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Offline hotburn76

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Finally some 204 progress!!
« on: June 16, 2008, 05:00:02 PM »
Been playing with my 204 H&R for a while and have not had the best of luck.  Ran into a guy at the range a while back and he told me to try some IMR 4198, I figured I would make this my last attempt.  The 4198 under the 32 grain VMAX has been doing pretty good. I have been to the range three times trying to tweak this load and everytime 23.6 grains looks good.  I had been loading them .005 off the lands and this time I went right at the lands and had this great group of 3 shots with a CC of .35 at 100 yards!!  Thanks for all the tips from all who helped, and a big thanks to Fred for all the usefull links and tips!!



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Offline LaOtto222

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Re: Finally some 204 progress!!
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2008, 06:28:40 PM »
Nice shooting ;) It sure makes you feel good when it all comes together. You can hit those varmints out here a ways now.
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Re: Finally some 204 progress!!
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2008, 01:20:21 AM »
that is good news with most 204's of all makes you can not reach the lands :(
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Re: Finally some 204 progress!!
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2008, 03:49:34 PM »
Quote from: chip-don on June 17, 2008, 01:20:21 AM
that is good news with most 204's of all makes you can not reach the lands :(

I tried the pencil and bullet trick at first and came up with a real long measurement, then smoked a bullet with a candle and had a measurement that was shorter.  So I bought a RCBS tool that has a dummy round and you can find your ogive and then load to that.  I was surprised at where mine was compared to most, and it lines up more with the candle test also.  The RCBS tool also measures the fire formed case head space.
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Re: Finally some 204 progress!!
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2008, 04:42:00 AM »
hotburn76 , Thats a nice group, I'm  glad you found what works good for your .204. Sometimes it takes a while to get one to shoot like you want it to. I have found IMR 4198 to be a good powder for the small bore centerfires. If you get a chance ,try some 39 grain Sierra Bzk. bullets, that is a good one to try. Alot of people have good results with those.       Good luck,   Jack 
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