.204?

tomcat220t

Is there any views on the round for paper shooting ? Max range?

cavan shooter

I'd say midland is the only place they would let you use it. I couldnt even find a range that allows 22 mag or Hornet. All appear to be 22lr

rowa

cavan shooter wrote: »

I'd say midland is the only place they would let you use it. I couldnt even find a range that allows 22 mag or Hornet. All appear to be 22lr

some clubs won't even let you use .17 hmr or mach 2 , or even .22 lr high velocity rounds .

rrpc

rowa wrote: »

some clubs won't even let you use .17 hmr or mach 2 , or even .22 lr high velocity rounds .

It's usually not a case of 'letting you' use certain rounds, it's more to do with what the club is authorised for and what is afe to use.

If you're shooting targets, .22 HV rounds are about as useful as ratshot anyway.

foxshooter243

tomcat220t wrote: »

Is there any views on the round for paper shooting ? Max range?

During the development of the 204, the engineers had the testing done at 220 metres for paper punching and it was considered good enough to compete at that range, although they also used it to take prairie dogs to 5oo yards as well.

tomcat220t

foxshooter243 wrote: »

During the development of the 204, the engineers had the testing done at 220 metres for paper punching and it was considered good enough to compete at that range, although they also used it to take prairie dogs to 5oo yards as well.

Its looks like a good flat round for varmint shooting .Thinking strong on getting on for that and some paper shooting .Thanks for the info. lads .

cavan shooter

I was going to get one but there not that popular and found my choice in ammo was limited. This put me off

Duck's hoop

cavan shooter wrote: »

I was going to get one but there not that popular and found my choice in ammo was limited. This put me off

How limited are we talking CS?

I've been v interested in one of these myself for a while as it looks pretty brilliant on paper. Flat to 250yds sounds like a good simple recipe for corvid armegeddon.

Though you'd need the facility/authorisation to load your own as it's a euro a round as far as I can make out, which makes for expensive vermin shooting.

tomcat220t

Put my name on a remy VLS .204 today .Ammo seem fairly handy to get .Lots of 32gr on the shelfs here in ireland .Hoping to get some 39gr to try out .Ment to be a good round too. The 39gr .204 has a very good BC for mid range shooting .

bunny shooter

Excellent round

Not that popular because most people are convinced the 223 is some kind of magic round :rolleyes:

204 has performed very well recently in the "fox" competitions in Midlands against 223's and 220 Swift and even 22.250 :eek:

I have had 223 & 204. 204 is a far superior round :P

Not that expensive compared to same spec 223 ammo in fact it is cheaper

devil dog

.204 unreal cal:D

Yes bs it has done very well in midlands fox shoot;)

It came 3th in the last one after 270 and 6.5s:p

Ya was keeping a eye on it to see how it got on:p

I think ya can only get 40 and 32 horndy:p

The lad that was shooting it in midlands sad he uses 40g up to
200 mtr and then uses 32g on:eek:

Never asked him why

bunny shooter

devil dog wrote: »

.204 unreal cal:D

Yes bs it has done very well in midlands fox shoot;)

It came 3th in the last one after 270 and 6.5s:p

Ya was keeping a eye on it to see how it got on:p

I think ya can only get 40 and 32 horndy:p

The lad that was shooting it in midlands sad he uses 40g up to
200 mtr and then uses 32g on:eek:

Never asked him why

Federal do a 39 grain too

That lad is a good friend of mine and a fine shot

While testing the 204 at 300 yards he found the 32 grain better from 200 to 300 yards

devil dog

Ya his a good shot;)

What kind of 204 is it

Is it a custom :rolleyes: It looks fair well:p

I like the happy face he has on the end of the scope:D

How does he rate it

tomcat220t

Hornady .204 cost the same as their same in 55gr .223(around 25 euro) .A good few rifles find the 40gr hard to stablize but most work well with the 39 gr.

bunny shooter

devil dog wrote: »

What kind of 204 is it :

Remmy 700 on a Macmillan stock with a custom bolt handle by John Greene

devil dog wrote: »

I like the happy face he has on the end of the scope

Ya he reckons it makes him shoot better

devil dog wrote: »

How does he rate it

He must rather the calibre as he has bought a 2nd 204 in a remmy VLS :eek:

tomcat220t

Picked up my new .204 ruger during the week .While i was waiting for the paper work, i sent it to john greene in waterford for some him to do some of his magic .Nice day today so decided to try it out a little at 400 yards on paper .Cant believe how well them .204 performs. One of my 5 shot groups were 21mm C/C and most were 1" .Im reallly happy with the results .:D