204 ruger loads

[Me375]

IMR or H4198 with 39 or 40 gr i`ve tryed bouth but there isn`r much out there on it for the 204Ruger any help would be good. Its taken around 400rnds to get it to shoot well (its a savage 12LPV ) 3/8 in is about all i can get out of it so far or 5 shots under a dime

[greystone]

IMR or H4198 with 39 or 40 gr i`ve tryed bouth but there isn`r much out there on it for the 204Ruger any help would be good. Its taken around 400rnds to get it to shoot well (its a savage 12LPV ) 3/8 in is about all i can get out of it so far or 5 shots under a dime

If you do that consitantly thats not bad at all. Otherwise try another powder-maybe one of the 4895's or Benchmark. Thats's what I'm about to do. Enter the Postal Shoot. Ya might do good with that load. Better than me. Dave

[OldTurtle]

If you can get your hands on it, try some Ramshot X-Terminator with some 39gr SBKs and start about 1gr under max listed loads and run a few batches of 5-10, jumping .1gr....each batch...

I've found some really good loads that way at about .6-.7gr under max., then play with your seating depth just a little to tweak it even better.

For me, the Ramshot meters like water, requires less powder than some of the others for the velocity, and burns really clean.