.204

[mjfritz07]

Anyone have any good loads for a fur friendlier 204 load?

 

[Smokeless]

Yes but the bullets you will need will not stabilize in a factory 1 in 12 twist.

Good luck. Been there and sold it.

 

[Ruddy]

35gr Bergers over Benchmark works well for me. They stabilized in factory barrels, so did the 40gr Bergers I tried.

 

[reb8600]

35 gr Bergers over IMR 4895 works

 

[Matt N.]

35 gr Bergers and Benchmark worked for me.

 

[Kracker]

35gr over x-terminator works for me boys 204

 

[Hidalgo]

Benchmark and your choice of 35-40 grain bullets. Shouldn't be an issue with stabilization.

 

[mbaysinger89]

I'm using 45gr sp right now. My rifle won't stabilize 40 gr but these are shorting and shoot better than 32 gr. Haven't had a splash yet. Only shot a couple though. Been thru and thrus.

 

[mjfritz07]

I had two splashes with SP. Didn't end up to well lol. 40gr were marginal.

 

[Smokeless]

Originally Posted By: mjfritz07I had two splashes with SP. Didn't end up to well lol. 40gr were marginal.


Lol. You will never convince them of that. The 204 is magic.

It's a sickness kinda like the 17hmr.

With special bullets, that can scarcely be had, the 204 is THE fur round (not). The 223 does the job just fine too with run of the mill bullets that are available.


Let not your heart be troubled. Run your 204. It kills fur just fine. Fur friendly is a myth in rifles. In truth it is called trapping. Otherwise take the hit on price and/or learn to sew.

That's truth.

 

[mjfritz07]

Lol fair enough.

 

[mjfritz07]

Any demos on sewing anywhere?

 

[Smokeless]

Originally Posted By: mjfritz07Any demos on sewing anywhere?


Naw. You just have keep poking your own fingers Until you get it right. Heeee heeeee.

 

[N8Will]

35 gr bergers do great on coyotes. Small whole in and no out, so I guess if you think you need to sew a .204 whole have at it. Ive been hunting with 223 for the last 15 years until last year and I bought a 204 and they are alot easier on fur.

And yes I agree trapping is the only true fur friendly way to put up fur. For someone like myself I sell my dogs on the hoof dont have time for all the prep work so my little 204 sure dosent make such a mess on the critters.

 

[K22]

35gr. Bergers here too. But I much prefer IMR8208XBR powder. H4895 worked good also, but not as good as 8208 has.

 

[dsrtr8t]

Rem 7 1/2 primer. Hornady 40 gr V Max. CFE 223. 28.5 grs Load from Hodgdon. My velocity 3600. Data says 3769. Powder range 27.3 - 29.0.

 

[mooretitan]

24 grain ntx over 8208. Heck of a little bullet. Killed a few coyotes and bobcats and they were just jelly inside

 

[mjfritz07]

I call more fox than yotes here in NY. The only reason I got te 204 was I had a dimension in 308, and TC doesn't make a 17. I wish they would. AND I'm a lefty.

 

[204Gunner]

35 Berger with H4895 works well for me. As stated, pin hole in and nothing out and coyote usually go right down.

 

[devildogg]

Geez u guys need to keep the 35 bergers on he down low they are hard enough to get. My load is 30.3 gr of cfe223 and a 35 berger. And I've been using the 40gr bergers over 29gr of blc2 with better velocity than the cfe223 and it seemed to be cleaner burning than the cfe.