SmallCaliberCentral

hey mate, I'm from Western Australia, about 3 hrs south of Perth. I'm 21 and attend the University of Western Australia. I currently run a: Savage 17HMR with Leupold 3-9 x 50 Tikka T3 super Varmint 204 Ruger with Leupold 6.5-20 x 50 Savage model 111 long range hunter 25-06 REM with Zeiss 6.5-20 x 50...

hey mate, Depends how well you clean your barrel, how many rounds you fire while the barrel is hot etc etc.... I would imagine that If you looked after your barrel and had a good cleaning regime varminting accuracy would be retained until about 2000-2500 rounds. I would imagine the 204 barrel life w...

thanks mate...the twist is 1 in 12....which is fairly standard I think. The 40 gr VMAX's don't shoot at all in my rifle, but the 45's seem to shoot quite well. can't complain at all.

Hey lads, I wanted to compare the expansion and penetration of two 20 cal projectiles: The hornady 45gr Spire point and the sierra 39gr BK. Test details: Range: 300yds bullet expansion media: 3 soaked yellow pages books. Rifle/Scope: Tikka T3 Super varmint/ Leupold VX-3 6.5-20 x 50 Ammo: 45gr SP -- ...

Hey lads, This is my first post on this site and i would firstly like to introduce myself, I live in Australia and shoot a tikka T3 super varmint 204. I would also like to add that i greatly appreciate all the work and comments that have been put into this site. Very well done. Now my question is: H...