Hugnot
Well-Known Member
.204 Ruger load development. .
A mild load of average velocity of 3670 fps with IMR 8208 & 40 Vmax bullets, CCI 450 primers. I have been using this load for several years & it has performed very well at up to 400 yds. As you would expect IMR 8208 is scarce and other powders need to be considered, CFE 223 is available & I have a modest stash of it that is used for .223 & 5.56 AR shooting. Some concerns are temperature stability at temperatures over eighty-five*.
Stats were run for only five rounds. I plan to work up a good accurate load that has velocities in the high 3700 or low 3800 fps range then after getting a good combo run the stats for ten rounds using a T value of 2.236. Looking at a bell-shaped curve this would give a low & high range velocity range at 95% probability that might be expected for some 750 rounds or more for next year's rodent ops.
The Burris 6.5-20X50 is a good cheap scope with a funny reticle.
A mild load of average velocity of 3670 fps with IMR 8208 & 40 Vmax bullets, CCI 450 primers. I have been using this load for several years & it has performed very well at up to 400 yds. As you would expect IMR 8208 is scarce and other powders need to be considered, CFE 223 is available & I have a modest stash of it that is used for .223 & 5.56 AR shooting. Some concerns are temperature stability at temperatures over eighty-five*.
Stats were run for only five rounds. I plan to work up a good accurate load that has velocities in the high 3700 or low 3800 fps range then after getting a good combo run the stats for ten rounds using a T value of 2.236. Looking at a bell-shaped curve this would give a low & high range velocity range at 95% probability that might be expected for some 750 rounds or more for next year's rodent ops.
The Burris 6.5-20X50 is a good cheap scope with a funny reticle.
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