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+ 1 for Shilen. I have one of their 9 twist barrels on my 204 and the barrel is a tack driver.

Varmitzapper wrote: I don't think I want to try pushing the shoulder back with loaded rounds.
Any body ever do this?
I guess I could pull the bullets and run the cases through the FL die.

Running loaded rounds through a die sounds incredibly dangerous. Do yourself a favor and pull the bullets.

Moto, I don't think there is anyone here who has not benefited from the general membership. I had been reloading for somewhere around thirty years before finding the internet and finding this site. Never had a real problem but, this is where I started to get interested in and working on PRECISION r...

I'll be getting a new scope for my 204 in a few weeks, something like 6 x 24 power and have narrowed it down to s Sightron SII Big Sky or a Vortex. Anyone have any pros and cons for those scopes?

Here is a thread I started last fall on 32 gr BKs keyholing when I had the factory barrel on the rifle. I had forgotten but I was using CFE223 then also, 29.5 grains.

http://www.204ruger.com/forum/viewtopic ... =keyholing

I have had problems with the 32 gr BKs keyholing at below max loads using R10X. I can shoot a string of sub half inch 5 shot groups then all of a sudden one will keyhole on me, and it's only the 32s. My barrel is a Shilen 9 twist. I wish I could figure out why because the 32s are all I can get at th...

I have a shilen bull barrel in the .204 1-9 twist. I wouldnt trade it for anything. It shoots from .26 g v grenades up to 50 grain bergers like a tac driver. The Shilen 204 9 twist is an awesome barrel. Mine shoots the 32gr bullets just as well as it shoots the 40s. My factory 12 twist barrel could...

Does your wife give shooting lessons?

Thanks man. I love stuff like this. I have a Shilen 9 twist in 204 on my Rem 700 and I was also quite surprised how well it shot the 32 gr Vmaxes.
For factory ammo you have some very nice groups. I was surprised the Bergers did so poorly. My barrel loves them.

Lonegunnmenn wrote:Well thank you guys for the help. does anyone know where I can get some 39gr bk seems I missed the boat on those can find 32 gr bk all over

39gr BKs are extinct apparently.

I haven't used 8208 in a few years but my best load was 26.2 gr with 40 gr Vmaxs.

bow shot wrote:Still looking for Hogdon Benchmark...

Last time I checked at our buddies in East Rochester the guy actually chuckled when I asked about Benchmark, but that was a month or two ago.

I'am not one for jumping from one powder to another just because someone got killer groups with a different powder. That's a weakness I have. I'm a born tinkerer. I'm constantly tweaking loads and bullets trying to get the smallest groups I can. For me that keeps it fun and interesting. I get bored...

Two nice things about A2230 I forgot to mention. It seems readily available, at least in my area and it's cheap, almost half the cost of Viht N140 which is my other favorite.

Remington did a good job repairing my rifle. It shot just as accurately after the work as it did before the incident. Hopefully yours will be the same.