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Hey All, I took a liking to the federal 205's in my 204 and I'm just about out...and it seems that there's none to be had anywhere. Midway and Natchez are out, no backordering, and my local shop told me that federal told them they most likely wouldn't see the 205's until '08. All they had were the 2...

I've got the 527 Varmint Kevlar and its a sweet rifle. Its shoots real well, most days its a .3 or .4 rifle with my loads. When I first started working up loads I found that it shot all the bullet weights I tried well, the 32 V-max, 35 bergers, and the 39 BK's. I settled on the 39 BK cause that was ...

Price went up a bit but I think its still a pretty good deal, for the 77/22 hornet they will recrown, tighten the infamous 2 peice bolt, recut to K-Hornet, and do the trigger for about $240 incuding shipping. Hopefully that reputation holds true cause the 77/22 hornet I have is a dog...got a 3 man s...

WrzWaldo wrote:aocasek,

Have you looked here for the 39BK load data? --> http://www.rugerhunting.com/204_data_sierra.php

Yep, the max charge for H4895 and the 39 BK is 26.6 according to sierra, if you click on Hodgdon, it gives a max load of 27.7 C for the 40 V-Max...

Not sure if this has been covered before but when using the 39 BK is it OK to sub data for the 40 gr. hornady? My sierra manual says max for the 39 BK is 26.6 of H4895. Hodgdon says the max for the 40 hornady is 27.7 C of H4895. Why the big difference? I know lots of you guys load more than 26.6 wit...

Thanks guys for all the tips. I think I'm going to try losing the pods for a start. Hopefully that simple fix will help. If not, I'll tweak the load. The gun is a 527 varmint kevlar and the glass is a leo vx-II 6-18 and since I've had this rig I've found that it shoots best with slightly over mid-ra...

Hi All, I spent some time at the range today shooting my loads at 300 yds and I had some problems with vertical stringing. I'm posting it here but I'm not sure if its my load, the gun, or maybe my shooting form. My first load is the 39 BK over 26.1 of H4895. This loads shoots an average 3580 but the...

Hey Bob,
I lived in Missoula for about 7 years and my first teaching job was up the Bitterroot in Victor...wow! Its a small world. Good luck with that .204 and let us know how it does.
Adam

Thanks for the info guys, that makes sense. I guess I shouldn't expect to see increase in length until they've been fireformed to my chamber. I just figured it would be best to start with everything uniform. In the future I'll wait to trim. What do you guys consider way over spec for case length? I ...

Ok, had something happen in my 204 that I'm having a little trouble explaining. I got 100 new winchester cases, never fired. Out of the bag I full length sized, trimmed to specified length (1.840) according to my sierra manual, inside/outside deburred, flash hole deburred, and primer pocket reamed. ...

Nice work on the shooting and the camera! That was awesome!!!!

AZ Hunter: Normally I see 3 to 5 Hogs when I go. Whackin' 2 or 3 is a decent outing and I normally hunt evenings and I'm really only out there from about 5-730 or so, depending on the action. Typically, I see more hogs than I can safely shoot cause they have a nack for coming out in an unsafe direct...

Well, after a lengthy absence from the site and from the .204 world I finally got back in the game. I stated out with an encore barrel in 204 and just recently (about a month ago) got a CZ 527 varmin Kevlar and have been doing some shooting and reloading. I've been playing with powders and worked up...