hey im waiting for the arrival of my new savage low profile varminter in .204 anyone have any good loads made up, like particuiar bullet manu. for some reason powders dont have the .204 listed on the bottles yet, i was wandering if varget worked for them, any comments help, like to more about the gun too if anyone would lto share stories

I use Hornedy V-max's, both the 32's for ground squirrels and rock chucks and the 40's for coyotes. I'm using 26.6 grains of Alliant 10X with the 32's and 26. 2 grains with the 40's with Remington Brass and CCI BR-4 Bench rest primers. Groups run from dime to quarter size. I'd approach these loads in .1 grain increments for a different rifle than the CZ 527 I'm shooting. I've been getting my bullets locally and from Midway, but local saves you postage if you have a dealer that's reasonable.

The Hornedy's are available in 250 count boxes and are the least expensive 204 bullets on the market and seem very accurate. Lots of the guys shooting coyotes like the 35 grain Bergers, but so far with seven coyotes down and one at 385 measured yards I'ver found the 40 grainer's kill as well as my old 22-250 did with 55 grain bullets.

Here's a good place to look for 204 load and shooting info.

http://www.204ruger.com/

Hey Bud, I just saw this thread, I am shooting the 39 Sierria Blitzking using H4895 powder, win brass and cci br4 primers. The load I am using is 26.5grs in my savage model 12 it does not show any flattening of the primer. I was thinking of changing to berger 35s but I have not made up my mind yet.
I am getting around .5 @ 100yards when I am having a good day. I have not been out much this winter but plan on staying down at the farm for a few weeks in Feb. & Mar.
This past fall while upland bird hunting I had the 204 with me all the time and I let the air out of 7 coyotes and 1 was at over 400 yards.
The only problem was I did not have a lot of 1 shot kills which I still find a little bit distrubing. I will be trying to find the right combination once the weather gets better up here. I am going ice fishing tomorrow and I will be taking the 204 as it is 1 hour both ways to the lake so I might be able to anchor one if I am lucky.

Mine likes 28 gr of WW-748 and the 40 gr Hornady vmax.

Has anyone out there used the 35 berger? and what load are you using?

thanks iv kinda got an idea, i think my first load is gonna be 29 grains of varget with 32 grain v-max, ima try a 26 grain varmint grenade by barnes too

I haven't heard alot of positive things about the Varmint Grenade as far as accuracy.