SmallCaliberCentral

im shooting a 39 grn blitzking with 25.5 grns of benchmark
while shooting birds at 100 plus yards they were blowing them into pieces.
but shooting groundhogs from 30 to over 300 yards theres never an exit wound.
is this normal????
im looking for carnage

Try picking a lighter skinned/smaller quarry.......... Or stepping up to something with more poop.

Try a little more speed with a lighter bullet - 32 gr VMax or BK....or a 34 grain bullet.

WoW!!! I shoot rockchucks in the 8-10 pound range. (never weighed one, just a guess) And the carnage is absolutely amazing!!! With 34gr. Dogtowns, and 39gr. SBK's. Have yet to shoot a blackbird though . I have had a few complete passthroughs on coyotes with the SBK's in the 50-180yrd range. If you have ANY doubt at all, just look at some of the pics Ol' RIO has placed on the varmint hunting section. To say the least absolutely AMAZING!!! I do not have an answer to your question, or why your not getting what you are looking for. Maybe more velocity? I have yet to experience non satisfying results from my .204.
Hope things turn out for you though good shootin'

P.S. Not calling you old Rick!!!

Yup! Read Rick's story of our recent hunt where he shot a badager and there was no exit wound just mush for badger insides Gary

its not that im unhappy with the results cause i am. no exit wound means i know where the bullet went and it does the job the groundhogs never move from there spot when they get hit other then a few have been slid backwards.
the 204 is rapidly becoming my go to gun over my 22-250

As I understand it,, rockchucks are a thinner skinned critter than a groundhog. That makes them open up much more dramatically. The best I've been able to blow up a groundhog has been with the 40gr Berger HP's or the 32gr V-Max with a gut shot under 200yds. On the other hand

no exit wound means i know where the bullet went and it does the job

If it's groundhog carnage you're after, try using something like a .270 Winchester and 130gr Sierra's! Not really a varmint rifle, but once long ago, I connected on a very large rock chuck at just over 400 yards while in the high country hunting mule deer on the way back to my truck. The carnage on that one would have to been seen to be fully appreciated.

Bullet weight, jacket thickness, and velocity is what generates 'carnage'. (And why I no longer use Sierra's for mulies....Barnes Tipped Triple Shocks baby!...complete penetration with almost NO meat loss)