204Ruger

I Got my new barrel Pac Nor Super Match grade SS
I just finished breaking in my Barrel , test loads and was very happy with the results , Thanks for talking me into the Pac Nor Rick !!!
I think your exact words Rick were " My Pac Nor shoots bug holes"
Getting loading up for rat season coming up Cant wait

That looks sweet and looks like you are well onto some fine shooting. Pac-nor does fine work. Bill K

You say barrel, but did you have pac-nor install the barrel, and did they true the action?

Looks good, I might be doing the same to an XR-100.

Allen

No I had a gunsmith in chehalis Washington do the gunsmith work
Steve kostanich, and yes he trued the action and fit the barrel .

That looks super good what is the twist rate and length of the barrel?
Good shooting!!! that's a tiny group!

Lookin' good there, Mark! That's one dead bug-hole shot Styrofoam plate alrighty, and the rats are gonna' really hate that rifle, that I promise.

Tick-tock, pretty soon it'll be time to rock!

1:11 twist 26" barrel
Very pumped for this year Rick just need to load up a few more rounds, a few like 1300 more

One thing I didn't consider was needing new brass with a new custom barrel. I had some loads from my old barrel and was gonna break in the barrel and they wouldn't even fit in the chamber , and of course brass is hard to find , i normally use winchester and all I could find was hornady brass at twice the cost. Oh well better quality and better than not shooting

majcl5 wrote:I had some loads from my old barrel and was gonna break in the barrel and they wouldn't even fit in the chamber

Mark, I think maybe if you full length size your brass from your other barrel, it might work. I would be willing to bet that it will.

futuretrades wrote:

majcl5 wrote:I had some loads from my old barrel and was gonna break in the barrel and they wouldn't even fit in the chamber

Mark, I think maybe if you full length size your brass from your other barrel, it might work. I would be willing to bet that it will.

This is relevant to my interests...

I'm about to buy a new barrel, and it was my understanding that if you went from a factory chamber to the type of chamber that would come on a custom barrel, even full-length sizing won't get it to fit, because the base will have expanded.

Is that true, false, or in between? If my old 400-ish rounds of brass would work in a new barrel, that may have a serious impact on my barrel/chambering choice...

Twenty Bore...I would think that F/L sizing should fix that.. However, depending on the the reamer for the new barrel, neck turning may be necessary also to make it fit in the chamber. It just all depends on the differences between he two.

My gunsmith told me if my brass had been shot more than once or twice it would probably not work . I did f/l size my brass and they would not fit , not even close . But the new hornady brass went in like butter

I also used my old brass that had been fired 6 times in my new custom barrel.
I full length sized it with a redding body die bumping the shoulder back to fit the new chamber and it worked fine.
I think setting back the shoulder for proper headspace is the key.

Well to late I sold my old brass to some buddies that shoot .204s and already bought the new brass But i will remember that in the future. Oh well its only $$