Originally Posted By: OldTurtleDrake, I think you are going to have to spend some time working out a load for that rifle... How many rounds down the tube?
Some barrels don't really start shooting until you have 80-100 rounds through them...
Most .204s do like a substantial jump and I have some pet loads that are a lot shorter than the magazine length...
I've tried a lot of powders over the years since the .204s came out, some showed promise that never came through and others worked well. My barrels don't seem to like the lighter bullets, shoot the 40gr V-Max pretty good, but really shine with the 39gr Sierras...Odd that 1 grain and a little different configuration would make that much difference...
Some of my loads were found by just dumb luck, and others cost a pretty penny to find....204s seem to be finicky worse than a high school girl...But once you find the right one, you'll love it..
That is what I keep hearing Turtle... And I am working on it.. I do have a 40 grain Vmax load that is promising with benchmark from today... It shot 3 of the 5 shots into about 3/8" and then other two added in about 1" at 100 meters.. The last two that flew were the last 2 shots of the group.. Could have been me or could have been the warmer barrel. But I loaded up 10 of those same rounds tonight to try out this weekend... Looks really good though.. I want the 40 to shoot or the 39 sierras is what I really want to shoot. I have ordered me a Jard 2 lb. trigger too.. That should help a bunch. Right now I just have a RRA two stage that is nice but just a hair heavy for shooting nice, tiny groups. I can tell it is a stubborn gun to load for so far. I have many loads I have tried that will for sure work and be accurate. But I am particular and I want those 1/2" - 5/8" groups I know the .204 is capable of producing consistantly. By the way the gun probably has 75 rounds down the tube or so.. Not near enough yet..