Poor guy! Next thing you know it will be shooting your hand load through the same hole!!! darn savage.

Sorry for the loss of your friend. You need to get back out there though, I'm sure your friend would want you out there puttin rounds down range.

When you get a chance(somewhere safe of course) chamber a few loaded cartridges in your rifle but don't fire them. Check the primers and see if the shiny rings are there. If the marks are there I would say you have to much headspace, causing the head of the cartridge to be forced against the firing ...

It's the 28" pro-hunter 204 barrel with a Simmons whitetail classic 6.5x20x50. Load Winchester brass (lee collet sizer, Redding body die when necessary) BR4 primer 24.8 gr. 10x 39 gr. SBK 2.300 overall length http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/kingcrawler75/0D5BF0ED-70D1-4255-8049-F24F874...

Wow, that is an impressive shot! My longest shot on an animal so far has a tad over 300 at a coyote. I have killed some 1 gallon water jugs out to the 400 lol. I need to invest in better glass on my 204. I currently have a Simmons whitetail classic on it and I beleive I could increase my range with ...

Should have been more descriptive lol, top photo is a crow that I took at 150 yards in the head. Bottom is a grey fox that I shot last season at about 100 yards. I was shooting down hill at a pretty steep angle, bullet entered right behind shoulder and exited low in the stomach.

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Man that thing does have a huge head! Either the hogs from my neck of the woods have peanut heads or shoulders like linebackers because they definitely look a lot different than that. good shootin man.

I inherited a nikon coolpix from my wife this morning so the pictures will get better hopefully lol.

Its actually slate but I do work in the coal industry. It sure helps pass the time at work looking for 204 targets lol. This is also one of the few places that I can really stretch the 204 out and get some distance. I'm one of the few people around who hunt coyotes from a bull dozer lol.

Got this guy at work the other day. 39 gr. SBK behind the shoulder is like flipping the light switch off lol! sorry about the picture it was a cell phone

You need to go over to mike bellms site for sure and do some reading. He is the go to guy for encore problems. He explains very clearly how to measure your barrel to frame gap and your headspace. I was having some accuracy issues aw well with my 204 barrel over exccesive headspace.

Great pictures indeed. I have to admit, I always cheat and scroll through your pictures before I even read your post lol. Great post and pictures, keep them coming!

Lee collet and redding body when needed for me too. I have gone to these two for pretty much every cal. I own now

Beautiful mount!