New 204 owner

[bigdaddyWSM]

Hello folks, new guy here from SD. Own & reload many calibers but first time .204 Ruger owner. Bought a Savage 110 varmint with the accustock last weekend but I can't leave anything alone so I bedded it into a B&C target/competition stock. Ordered up some Redding dies & bought an assortment of 32, 39 & 40 gr bullets. Hope to get some good advice here & hopefully share a thing or two I know to a new reloaded or hunter.

[Rick in Oregon]

Welcome aboard there, Bigdaddy. Looks like you'll fit in here just fine.

Your rifle is most likely a 12 twist, so know up front that shooting the 40 grain bullets is a crap shoot due to proper stabilization/bullet overall length. But most new 204 shooters have very good luck with the 39 SBK for a "heavy", and about any 32 grainer for most PD and/or rat shooting as we do here.

If you cruise old posts here, you'll see all the 'magic' recipes that have given good accuracy for members. Once you get your new baby out into the field, be sure to post some "hero" pics.....we like pics here.

[bigdaddyWSM]

Rick, thanks for the info. I did buy a couple hundred 39 gr Sierra blitz kings as I see they are very popular. Looking forward to reading up on some load recipes.

[robert w.]

Welcome.
You will find so many loads here. The .204 r is a prarie dogs worse nitemare. Coyotes fear them too

[Derekp1]

I just bought a 204 in the Remington 700 VLS. Cant wait to get it.

[robert w.]

Congrats im sure you will enjoy it too

[hydehunter1]

hey bigdaddywsm, I am also in SD, my favorite load is 25.4 grains AA2015 CCi match primer and 39 Sierra Blitzking shoots down to .069 in my Cooper model 21. give me a yell if you want to I can shoot steel out to about 600 yards set up now to 500 yards. good luck

[jimreed1948]

If you haven't already, check out the Saubier Small Caliber Form, http://www.saubier.com/forum.html

You will be able to find lots of good information and load data over there as well.

[randyman]

We're always glad to see new members of this group. Hope you can join us next year for the annual 5 shot challenge hosted by Skipper. You can check
it out under the Shooting Competitions thread. Randy