Calling all 20 cals...Let's see your wildcats!

[ricco1949]

Project delayed to complete a 6 BR build but still in progress.

FL 20 VT, .100 Shorty .150 Shorty

Will chamber for the .150 Shorty to try to achieve 3400-3500 fps with 32 VMax...a K-Hornet replacement with modern high pressure brass.

 

[20 TAC]

Project delayed to complete a 6 BR build but still in progress.

FL 20 VT, .100 Shorty .150 Shorty
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Will chamber for the .150 Shorty to try to achieve 3400-3500 fps with 32 VMax...a K-Hornet replacement with modern high pressure brass.

Can you tell us more about your .100 shorty? Forming, powders used, velocities?

 

[rickiesrevenge]

The 20 jav improved is a good one! Think I remember chatting with you and comparing the two around the time you had the falcon going.

 

[Jrjones]

Got a nice 20cal thread going here guys. Im loving it. Keep it rolling

 

[B23]

Both of mine are barely even wildcats just straight neck downs from their parent case and both are Rem700 based builds wearing Hart barrels. First pic is 20-222 shooting 40gr Berger w/H322 and lower pic is 20-250 shooting Berger 55's w/RL16 Nothing particularly exotic or exciting about either build but generally when you use all good parts/pieces and a good gunsmith you end up with good results.

I don't know why but I've always wanted to take one of my CZ 527 17 Hornets and make it a 20 H Hornet and shoot something like that 24gr Hornady NTX bullet. For a medium-ish range ground squirrel/PD gun I've always thought something like that would be a fun one.

 

[20 TAC]

Both of mine are barely even wildcats just straight neck downs from their parent case and both are Rem700 based builds wearing Hart barrels. First pic is 20-222 shooting 40gr Berger w/H322 and lower pic is 20-250 shooting Berger 55's w/RL16 Nothing particularly exotic or exciting about either build but generally when you use all good parts/pieces and a good gunsmith you end up with good results.

I don't know why but I've always wanted to take one of my CZ 527 17 Hornets and make it a 20 H Hornet and shoot something like that 24gr Hornady NTX bullet. For a medium-ish range ground squirrel/PD gun I've always thought something like that would be a fun one.
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Beautiful and classic looking wood stocked 700 there! What bullet weights are you shooting out of your 20-250? Powders and velocities?

 

[20 TAC]

The 20 jav improved is a good one! Think I remember chatting with you and comparing the two around the time you had the falcon going.

Yes I remember discussing with you and you enlightening me that I'd just made a close iteration of the 20 JI lol. But it was sure a fun project.

 

[Jrjones]

Man, you did a good job on that Sako. I like the polish on the barrel, it's the type of look I like on a nice rifle.

thank you. I really owe it to Dave Bruno of Pennsylvania. Lilja barrels had the sako vixen sporter contour on file so i went w it in CM to keep it old school. Reblued everything and its better than i ever imagined.

 

[Matt_3479]

20 tac sending 39gr blitzkings 4000-4050fps

 

[ricco1949]

Can you tell us more about your .100 shorty? Forming, powders used, velocities?

Haven't chambered anything yet.

I don't plan to do the .100 Shorty.... it was just an intermediate step to the .150 Shorty to test powder capacity. I should have .150 Shorty up and running before PD season.

It's way too cold to do any serious load work on the North shore.

Forming....
1. Run a 5.56 LC in a 221 body die
2. FL 221 die modified into a Dillon 1500 trim die
3. 20 VT Body Die
4. 20 VT FL die cut off
5. K&M expander
6. Chamfer & final trim on Giraud
7. Turn necks on Bridgeport with K&M tooling

PRESTO.....20 VT .150 Shorty emerges

All forming done on a 650 Dillon on two separate tool heads. I've made about 20K 20 VTs so this process is well established.
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[ricco1949]

Modified Lee FL 221 to Dillon 1500 Trim Die.

 

[c2a4r3l]

20BR. Shooting 40gr bergers at 3900fps. Remington 700 action. Ptg bolt, jewel trigger, bell and Carlson stock and Douglas barrel. Night force shv 5-20x56.
This has been my go to rifle for the last 3 years.

 

[Ilikepie7]

20VT with 39 sierras at 3600. By far my favorite pdog rifle so far. The Labradar was garbage

 

[Gabe22BR]

My 20BRAI- 600yd LG
Killed nothing but paper !!!
-Helped win some wood- back in the dayNot as sub 2” as Terry’s , the driver doesn’t speak wind, so ….



LEFT. TO. RIGHT
future project
20-221AI - 20 PPCAI ( not fully blown yet ) -20BRAI

 

[Woollybugger]

20 GT
Just getting it tuned for coyotes
55 gr bergers. Mullerworks 8T 26”
Kauger VPR MPA ultra lite

 

[Kiwishooter]

Both of mine are barely even wildcats just straight neck downs from their parent case and both are Rem700 based builds wearing Hart barrels. First pic is 20-222 shooting 40gr Berger w/H322 and lower pic is 20-250 shooting Berger 55's w/RL16 Nothing particularly exotic or exciting about either build but generally when you use all good parts/pieces and a good gunsmith you end up with good results.

I don't know why but I've always wanted to take one of my CZ 527 17 Hornets and make it a 20 H Hornet and shoot something like that 24gr Hornady NTX bullet. For a medium-ish range ground squirrel/PD gun I've always thought something like that would be a fun one.
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I bought a 20 Ackley Hornet die from TK a few years ago and have a Martini action that needs a new barrel so have always meant to build a 20AI Hornet.

Looking at the pics in this thread is urging me to get my 20Tac finished.
Stiller action, Kreiger barrel and a HS Precision stock, jewell trigger, just need to crown the barrel and thread for moderator, then bed it into the stock.

Anybody here shoot the 20Duster?

 

[17VLD]

Anybody here shoot the 20Duster?

Yes I have three, two Sakos and a BAT SV, I am late to the party here but will post some pics of them this weekend. Two are heavier for pds and one of the Sakos is for calling coyotes.
Matt

 

[Kiwishooter]

Yes I have three, two Sakos and a BAT SV, I am late to the party here but will post some pics of them this weekend. Two are heavier for pds and one of the Sakos is for calling coyotes.
Matt

I used Jim Barkers 20 Duster years ago and he gave me a case for my collection, so I went and ordered a sizing die from CH and a reamer from PTG, too many projects and not enough time.
Now that Saubiers gone I need some starting points for load data

I've been looking for a left bolt 222 for a while but there don't seem to be to many of them around. I have a brand new Sako barrel in the white marked 222 Rem already chambered and threaded, but Sako didn't make the 461 in left bolt.

 

[806guns]

20 Grendel/Titan. Setup for 55gr Bergers. 1-8 twist Mullerworks barrel this is 1 of 2 i put together. Running around 3500 fps fireforming lapua 6.5 grendel brass. Will be tested to pressure soon

 

[B23]

What bullet weights are you shooting out of your 20-250? Powders and velocities?

I built it with the sole purpose to shoot the Berger 55gr bullets. I'm using w/RL16 getting 3750 from a 26in Krieger 8tw barrel. I've always wanted to work up a load using RL26 because I think there's probably another 100-100+ fps I could get out of it with 26 but it shoots so good with 16 it makes it hard to even want to try.