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Prelim 204 Ruger Loads
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2611999" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>.204 Ruger load development. .</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]391899[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>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*.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]391904[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The Burris 6.5-20X50 is a good cheap scope with a funny reticle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2611999, member: 115658"] .204 Ruger load development. . [ATTACH alt="Screenshot (428).png"]391899[/ATTACH] 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. [ATTACH alt="IMG_1802.JPG"]391904[/ATTACH] The Burris 6.5-20X50 is a good cheap scope with a funny reticle. [/QUOTE]
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