Why aren't my woodchucks exploding?

[sharps45-120]

I bought a 204 Ruger in a Kimber 84M late summer of 2011, I am working up loads for accuracy & expect to shoot some Sage Rats (Miriams Ground Squirrels), Prairie Dogs & Rock Chucks this year. I thus far have found Winchester 34GR factory loads to be very accurate & deadly. Hornady 32GR factorys do not group well in my Kimber. I have a 17 Remington I have shot for more than 25 years. The 25GR hollow points are both explosive & deadly. I have blown Rock Chucks almost in half with them. I have found Chucks that were like someone scooped out their insides & only some skin on the left & right side holding the upper half to the lower half. I love Varmint calibers, I shoot 17MachII, 17HMR, 17Remington & 204Ruger. I hope the 204 does as well as the 17's do. I also dropped an American Bison Bull with 1 shot from my 17Remington with my reload using a "Berger 25Gr Hollow point". It dropped streight down in it's tracks like it had been hit by a freight train. I have pic's & a European mount skull as well as 3 witnesses to verify it. Good shooting & enjoy. Jerry Ballew NRA Endowment Member, Member since 1969. A resident of Oregon, outside of Sunriver, Oregon.