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by Grendel
Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:51 am
Forum: Reloading the .204 Ruger
Topic: Bullet damage!
Replies: 20
Views: 3306

Re: Bullet damage!

Agreed, inside neck is too sharp, needs a very slight bevel/champher.
by Grendel
Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:01 am
Forum: Big Game
Topic: Your Best/Favorite Deer Hunting Rifles?
Replies: 53
Views: 63091

Re: Your Best/Favorite Deer Hunting Rifles?

TC Icon in 7MM Mag topped off with a Burris Black Diamond. I use a hand load 125 Nosler Ballistic Tip.
by Grendel
Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:59 am
Forum: Optics
Topic: Sightron vs Vortex
Replies: 9
Views: 3759

Re: Sightron vs Vortex

I have a Sightron 6X24X44 on my 17 Rem AR and a Vortex Viper on my 300 BLK AR, both are good......The Vortex is made in Korea/China (exept the Vortex Razor)........the Sightrons are made in Japan, or at least they were when I got mine. I believe the glass is better in the Sightron. Japan got its opt...
by Grendel
Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:41 am
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: 200yd rabbits with 40gn Nosler BT
Replies: 10
Views: 2820

Re: 200yd rabbits with 40gn Nosler BT

boomer84 wrote:Coyotes!!! Not that we need another type of pest destroying our agriculture industry, but boy it would be great to have another vermin to lay a crosshair upon!!!
Perhaps we should start an exchange program........Coyotes for Dingoes :idea:
by Grendel
Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:31 pm
Forum: Centerfire Rifles
Topic: My M700 20VT is here at last
Replies: 10
Views: 1952

Re: My M700 20VT is here at last

Sweeeet :eek:
by Grendel
Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:22 pm
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: 200yd rabbits with 40gn Nosler BT
Replies: 10
Views: 2820

Re: 200yd rabbits with 40gn Nosler BT

bow shot wrote:Grendel: 'Waiting to nail a couple with mine... 6.5Grendel!!
I'll have to post some pics of my 6.5 Grendel AR I built back in 05' :D
by Grendel
Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:56 am
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: 200yd rabbits with 40gn Nosler BT
Replies: 10
Views: 2820

Re: 200yd rabbits with 40gn Nosler BT

Looks like some good eatin......for the coyotes!
by Grendel
Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:43 am
Forum: AR
Topic: Shilen 1-9 twist barrel
Replies: 25
Views: 11477

Re: Shilen 1-9 twist barrel

Old post ....new guy. I have 3 AR Shilen barrles. 223 Wylde, 17 Rem and the 204 Ruger (1-9 twist).....all came with the head spaced bolts and all are tack drivers. The first animal I shot with the 17 Rem was a crow at 250+ yds. It exploded into a poof of black feathers. It's feet were the only thing...
by Grendel
Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:10 am
Forum: AR
Topic: 204 magazine options
Replies: 20
Views: 41586

Re: 204 magazine options

Just bought a plum crazy lower and a custom upper in 204 with ER Shaw barrel. The rig came with Magpul 223 plastic magazines. They will not function at all, a round is either not picked up at all or the round is at such an angle that the bolt jams on it and dents it in the middle. I tried my DPMS 2...