AusVarmint

Hi all
After hearing everyone talk about these 39g SBK for the mighty 204r i thought id give them a try so i went out and got a box, now the Q im interested to know what loads people are useing for this pill ie: case, powder, gr's and primer
ATM im shooting a 40g vmax with 28g of AR2206H behind it useing hornady brass and fed gold primer this load works verry good but hey nothing wrong with trying to punch smaller holes in the paper hey

OH and were can i get some load data for the 39gr iv tryed the ADI websit and iv got the nick harvey book but know luck

ATN, i run

Remington brass, rem 7.5 primers and 27.5grns of 2206H, dont know what speed it gives me but have shot several groups that are sub minute of rabbit eye.

I know i allways post this pic so later if the wind dies i will go and give it a run off a proper rest and bags instead of jacket and bipod.

hey adam your 40grn vmax groups are insane as is
5 shots covered by a 5 cent
i wouldnt bother with the 39 grainers
people only do because theres doesnt like the 40grn vmax but the 39 grners shoot good

norma brass, 2206h rem 7 1/2 primer. Tried from 27 to 28gn. All loads have four at least, if not 5 touching. 28gn too hot in my rifle though. Oh but i had the same result with 40vm and 40 berger.

27.8 grns of 2206H
Remington brass
CCI BR4 primer
39grn b/king.
Shoots very tight from my XR-100.
Cannot remember the OAL.
Regards

Manna13
Post subject: Re: 39gr SBK

hey adam your 40grn vmax groups are insane as is
5 shots covered by a 5 cent
i wouldnt bother with the 39 grainers
people only do because theres doesnt like the 40grn vmax but the 39 grners shoot good

just wanna have a play and see if i can do any better
thanks guys ill work up some loads and let you's know how i go

ATN,

39s pushed by 28gr of 2206H with rem 7 1/2s, are it for me now. Sub .2 MOA if I do my bit. Head shots on bunnies out to where ever.

all the best,
Flyer

g'day guys,

i'm a new owner of a 204 and at the moment i'm fiddling around with 39gr blitzkind and 40gr vmax. 2206h works best and i'm down to 0.5" with both projies. using winchester brass and they are rubbish to be honest. still getting massive velocity spread and groups at a 100 might be fine but no good later on down the track.

what is the better brass to use, i'm looking at hornady cos i can get it easily but norma i'm told is as good as lapua although lapua don't do 204.

where could i get norma cases from?

cheers and merry xmas.

This is why im looking at 20 practical.... lapua brass necked to 20 cal. Dont get much better than lapua brass

the only thing is it's a brand new tikka t3 super varmint that i own, bit hesistant at malesting it. it's a heavy bastard though but so impressed with factory ammo accuracy, sub moa to moa groups. i must be doing something wrong with my hand loads cos they shoot no better than .5 moa.

i've looked into the 20 tactical and the 20 practical and both are great cartridges.

i even thought of getting a smith to machine the back of the chamber/barrel and setting it to 223 case length and do the same with the 204 dies to use 223 lapua brass. but i figure the taper of the 204 case might cause a problem doing it that way too.

still it would be easy to leave it as a 204 and source some norma brass.

Try the nosler custom brass mate it might work for you. Just remember if you want the ultimate accuracy from it, you will want to uniform primer pockets and deburr flash holes on any brass.