204 ruger

[maddysdad]

any one shooting ground hogs and how do you like it so far.also what loads are you using

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Pawgs here. I have 3 204's Love em. 32's, 40's, 35's, 39's. All work. IMR 8208, Staball 6.5, StaBall Match, R10. Do a google search. Tons of info out there.

 

[Alguapo]

Love my .204's . Hard hitters.

 

[ohlongarmisle]

any one shooting ground hogs and how do you like it so far.also what loads are you using

I shoot a cheap Thompson Center Venture, topped with a Maven 5-30x56. I only shoot factory Hornady 40-grain V-Max at 3900 fps. No coyote or groundhog has a chance out to 400 yards, all will be drt. Three hundred groundhogs plus last year, and about a dozen coyotes. My trigger breaks at 8oz, not for novices,1 in 10 twist rate.If you don't need to go north of 400 yards, it's a winner. Armchair experts, I await your interjections against it.LOL

 

[varmit_hunter]

I shoot a cheap Thompson Center Venture, topped with a Maven 5-30x56. I only shoot factory Hornady 40-grain V-Max at 3900 fps. No coyote or groundhog has a chance out to 400 yards, all will be drt. Three hundred groundhogs plus last year, and about a dozen coyotes. My trigger breaks at 8oz, not for novices,1 in 10 twist rate.If you don't need to go north of 400 yards, it's a winner. Armchair experts, I await your interjections against it.LOL

I have a TC Venture predator model 204 Ruger. Camo flutted bull barrel. Topped with a Nikon Buckmaster 6x18x40mm target dot scope. I wouldn't sell mine. That is a little killing machine. I run H4895 with a Berger 35gr bullet. Or RL10 is very good in the 204. I only Berger bullets anymore. I have Nosler and Hornady 20 cal bullets. But that 35gr bullet is bad medicine on hogs coyotes and armadillo's. . I have Berger bullets in 30gr 35gr and 40gr. Haven't worked up a load with the 30gr. Plus when I bought my 204 I bought enough magazine to last a life time.

 

[MDT6BRA]

204 is awesome little round, 39 blitz with 8208 runs about 3900, don’t care what it hits it pops!