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Should I go 20 practical?
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<blockquote data-quote="7Footer" data-source="post: 3056659" data-attributes="member: 74079"><p>I have been lucky to access to excellent prairie dog hunting on some farmland in SE Colorado for the past 15 years or so. My group shoots everything from a 17 mach 2 to my 22-243. I mainly shoot an AR in 223 and a 204 Ruger bolt gun. Most guys who shot their 22-250s switched to 204 Ruger due to the minimal recoil allowing for shot spotting. The 223 AR was great, but the ballistics were inferior to the 204. Also, I've never heard a ricochet with the 204, but I have with the 223 with anything heavier that the 55g spire points.</p><p>I wanted to combine the ballistics of the 204 and the fast follow ups with the AR, so the obvious solution was an AR in 204 Ruger, but I was limited by the magazine length using the 40g VMax. </p><p>The 20 Practical was the perfect solution, and it performed very well. Shots are easy to spot, follow ups on misses are nearly instant. I'm not giving up much to the 204 Ruger, with CFE223 I'm getting 3625 fps with the 40 Vmax's, and I don't thing the prairie dogs notice the missing100 fps from the 204 Ruger.</p><p>The cartridge is easy to make, and I've had good results with cheap mixed headstamp 223 range brass. The truth is, if I was starting now with just one prairier dog gun, I would go with the 20 Practical as it is close to the 204 Ruger in performance, and it smokes the 223 in both accuracy and ballistics. Its realtively low in component cost and easy to reload.</p><p>I will add that I am nervous about mixing my 223 ammo and the 20 Practical ammo. It would be an easy mistake to make if I had both ammo out and I'm certain I could accidentally fire a 20P in a 223 gun, and worse- I could probably fire a 223 in the 20P if the bolt had enough force to push the bigger bullet into the case when it cycles. For that reason I have not brought the 223 and the 20P out at the same time and I don't let the ammo roll around loose anywhere. If I shooting the 20P, the 223 stays home and vice versa!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7Footer, post: 3056659, member: 74079"] I have been lucky to access to excellent prairie dog hunting on some farmland in SE Colorado for the past 15 years or so. My group shoots everything from a 17 mach 2 to my 22-243. I mainly shoot an AR in 223 and a 204 Ruger bolt gun. Most guys who shot their 22-250s switched to 204 Ruger due to the minimal recoil allowing for shot spotting. The 223 AR was great, but the ballistics were inferior to the 204. Also, I've never heard a ricochet with the 204, but I have with the 223 with anything heavier that the 55g spire points. I wanted to combine the ballistics of the 204 and the fast follow ups with the AR, so the obvious solution was an AR in 204 Ruger, but I was limited by the magazine length using the 40g VMax. The 20 Practical was the perfect solution, and it performed very well. Shots are easy to spot, follow ups on misses are nearly instant. I'm not giving up much to the 204 Ruger, with CFE223 I'm getting 3625 fps with the 40 Vmax's, and I don't thing the prairie dogs notice the missing100 fps from the 204 Ruger. The cartridge is easy to make, and I've had good results with cheap mixed headstamp 223 range brass. The truth is, if I was starting now with just one prairier dog gun, I would go with the 20 Practical as it is close to the 204 Ruger in performance, and it smokes the 223 in both accuracy and ballistics. Its realtively low in component cost and easy to reload. I will add that I am nervous about mixing my 223 ammo and the 20 Practical ammo. It would be an easy mistake to make if I had both ammo out and I'm certain I could accidentally fire a 20P in a 223 gun, and worse- I could probably fire a 223 in the 20P if the bolt had enough force to push the bigger bullet into the case when it cycles. For that reason I have not brought the 223 and the 20P out at the same time and I don't let the ammo roll around loose anywhere. If I shooting the 20P, the 223 stays home and vice versa! [/QUOTE]
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