Macca, your friends 204 barrel
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:41 pm
Grant i shot Mark's 204 barrel today. He told me he didn't have much luck with it before he pulled it and sold it to me on usedguns. He told me he was a good mate of yours so i knew this had to be a dodgy deal
Anyway i used his cases to keep it relative. He said he used 2206H and Vmax? pills, neither of which i have much time for. I went with 39 SBKs and CFE 223 which i have had good results with before, just like i have had with BLK.
All i did to the barrel is inspect the chamber, throat and crown before setting it into one of my T3 actions. The cases showed up to 3 grains weight spread but i shot them randomly to again keep it relative.
The results were shot at a 100 yards because heat and mirage is awful up here this time of year. Some of the errant shots are due to boil. The Bergers not so, the barrel clearly dislikes secant ogive bullets. The shot pattern and POI shift is rather extreme as the pic shows.
A bullet and powder change clearly shows a different potential within this barrel with the 12 shots combined at around a half inch in ordinary conditions and as is typical with both the CFE powders, the accuracy window is wide. Luckily i accumulated a lifetimes supply of both. At some point when the rains start i will get to 200, 300 and 400 yards with a refined load and will post up the results. Never had a 204 Ruger, so it will be interesting.
Anyway i used his cases to keep it relative. He said he used 2206H and Vmax? pills, neither of which i have much time for. I went with 39 SBKs and CFE 223 which i have had good results with before, just like i have had with BLK.
All i did to the barrel is inspect the chamber, throat and crown before setting it into one of my T3 actions. The cases showed up to 3 grains weight spread but i shot them randomly to again keep it relative.
The results were shot at a 100 yards because heat and mirage is awful up here this time of year. Some of the errant shots are due to boil. The Bergers not so, the barrel clearly dislikes secant ogive bullets. The shot pattern and POI shift is rather extreme as the pic shows.
A bullet and powder change clearly shows a different potential within this barrel with the 12 shots combined at around a half inch in ordinary conditions and as is typical with both the CFE powders, the accuracy window is wide. Luckily i accumulated a lifetimes supply of both. At some point when the rains start i will get to 200, 300 and 400 yards with a refined load and will post up the results. Never had a 204 Ruger, so it will be interesting.