I'm new to the forum and the 204 ruger and thought time to share some pics of some recent kills with the new rifle. The first was a white feral cat shot at about 150 yards using a LED torch mounted on the scope. At the time I was using factory 40 gr. vmax, which didn't group well at all, but were good enough to hit small game at closer range. The bullet entered just behind the right shoulder.
In the few days since shooting the cat, I bought some factory 32 gr. vmax to hunt with and been working up some hand loads using 39 gr BKs which are showing some real promise in the budget Remington. 27 grains of AR2206H (IMR4895) in once fired hornady brass and Remington 7/12 small rifle primers is looking like it could be the go for the future, but in the meantime I've got a few boxes of 32 gr. hornady vmax left to hunt with while building up the supply of brass.
Today was Anzac day, a holiday when we Aussies give thanks for the sacrifices made by our war veterans, and couldn't think of a better way to spend it than on a sunset hunt.
Was very fortunate to spot a fox a several fields away with just enough light remaining for a clear shot. With the scope wound out to full 9x, I tracked him for a while until he stopped for a moment, then I took the shot. The 32 gr. vmax dropped him without barely whimper.
This pic is from a sony HCR32 camcorder at almost full zoom.. you can just make out the head.
It was a mile walk upstream to cross the creek, then back to the field to locate and retrieve the dead fox and the sun had well and truly set by then. I checked the mark on my GPS and it read the shot at 382 yards.. the longest shot of my life so far! Lovin the 204 ruger
Besides the Remington, I have 3 rifles and a shotgun, those being a Brno model 2 in 22LR, CZ452 Varmint in 17HMR, Browning Abolt2 in 308 winchester and a 12 guage SxS Fausti which I'm the third generation to own. Very attached to that old shotgun..
Cheers,
