SmallCaliberCentral

How do you like the Vortex? I keep hearing great things about them, and the ones I've peeked thru seemed very good. Amazing scope for the money. Ive owned Elite 4200's and Mark 4's on my other guns and this Viper is better then the 4200's and on par with the Mark 4 in my opinion. Solid scope with a...

My Tikka T3 Varmint came in a while back and mounted a Vortex Viper 6.5-20x44 on it and headed out to see how she shot. I was amazed at how well this gun shot with zero mods other then lowering the trigger weight. The test targets are some of my intial loads and have not done any fine tuning...Im ve...

Im my Tikka .204 h4895 will give me .25 MOA...its amazing. Benchmark powder will give me groups in the .75-1" moa Im going to post my targets with my Tikka and some of my load info here today. One tip I'll give you is that each rifle is different and you can't use one persons load and expect th...

Was out this afternoon here in Saskatchewan Canada and thought Id share my hunting pics. Ive shot the .223 , 22-250. 220 Swift but nothing compares to fun of the .204. I love the fact i can see impact shots :D 32 gr. Sierra BK 27 gr. H4895 Hornady brass Fed 205 M I shot a total of 11 Jackrabbits (6 ...

Well my T3 Varmint is in the mail should be here next week

Why not just screw the die down a small amount to make up for the die?

FL dies should not be screwed down past the ram stop. Even if the directions say so. The directions are wrong!!! The RCBS manual says to 1/8 to 1/4 turn further down. Do you usually just get the shell holder to touch the die and leave it there?? I have a similar problem as the original poster. Chee...

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Any of you fine gentlemen shooting a Tikka in the .204 ? Looks like I may be getting either the T3 Lite or T3 Varmint and am wondering how you guys like em. I'm not crazy about the one sized fits all action but anything will be better then my Remington which has an oversized bolt face and ejection i...

700remguy wrote:Hi Scott,I have the same rig,nice choice!Mine loves benchmark and 32 gr Blitzs,Matt

How do the BK's compare to the V-max in terms of accuracy? Ive got lots of 32 gr. V-Max and 32 gr. Nosler BT's, hopefully they will shoot well.

No shortage of ammo or supplies up here yet but Im well stocked in case.

Well I just got back this little gun from the smith yesterday and mounted a new scope on it.I had the trigger reworked to a crisp 1.5 lb. Barrel free floated and action bedded. I needed a new extracor as well the old one failed. I also through on a new Vortex 6.5-20x44 which is outstanding for the p...

Ive got these bullets and am wonder what loads some of you fellows are cooking up?? Are they an accurate bullet compared to Sierra BK's and the V-Max in 32 gr weights?

Cheers!!

Up North here in Saskatchewan the Factory Hornaday sells for about a $1.25 per round when you figure in the cost plus tax I reload so its no a big deal but wow thats alot of $$$

Im not one to really get into ballistics and have a 39 gr. BK load and am wondering if these POI and drift sound right? My load is the following. Im not looking for super precise number but something I can use on coyotes which are big targets. 39 gr. Sierra BK 25 gr. Benchmark Fed 205 M 3490 fps (ap...