SmallCaliberCentral

I saw where Specialty Pistol forum was shutting down at the end of 2022, so maybe some of those guys could find a new place to hang out here. I recently acquired another 20P barrel, so I'm starting the process of gathering up the parts needed. I ordered a Boyd's PV stock last week, and need to take ...

It's mid 70's here today, wore shorts while doing a couple chores here. The heat might cycle 1-2 times in the morning, a light jacket feels good early during the first dog walk, but it's been warming up to the 70's the past few days. More of the same in the forecast, with little chance of rain. We a...

GL with the "chores", hope it clears up for you soon.

It really depends on "how" the gun was shot. Out in a pdog/rat field and the shooter was under heavy attack, one can burnup/toast a barrel in a day if the barrel gets too hot to hold you hand on. Using really hot/fast loads will shorten the barrel life as well. Even powder selection in the...

My FV12 204R has the 26" barrel, and shoots the 32g vmax and 39g Sierra very well. The 12T barrel doesn't shoot the 40's nearly as well. YMMV.

Beautiful country, glad you had a good day. thanks for posting.

20 P is fun and easy to do. Making the brass is a bit time consuming but during the summer heat, sitting in the gun room making 20P brass in the AC is a no brainer. Brass is pretty cheap compared to other calibers as well. 1x LC, or whatever flavor you prefer is easy to get and plentiful for the mos...

Good report, thanks for sharing.

X caliber barrels has them for order.

The daylight hours seemed different this year, but you were still with your group of guys for happy hours, so not all was lost. Thanks for posting the pictures. I'm looking forward to my trip in a couple weeks, not the drive so much, but you have to pay to play.

I've got a shoot planned for early May in the Burns area, have all the rifles sighted in, preferred ammo loaded/boxed up and starting to pile up in the corner of the DR. Wife not happy about me messing up the DR (again). Some of the ammo is leftover from my '18 trip out to SD for pdogs, so I only ha...

Thanks for the info RIO, appreciate it a lot.

Jim

@ RIO;

Do you suggest/recommend a portable shade popup like is shown in your picture?? Are they necessary, needed, a personal choice/preference?? Weights recommended/needed to hold it in place??

I've used Pro Varmint to develop 3 loads for my 204, got good accuracy, speeds were in the 3800-3900 fps zone for the 32vmax, and the 34g dogtown's, the 39g sbk's were in the 3500 fps zone.

Thanks for the pics RIO.

I've got my first "rat" trip planned out there this year. I'm hoping (praying) all this C19 crap clears up, or goes down, etc., so I have a window of travel to take this off my bucket list.