I see comments on shooting coyotes at 600 yards with a .204 and prairie dogs at 1000 yards. Based on personal experience with the .204 shooting 39 gr SBK at about 3800 fps it is "out of power" at 550 yards. I shot one prairie dog at that range and the Sierra bullet pencilled thru, tipping ...

An Inuit that I hunted with out of Resolute Bay, Nunavut last winter, did his Polar Bear hunting with a 222 Remington. I asked him what he aimed for and he indicated a heart shot, typically taken as a frontal since the bear knew he was there. He liked being at least 70 yards away. He bought the rifl...

Haven't posted here in years, but own a couple of .204s...Cooper Varmint and M700 with a PacNor 1-11" twist sporter barrel. Anyway, I was up bowhunting Central Canadian Barren Ground Caribou in central Nunavut in late October and had an interesting "tuned up" Inuit guide. He hunted wo...

Guys, Thanks for the replies. I had contacted Cooper last year.......with the CA/US exchange rate a new barrel is about $640 Canadian, plus shipping the rifle from Canada to MT and back is likely $250 more due to the extensive paperwork. This is not worth it.......since I wasn't the original Cooper ...

I've got a Cooper Montana Varmint single shot in 17 Mach IV I bought used for a nice price. It isn't very accurate with any loads......20 gr Berger HP, 20 gr V-Max or Nosler HP. I have Lapua cases along with some Remington cases (all .221 FB) and have tried many powders applicable to the cartridge.....