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by Rick in Oregon
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: Ruger Hawkeye Predator .204 (~$1100) or Savage 110 Predator .204 (~$850)?
Replies: 21
Views: 953

Re: Ruger Hawkeye Predator .204 (~$1100) or Savage 110 Predator .204 (~$850)?

But Savage, Remington, Tikka and the 527 CZ's and some others just have the better after market supplies, in my opinion. :) Never been a Savage fan, but I'll admit that in the gun-world, Savage is like a small block Chevy in the car/truck world.....beaucoup aftermarket accessories available for abo...
by Rick in Oregon
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: Predator and Varmint Hunting
Topic: Chucks
Replies: 4
Views: 671

Re: Chucks

Chucks, yeah, waiting here too. Snowing right now, got about 8" on the ground even after a brief warmup over the past two days that melted a lot of it. Like Bill K., at least for us here, we'll not see those boys until all this melts and we get some warmer temps and some sun. I usually don't sh...
by Rick in Oregon
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: Centerfire Rifles
Topic: RIP Master Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney
Replies: 6
Views: 421

RIP Master Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney

This week we lost the most prolific sniper to come out of Vietnam, Chuck Mawhinney of Baker City, Oregon. More well-known is Carlos Hathcock who came to RVN a few years earlier. Chuck was a quiet fellow who rarely talked of his time as a sniper. Some friends in town did not even know he was a Vietna...
by Rick in Oregon
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: General Reloading
Topic: General information re: 204R of mine.
Replies: 9
Views: 920

Re: General information re: 204R of mine.

Great post there you two! Makes me anxious to get out after the sage rats and chucks, but we've got a fresh dump of 7" of the white stuff....dang! I'm sure some will gain some good info from your prep and loading techniques, and we all like to see field pics of rifles and the varmints too. It's...
by Rick in Oregon
Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: Members Lounge
Topic: Good bye Good luck saving your forum.
Replies: 3
Views: 396

Re: Good bye Good luck saving your forum.

Well Tom, that's a pity. I was under the impression we were a group of grown-a$$ men and like-minded fellows here, and not thin-skinned Nancy's getting our panties in a twist when challenged. What ever happened to "adapt and improvise", rise to the the challenge and overcome? Not run home ...
by Rick in Oregon
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: General Reloading
Topic: The plunk test
Replies: 23
Views: 1330

Re: The plunk test

I wouldnt want to be shot by any of them Tom, great thoughtful response after Jim went to all the time and trouble to give statistical, detailed information on the bullets you showed interest in. Not trying to be a hard-a$$ here, I'm just missing the old content we used to have on this forum, infor...
by Rick in Oregon
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: Members Lounge
Topic: My thread on chain saws
Replies: 1
Views: 134

Re: My thread on chain saws

Sunsets, sausage making, flowers, now it's chain saws. What's next, what truck do you drive? What toothbrush do you use? Last time I checked, this was supposed to be a 204/rifle forum with sub categories, all firearm-related. There are forums for such trivia, but I'm at a loss as to why the 204um ha...
by Rick in Oregon
Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:01 pm
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: How many rounds to burn out a .204 bbl?
Replies: 8
Views: 15197

Re: How many rounds to burn out a .204 bbl?

We've found that during a hot time in the rat patch or on PD's, a soaking wet towel draped over the barrel while it's being cleaned cools it off quickly and with even cooling over the entire length of the barrel. When the barrel is clean, it's then about cool enough to resume shooting. Of course, th...
by Rick in Oregon
Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: General Reloading
Topic: A new hope-
Replies: 16
Views: 911

Re: A new hope-

TK, most will show a trim length of 1.840 on the 204R. I have read where Hornady in working on the 204R case and throat being long was following Roy Weatherby's idea with his creations, in that it allows for more FPS out of a given chamber. Not sure if that is correct or not. RIO can probably give ...
by Rick in Oregon
Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Reloading the .204 Ruger
Topic: lets talk powder.....
Replies: 98
Views: 86022

Re: lets talk powder.....

Funnels...... I like most others, started out with a plastic RCBS do-it-all funnel. This morphed to the Saturn funnels....better in all regards, but caliber specific. Then Brad at Custom Reloading Tools (now defunct) brought out the most nifty, well-designed reloading funnel to ever come down the pi...
by Rick in Oregon
Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: .204 Ruger Forum
Topic: 204 Ruger, which factory rifle?
Replies: 61
Views: 454518

Re: 204 Ruger, which factory rifle?

Bringing up Cooper, I have one I traded into a few years back, my introduction to 22BR. I forget the model, black fiberglass stock with a Jewel trigger. It shoots fantastic, my complaint is if one was going to shoot any kind of BR stuff with it, opening and closing the action upsets it I. The bags ...
by Rick in Oregon
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: General Reloading
Topic: The plunk test
Replies: 23
Views: 1330

Re: The plunk test

Tom, check your PM's.
Best wishes to you also.
by Rick in Oregon
Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: Reloading the .204 Ruger
Topic: lets talk powder.....
Replies: 98
Views: 86022

Re: lets talk powder.....

In regard to using VV powders, I found that N133 in the 223 using both 50gr and 40gr bullets for chuck and rat shooting gave me the smallest groups I've ever fired in those 223 rifles. One-hole groups in the sub .2 and .1 realm......fantastic! Only caveat is the cost of the stuff at over $80/lb now,...
by Rick in Oregon
Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: General Reloading
Topic: The plunk test
Replies: 23
Views: 1330

Re: The plunk test

The M700 in military form was the M24 or M240, depending on what branch was using it (Army or USMC). Carlos Hathcock used a pre-'64 M70 and the M240 (M700) in RVN and racked up an impressive KIA count. No mention of any failure using the M700 action in combat....none. Perhaps ONE man who had ONE fai...