Elliott Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Had a good few hours stretching the legs of the new CZ527 Varmint yesterday. 350 & 370 yard rabbits, followed by a 490 yard crow. Chuffed to bits with the last shot. 39gr Sierra Blitz @ 3,770fps, 8mph wind. The 204 is fast becoming my favourite calibre and may replace the 223 altogether. https://photos.app.goo.gl/OjyNfdYOXHsgw6Gr2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekeeper Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Well done superb calibre had mine a while now love it 420 yds my best to date on a rabbit I' going to try nosler 40gr bt next see how they fair May you have many happy times together atb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT3_richy Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Time for some more videos, Elliott? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby-93 Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 12 hours ago, Elliott said: Had a good few hours stretching the legs of the new CZ527 Varmint yesterday. 350 & 370 yard rabbits, followed by a 490 yard crow. Chuffed to bits with the last shot. 39gr Sierra Blitz @ 3,770fps, 8mph wind. The 204 is fast becoming my favourite calibre and may replace the 223 altogether. https://photos.app.goo.gl/OjyNfdYOXHsgw6Gr2 What range was your zero? And how much above did you aim/dial in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 6 hours ago, GT3_richy said: Time for some more videos, Elliott? Just need to find the time, bud ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 24 minutes ago, Scooby-93 said: What range was your zero? And how much above did you aim/dial in? Here you go: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HGcbYJmqaGsVK8W62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Elliot how do you get Strelok to put a U infront of the amount of elevation and a L infront of windage mine just does + or - Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT3_richy Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 55 minutes ago, Vermincinerator said: Elliot how do you get Strelok to put a U infront of the amount of elevation and a L infront of windage mine just does + or - Ian. Settings (the red cogged wheel bottom left) > 8th item down "Use U/D and L/R instead of +/- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorlander Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 15 hours ago, Elliott said: Had a good few hours stretching the legs of the new CZ527 Varmint yesterday. 350 & 370 yard rabbits, followed by a 490 yard crow. Chuffed to bits with the last shot. 39gr Sierra Blitz @ 3,770fps, 8mph wind. The 204 is fast becoming my favourite calibre and may replace the 223 altogether. https://photos.app.goo.gl/OjyNfdYOXHsgw6Gr2 .204 Ruger , the calibre for winners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 I have struggled with my 204 to find a load it likes it's always been a love hate relationship with factory Ammo difrent batch to batch it's either brilliant or useless! What load are finding is working in yours please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Montey said: I have struggled with my 204 to find a load it likes it's always been a love hate relationship with factory Ammo difrent batch to batch it's either brilliant or useless! What load are finding is working in yours please ? Reloading will get you there. You probably just need to play about a bit more. Factory ammo in the 204 doesn't appear to offer much variety. 39gr Blitzkings offer the best BC, so they are the obvious place to start. I've read that some 204's struggle to stabilise 40gr bullets and over, but most will shoot the 39gr bullets. My current load is as follows: 39gr Blitz; Hornady brass; 25.6gr Vhit N530; CCI 400 primers; OAL: 2.248" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 Thanks for your reply I've got a collection of powders sitting around but no N530 so I'll have a look at accurate shooter and see what I've got on the shelf to start with it'll be Rel 10X and I've got 39g and the 32g Blitzkings as well as 40g V max just a time thing given I'm reloading a lot these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxwhistler88 Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 I love my 204 and been using it for years with sierra 39s and benchmark! Now looking for a load using the sierras and viht n133! Wondering if anyone has any data for a load? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimmie Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, Foxwhistler88 said: I love my 204 and been using it for years with sierra 39s and benchmark! Now looking for a load using the sierras and viht n133! Wondering if anyone has any data for a load? Thanks! This is the data I have, no 133 on there though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxwhistler88 Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 Thanks rimmie, but was really looking for N133! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted April 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 13 hours ago, Foxwhistler88 said: Thanks rimmie, but was really looking for N133! Vhit don't list the data for 39gr Blitz, but just use the load data for the 40gr V-Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 Great shot with a 20 in that wind , what wind meter you using ? And rangefinder please ? Atb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted April 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 hour ago, gunner said: Great shot with a 20 in that wind , what wind meter you using ? And rangefinder please ? Atb Here's the wind meter - pretty basic, but perfectly adequate: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F332380306194 Rangefinder is a Hawke 1000. Not sure they make them anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 On 30/03/2018 at 10:35 AM, thekeeper said: Well done superb calibre had mine a while now love it 420 yds my best to date on a rabbit I' going to try nosler 40gr bt next see how they fair May you have many happy times together atb 39 SBK is better in most rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 On 31/03/2018 at 12:54 PM, Elliott said: Reloading will get you there. You probably just need to play about a bit more. Factory ammo in the 204 doesn't appear to offer much variety. 39gr Blitzkings offer the best BC, so they are the obvious place to start. I've read that some 204's struggle to stabilise 40gr bullets and over, but most will shoot the 39gr bullets. My current load is as follows: 39gr Blitz; Hornady brass; 25.6gr Vhit N530; CCI 400 primers; OAL: 2.248" Depends on the twist rate. I think most 204s are built for 32s - 40 gr bullets, hence have a 1 in 11 or slower twist. I have a 1 in 9 throated for Berger 50s which it shoots in the .2s when I do my bit. 39gr SBKs shoot at about .4 in it but do hold together, I have had 40 gr VMax break up at about 3800 under test. I run things at around 3500 as there is a nice accuracy node there, nice and smooth in a heavy rifle, see the impact even without a mod. Cal is 20BR, N150 is the powder of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted April 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Nipped out again this evening while the weather was nice. Very still air and blue skies. First shot on a clean barrel and managed to to dump this Rook at 505 yards. Safe to say the T3 Varmint 223 is definitely going to get sold. The 204 is fast, flat, has zero recoil and is deadly accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Superb - its the shots that we live for and don't forget in a hurry , that group in the pictures above , are they 5 shots or 3 ? Atb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted April 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 On 05/04/2018 at 10:27 PM, gunner said: Superb - its the shots that we live for and don't forget in a hurry , that group in the pictures above , are they 5 shots or 3 ? Atb Thanks. Four shot groups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 A Four shot group is a group where the shooter has shot a superb 3 shot group then decides to really test his marksmanship with a 5 shot group but chickens out after the fourth shot Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Vermincinerator said: A Four shot group is a group where the shooter has shot a superb 3 shot group then decides to really test his marksmanship with a 5 shot group but chickens out after the fourth shot Ian. Or a tight reloader, not wanting to waste his ammo like in my case Here's the full target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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