 222 to satisfy me. It is amazing what a Shilen barrel, and a Jard trigger can do to an otherwise decent rifle. I got rid of the 1V in 220 Swift because I saw it as a piece of hardware with no real purpose that could not be gotten from rifles that still have commercial ammunition and loading components available at the local big box firearms stores.

 

[jcarpen]

That Caldwell tripod works pretty well in the prairie dog fields too. Tell Russ hello.

 

[drags]

I am not sure what you are asking. The only rifle I recently had for sale was a CZ 527 in .223 Rem. The buyer and I will be meeting tomorrow at Bullseye in Tacoma to complete that sale.

The tripod was a separate purchase. If you do not share my disability, I see little reason for the expense of the Caldwell Deadshot Field Pod. Even if rifles are getting heavy for you as you age, a monopod or a shooting stick should be enough of an assist for most. I do what I need to do to overcome a partially paralyzed right hand, and no more.

To be clear I am asking if the tripod and caldwell deadshot are one unit not if they are for sale.
Drags

 

[Rick in Oregon]

I've been a die-hard 204 fan since I received the very first one on the west coast when it was introduced in 2006 (Sako M75 Varmint). Since then, my four 204's have accounted for literally thousands of alfalfa-munching ground squirrels and hundreds of rock chucks, shooting mostly Nosler 32gr BT's and VG's over RL-10X. Using my bevy of 204's, I've taken both squirrels and chucks well past 400 yards on many occasions. My Cooper MTV 204 still shoots under .25" on a daily basis, so soup can lids at 300 is totally believable.

Some here may be aware of my association with the BR Pivot, which Russ Haydon and I both used during an uneventful squirrel shoot here 20 years ago (our fields had been poisoned without warning). This portable rotating bench may be the answer to your disability issue, as it offers both a comfy sitting arrangement, complete stability and the ability to rotate 360* to engage any target that presents itself. I presently have no interest or holdings in the BRP, it's now offered by Caldwell through MidwayUSA, and is almost a perfect clone of my original......almost.

Can't comment on the pod thing, don't use that method, but DO use and admire the 204R for what it is and what its capable of doing.

 

[searcher]

I am not sure what you are asking. The only rifle I recently had for sale was a CZ 527 in .223 Rem. The buyer and I will be meeting tomorrow at Bullseye in Tacoma to complete that sale.

The tripod was a separate purchase. If you do not share my disability, I see little reason for the expense of the Caldwell Deadshot Field Pod. Even if rifles are getting heavy for you as you age, a monopod or a shooting stick should be enough of an assist for most. I do what I need to do to overcome a partially paralyzed right hand, and no more.

I like to shoot off a rotating table when after ground squirrels - but when doing quick set-up or having to move the truck a lot - those Caldwell Magnum tripods are the way to go. Being able to consistently hit 3" soup can lids from 300 with factory ammo isn't too shabby.

 

[Slowshot]

I like to shoot off a rotating table when after ground squirrels - but when doing quick set-up or having to move the truck a lot - those Caldwell Magnum tripods are the way to go. Being able to consistently hit 3" soup can lids from 300 with factory ammo isn't too shabby.

I have been spoiled over the past decade or so with rifles consistantly shooting 1 MOA, which (as you probably know) equals a bit over a 1" spread per 100 yards. Hitting those 3" targets at 300 yards gives me that 1 MOA.