. It was a cold misserable day with winds ranging from 15-20 mph, but I got her sighted in pretty good with the store bought stuff, even with the winds, and store bought ammo I managed a few groups under an inch @ 100 yrds. Boy is she fun to shoot there's no recoil at all, after you pull the trigger and it goes boom, you don't loose sight of the target, thats new for me. Well to say the least Im impressed with the rifle and caliber, so today I went on a shopping spree, I ordered my dies, and a Hornaday modified case. I've been reloading since 1976, but I've never neck sized so I thought with this gun I'd try it, so I bought a set of Lee Collett dies, and a Hornaday FL size die, as I figure every few loadings Im gonna have to bump the shoulder back. Im also going to set the bullet 0.020 back from the lands to start and experiment from there. The powder I have on hand is Varget, 748, and H335, from what I've read those are all good powders for the 204. I have'nt got my bullets yet but from what alot of you guys seem to like is the 32 gr Vmax, and I beleave the 39 gr Nosler. So if you guys have any recomendations useing Varget, 748, or H335 Id sure appriciate it. Also I should mention I don't hunt anymore since I lost my Springer to cancer years ago, when she died it just took it all out of me, but I love going to the range and punching tiny 5 shot groups in paper, and shooting steel at range, so my loads are gonna be geared more for target work. I can see a real love afair growing for me and this little rifle. Thanks
Paul
