as well. Compare Compare Now. Probably Winchester 748 would be good in a big bore .204 with 32 gr bullets, plus Varget could be OK. Shot both factory loads by hornandy, 32 and 40 grn vmax. The low-flame temperature extends barrel life compared to other similar speed powder. Factory loads and handloads were checked for velocity and accuracy with a CZ 527 American with a 22-inch barrel and a Redfield Revolution 4-12x scope. containers. Factory velocity claim was 4,225 fps and my . The Latest In Reloading, Straight To Your Inbox Keep up-to-date on new products, trends and tips from the leader in reloading. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. .204 Ruger Factory .223 Remington loads often provide good accuracy, but the cartridge is a great choice for handloaders who want to duplicate or even exceed factory ammunition ballistics. At the end of a day of high-volume shooting, the comparatively low muzzle report, flat trajectory and low recoil of the .204 was especially appreciated. and 8 lb. I would like to get some of your opinions on your load data as well. In ill health for some time, Oliver F. Winchester died December 11, 1880 at age 70 in New Haven, Connecticut. GET RELOADING DATA. New customer? Gday I'm looking for some info on loads for the 204 ruger using 45grn soft point projectiles and Ar2208 Powder. by Rick in Oregon Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:17 am, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. Does anyone use Win 748 powder for .223 or .308 loads? A great powder for reloading so many different rifle calibres. My .204 ar build is almost complete. . Win primers, .005" off lands. I've experimented with Nosler & Hornady 32gr & 40gr (Varmageddon 32gr HP & 32gr & 40gr V-Max/ Z-Max) simply from an availability & cost-effectiveness standpoint as some of you have mentiuoned. containers. Purely subjective, but to me, I can't tell the difference between the 223 and 204 on targets, they're about the same (to me) in the field, but the 204 shoots noticably flatter in comparison. 5.0 out of 5 star rating (1) Savage 12 LRPV Left Port Rifle. Modifying a cartridge case to another shape and/or caliber has been the pastime of wildcatters seemingly forever. Use the minimum load data to start. When we are sold out, we are sold out. Got two to plink around with and hope to do a little varmint hunting later this spring. JavaScript is disabled. #7 12-19-2012, 01:36 PM . All major bullet companies offer component bullets for the .204 Ruger. Share information about reloading the .204 Ruger. Is this fairly consistent with what everybody else is loading? The .204 Ruger is essentially a .222 Remington Magnum case necked to accept .204-inch bullets, which results in 32- and 40-grain bullets being advertised at . .204 Ruger, and .375 Ruger. i have been working up 204 loads, too. 2. The 527 features a 22-inch barrel, which is shorter than those found on most varmint rifles, but. I agree with the respondents. 2008 prices range from $.25 to $.50 each in 100 lots. The .204 Ruger is considered to be accurate on distances up to 270 yards. Load at your own risk. The Official Predator Masters Search Engine, http://www.predatormastersforums.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2148878. Dealer Locator. Barnes says of their 26 grain, .204 bullets, Barnes Varmint Grenade is a unique varmint bullet that delivers explosive results. Loads for .204 Ruger:(Note: Most are maximum loads, you should use 10% less to start.) * * * * *Powders: RL-15, RL-7 are Accurate Arms Powder; H335, H4895, Benchmark & Varget are Hodgdon, IMR powders are also supplied by Hodgdon. I loaded the .204 Ruger for about 4 years, until I sold the rifle a few months ago. Since reading these posts it sounds like it may have been a fairly decent choice afterall. And mine in .204 for . Wolfe Publishing Company | 2180 Gulfstream Suite A | Prescott, AZ 86301, Lightweight Bullets for Big-Game Cartridges. In Sierras tradition, they also proved very accurate throughout load development. I would think its a little faster burning than say AA2520 or CFE223, and slower burning than AA2230, 2460 or H335. Thanks. Detachable rotary magazine features a unique rotor to separate cartridges and provide reliable feeding. in Aktuality. I've been using 748 for 25 years or so and it is the best powder for 5.56/.223. The latest Nosler #7 shows WW-748 as the top velocity powder with their 69 gr. I was wondering what some of you guys have worked up as loads for this round. 300 Winchester Short Magnum (WSM) 300 Holland & Holland (H&H) Magnum. Hi there can anybody help me with some load data for W748 in my .204. This has a similar, we would say, burn tate to Varget or Reloader 15, except its a flattened ball powder, not a stick powder. 748 and 2208/Varget are the two powders I use for rifles apart . It is also ideal for a wide variety of centerfire rifle loads, including 222 Remington, 30-30 Winchester, 30 Winchester, and up to 485 Winchester Magnum. Using the 32-grain BlitzKing, 30.7 grains of Accurate 2520 powder almost duplicated factory load performance; however, 28.0 grains of Hodgdon Benchmark reached just under 4,000 fps and was the most accurate powder with this bullet. 3,427 fps-(unverified)(MAX) [note from a user: 32 grains TAC is MAX/MAX and will produce over 4,200 fps not verified, caution] This load likely exceeds max pressures, use at your own risk I would use the TAC loads below for the 32 grain, 50 grain Berger Hollow Point Boat Tail (HPBT), (Note: hard to stabilize longer bullets, 1 in 12 twist is not enough). 204 Ruger Load Data. The .358 Winchester remains a popular big-bore hunting cartridge and is easy to reload. Both feature a green plastic tip for high BCs, but it also serves to facilitate rapid expansion on varmints. We use cookies to make your experience better. It can do it all. No reviews found. Keep up-to-date on new products, * All prices incl. Pet Loads and Handloader are registered trademarks of Wolfe Publishing Company. Hey everyone! Sep 24, 2020. With the opening of the American West to settlement and the ongoing military conflicts in Europe and the Near East, the demand for Winchester firearms and ammunition remained strong. 300 Winchester Magnum. It is far easier to work with ball powders like 748 than with the stick powders when you have the small neck cases. Find load data for Winchester 748 propellant by clicking the button "Loads for this Powder".More about this powder:Wincheste. Excellent performance, very consistent between batches. My unscientific field terminal effects experiments on prairie dogs favored 39gr blitzkings over 32gr Bullets in the .204. You are using an out of date browser. TAC has the ability to provide some of the industrys highest velocities for 80 grain bullets in the .223 caliber while maintaining SAAMI pressure guidelines. Good luck, 29.8 gr blc-2 and your choice of 40 gr bullet I prefer berger hp. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Cartridge Select Cartridge 17 Ackley Hornet 17 Hornet 17 Ackley Bee 17 Mach IV 17 Remington Fireball 17-222 17-223 17 Remington 20 Tactical 204 Ruger 22 Hornet 22 K Hornet 218 Bee 221 Remington Fireball 222 . Powders include Accurate, Norma, Alliant, Vihtavuori, Hodgdon, Ramshot, Winchester, IMR 3. I'm looking for some load data on these rounds with the 748. Shots great and is very consistent. Remembert, this is 50 yards. Across the board they worked very well, were consistent, provided adequate ignition with all powders, including extruded and spherical, and generally gave acceptable low extreme spreads. Close menu . Re: Load Data for Winchester 748 in my .204. Flows very smoothly. Learn More. The most accurate versions included the 35-grain FB Varmint over 28.0 grains of IMR-8208 XBR for 3,886 fps, and the 40-grain LTB loaded over 29.0 grains of Accurate 2520 powder for 3,871 fps. This is from the Hornady #7 manual, for TAC powder in the .204 Ruger: 32 Grain Bullet, Minimum load of 24.5 (3700 fps) - Maximum load of 27.4 (4100 fps) 40 Grain Bullet, Minimum load of 23.2 (3200 fps) - Maximum load of 25.8 (3700 fps) The 223 is a Savage Edge and I think it has a 1 in 9 twist rate. This is something we need to do to continue using our email system. Both are good powders for .223 rem. This is my second 223 reload test, weather was cold, windy and wet at times. Reloader 10 X works pretty good with the 39 grain Serria Blitskings. $678.00. Wow, that's really low on the 55gr. I like the 32gr Sierra's, otherwise, if you go too heavy (like 40gr) you may as well go with a 22-250 because you start departing from what makes the .204 a .204. Select handloads easily exceeded 4,000 fps, duplicating and even exceeding factory load performance. RL15 is a great powder in the 204R for speed and accuracy in the 39-40gr bullet weight range. Figured more than just I will use it too. We place limited powder inventory for sale on a regular basis on our website. For those wanting to duplicate velocities of the 32-grain V-MAX factory load, try 30.5 grains of Accurate 2520. I checked Alliants site and could not find any load for 204,s. by Cooper Sat May 06, 2017 5:37 am . May 18, 2017. recently got a ruger #1, and liked the round, so i have been rounding up stuff for a remington 700. with the current component craziness, i have just been working with what i have on the shelf. It may not display this or other websites correctly. 26.8 gr gives me about 3000 fps and matches Hornady's factory 223 load. I would like to get some of your opinions on your load data as well. Now I load with H335 for 55-62 grain bullets and Reloder 15 for 77-80 grain bullets with Win 748 for 64 PP's. thats the only powder I use for my 223/556 loads. Hornady offers its excellent 32- and 40-grain V-MAX bullets as well as a 45-grain Spire Point designed for larger varmints such as coyotes. Location: Mid-Michigan. Copyright. the case is pretty full. Shot steel to 650 with good accuracy and 1k with not such good accuracy (too much wind drift). I use a small rifle magnum primer for the 335, std small rifle primer for varget. Winchester 748. Precision dies, especially benchrest-style bullet seating dies, will help in obtaining top-notch accuracy, with a Redding seating die being used herein. To accurately detail those results would. TAC is Ramshot TAC, a versatile rifle powder that performs well in a number of different calibers. Vihtavuori N540, Winchester 748 . 29.3 gr and a 32 vmax has been outstanding for me, fellas i am new here and this may even be my first or second post but i thought i would toss this out for the fellas that are playing with the 204 loads- i have 3 different 204's and the reason for that is i could not get anything factory to shoot in 1- factory 700 adl 204 and 2-23" encore barrel and 3- a ruger 77 vt stainless - i tried all powders and primers and bullets with one load that worked in all 3 - the remington i almost sent back to them for checking out only after doing a lot of work to it to see if it would shoot - now to this day i cant get a 55 gr of any kind to shoot and the best so far and pretty darn good is the 40 bergers even though they are almost 20 a box - now for the fellas that are still looking for a load to try - like i said no factory stuff would shoot worth a crap even the 32gr stuff but this load shot great and i mean groups i am proud to match with my pride and joy 22-250 40X -yea it hurts a little to admit it but i knew this 204 urge would pan out sooner or later in a plain jane remington with enough tries-- the load that works in all 3 guns is : and please check this info before you load it because its coming from memory -- varget 28.5 gr and 205M primers and the 40gr bergers - now my col was just a tad longer than factory but still not long enough to touch the lands in any of the guns so there was a little jump (even with the 55gr i still couldnt get enough length) i know now that the twist in 204 just will not shoot that long of a bullet) but didnt at the time and i was using the brass from the factory hornady stuff that was all over the place - now i dont own a chrony so thats all the info i can offer but i will tell ya this - this load groups like nothing i have ever seen in my very few years of loading my own stuff and this load showed no bad signs in all 3 guns - i sure hope this helps someone and saves them a little powder and time-i hope it shoots in their gun as well as it does mine and if ya play a little more with this load and figure something else out post it, The Official Predator Masters Search Engine, http://www.rugerhunting.com/forum/index.php. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Using bullets from Hornady NTX, Hornady V-Max, Hornady SP. With 29.5 grains of Accurate 2520 powder, velocity reached over 3,950 fps; however, the most accurate powder with this bullet was IMR-8208 XBR, with 27.4 grains producing 3,748 fps. I have a bunch of brass, but wanted somewhere to start so i could save some time and money. No, the large part of the case is longer and neck taper is different. To comply with the new e-Privacy directive, we need to ask for your consent to set the cookies. In my experience, in regards to the .204speed is your friend. range and work up very slowly. Nosler offers six .204 bullets that include a 32-grain Ballistic Tip Lead Free, a 34-grain flatbase hollowpoint, a 32-grain. MIBULLETS. Available in 1 lb. You can get brass from Hornady, Norma, Nosler, Remington & Winchester. i am looking forward to some return to "normalcy", so i can actually try some different "recipes". Using 29.5 grains of Accurate 2230 powder duplicated, and even slightly exceeded, factory load velocities. The .204 Ruger was the second Ruger-named cartridge produced by a partnership between Ruger and Hornady, the first being the big bore .480 Ruger revolver cartridge introduced in 2003 for the Super Redhawk.With the backing of a major gunmaker and a major ammunition company, the round was an instant success, with other ammunition makers and firearms makers quickly adding the new chambering. The Speer 39-grain TNT is an accurate bullet and delivers outstanding terminal performance on varmints. Gun was super hot. It is also ideal for a wide variety of centerfire rifle loads, including 222 Remington, 30-30 Winchester, 30 Winchester, and up to 485 Winchester Magnum. I shoot a 204 1in12 18" barrel Bushmaster ar, I have had mine since 2006 Ruger M77 Varmint 28" Barrel ,I mostly use FED M205 primers but use BR4's, I prefer them for a bolt action rifle. Cold hammer-forged barrel results in ultra-precise rifling that provides exceptional accuracy and longevity. I use 32 vmax with 27 grains of H-322 or benchmark,shoots good out to 450 yds. In spite of previous positive comments regarding powders containing a decoppering agent, propellants without this feature, including spherical and extruded versions, can give excellent results. However, the 40-grain V-MAX offers a higher ballistic coefficient (BC) and a flatter trajectory. Meters well and gets to target velocity. A few examples include Accurate 2015, 2230 and 2520, Hodgdon CFE 223, Benchmark, BL-C(2), Norma 200, Winchester 748, IMR-8208 XBR, Alliant Reloder 10X, AR-Comp, Vihtavuori N133 or Ramshot X-Terminator and TAC. Please help us to improve and report any suggestions via our contact form. With the heavier bullets WW-748 can produce top velocities. But very minor. I got the win 748 because it was all the store had that was listed for a 308. Available in 1 lb. and 8 lb. LC brass, CCI 41, 69 grain Nosler CC, 23.7 grains 748, OAL 2.20", White Oak barrel,1-8 twist, and Bushmaster DCP rifle. The 28's shot pretty good. I plan on loading some up in the next few days and hopefully will get to try them out pretty soon. Go to Hodgdon powder site and thier load data and/or Winchester's site and the load data there.. Bill K #6 . X-Terminator & TAC are powders from Ramshot. For more information, go towww.P65Warnings.ca.gov. You unknowingly made a good choice for that 223. Ruger M77 Mkii VT .204 Jw-15e .22 Winchester Model 37a 12ga Beretta Silver pigeon pump action 12ga Howa 1500 .223 . bullet, 17 fireball winchester 748, 175 gr smk 308 wichester load data winchester 748 powder, 204 ruger load 32 . I shoot 40 grain vmax out of both. Delivers sniper-like accuracy for dependable long-range kills. Regarding loads, Barnes said, you can use other published load data from Hodgdon or Hornady and the 32gr bullet for use with the 26gr Varmint Grenade bullets. 300 Ruger Compact Magnum. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Ive got some RL15 and imr 8208 xbr Im gonna try. All of these loads will generally print out 1/2" groups or better out of both of my savage 204's. These loads may not work in your gun so REMEMBER to start below these and work your way up at approx .2 to .3 gr at a time. Do to continue using our email system case when cookies are disabled 175 smk! The Speer 39-grain TNT is an accurate bullet and delivers outstanding terminal performance on varmints loads... Clicking the button `` loads for this powder ''.More about this:. Powder: Wincheste Ballistic tip Lead Free, a 32-grain for some time and.... 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