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Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger?

Posted By: steve_twice

Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/07/22 12:12 AM

Thinking about picking one up if I can find the right one. Looks like a fun, flat shooting little cartridge for varmints & targets.
Posted By: GusWayne

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/07/22 12:17 AM

I passed on one about a year ago because of ammo

But I am seeing occasionally again

Id like to have one for pigs and varmints
Posted By: Kodyjoe2016

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/07/22 12:49 AM

I have a Savage 204 with a thumbhole stock and bullbarrel. Fun shootig coyotes with it. Shoot 40 gr outa mine. Friends up in Kansas kill lots of coyotes with theirs
Posted By: reeder05

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/07/22 03:50 AM

My favorite coyote gun.

Got a VTR a few years ago off here and have massacred a pile of totes with it.

Great round, but I stay away from the V-max in this small of a caliber.

HSM with 32 grain Berger’s is a mean lil round.
Posted By: HWY_MAN

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/07/22 04:16 AM

Had a Remington 700 I shot for a while and then traded it off, in the process of having another one built on an old 722 action.
Posted By: Wytex

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/07/22 03:16 PM

We have one , nice shooting little rifle and ammo is available up here for it. We reload for it though.
Those Vmax rounds will tear up a coyote hide though.
Posted By: Sewer rat

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/08/22 05:41 PM

I have a stainless Ruger in 204 with a zeiss scope on it. We have owned it probably ten years and and have never shot it. Still has the tags on it. I keep thinking someday I will have a need for it but haven’t yet.
Posted By: rogerh

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/09/22 08:58 PM

Have one in a howa and love it. Shot a few deer (neck and head shots} great on varmints but it does blow stuff up.
Posted By: deerfeeder

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/09/22 10:02 PM

Had a Savage years ago. Got rid of it because ammo was too expensive even back then. Kept the Marlin 17 HMR though.
Posted By: Dennis in Ft Worth

Re: Anyone shooting a .204 Ruger? - 01/10/22 01:50 PM

Mine is a Ruger Hawkeye. I've lost count of the coyotes, bobcats, foxes, neck-shot turkeys, and corn stealing squirrels it has done in over the years. Basically, just point and shoot. Too light for deer or hogs, IMO.

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