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Do you have a load worked up for Lake Trout?

Ruger Hawkeye 20 inch barrel, Leopold 3.5-10 VXIII

32 gr. Sierra
30 gr. BLC-2
OAL 2.30
Fed. 205M

39 Gr. Sierra or 40 gr. Berger
27.5 gr. VV-540
OAL 2.30
Fed. 205M

Will have velocities soon.

Load up the truck with my beans and my ruck

Grab my .204, my BR, and some stuff for my bore.

Spend all day just bangin' on skippies door

Welcome ikonic

I have a .204 TG and my buddy has the same, they ride the bags nicely, have a good trigger, and are good looking. The accuracy is good enough for PD out to 500-600 yards. If you are looking at the Swift, try and run the Swift against the .204 Ruger on a ballistic program. The .204 shoots just as fla...

Thanks, I will get some on order.

I am working up a load for a Ruger M77 hawkeye 20 inch barrel (Shortend and crowned). Does any one have a pet load for the 45 gr. Hornady spire point yet? Or a pet coyote load for this setup regardless of bullet wieght. I would like to stick with something that will not shatter on bone as bad as the...

I thought this was supposed to be a family friendly site

Thanks Glenn, Sidewinderwa, and Lee C. and hello all.

Thanks guys!

The Bench is awesome, thanks Rick, but I consider it more of a turret, benches are boring. My wife bought it for me a while back so it was relatively inexpensive.

BF, I will try and keep the pics. coming, as long as the gas money holds out.

Hi, I'm a new member here, but I have been reading the posts on this site since my buddy and I picked up our M77 Targets. We had a hard time finding any info. like load data, reloading tools ect. for the .204 until we found this site. I would like to say thanks for all the work that has been put int...