H4895 seemed to burn pretty clean but R-22 and IMR 7828 seemed to burn DIRTY

I've got a sweet load for my sons .257 Roberts. 48 grains of 7828 CCI 250 Mag primer and 100 grain Sierra Game Kings. Just shot a .442" group Sunday.

Everyone I know is using BR-4 so that's what I'm going to start with.

A friend of mine and I finished tuning a 257 Roberts up for my 11 year old son. It's an FN Mauser with a Timney trigger and glass bedded in a Bell Cerlson stock. I haven't quite found the "sweet" load for it but it sure is a pleasure to shoot. My son got a 1/2" group at 50 yards with ...

http://www.cameralandny.com/ is a website that sells Vortex. Check it out they seem to be preety good quality. I think they are American made.

I was curious if anyone here has seen or used Vortex optics. They appear to be good quaility and great priced on their web site but wanted to see if anyone had any luck with them first.

That was GREAT!! Glad to see your youngsters are into it also. It's so much fun to watch kids shoot!

Glen thanks for the welcome. I finnally got to shoot my 204 yesterday. Just trying to properly break in the barrel so I haven't even attempted to shoot groups yet. They are fun to shoot though. It's a Savage 12FV with a Leupold 6x-18x by 40 VX II. After I burn up all my factory rounds I'll attempt t...

Hello all, my name is Casey and I live in California. Married 3, kids and a few pets. I bought a Savage 12FV .204 and a Leopold 6-18 VX 2 about a month ago and the weather has been keeping me from shooting.This is my first varmint gun and from what I hear they are real shooters. Hopefully this weeke...