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204 ruger
featheredcoyote
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I've been shooting this gun for about six months and absolutely fallen in love with the cartridge. It's a barn burner and a define improvement over the 17 hmr, which lacks ability to kill much, to bad it came out after the 17 hmr. Does anyone else agree with this summation.
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Ray
I WOULD RATHER BE DUCK HUNTING.
I've been shooting this gun for about six months and absolutely fallen in love with the cartridge. It's a barn burner and a define improvement over the 17 hmr, which lacks ability to kill much, to bad it came out after the 17 hmr. Does anyone else agree with this summation.
Apples and oranges, dude. That's like me comparing the .204 to my .375 Ultra Mag and saying "that useless .204 won't kill anything bigger than a coyote, but this here 300 grain slug runs out at 2962 FPS and will splatter a moose!"
If you want to compare it to something in the .17 caliber arena, use the .17 Rem.-it'll launch 25 gr. bullets at 4200 FPS. I'm not suggesting hte .204 is without merit, it's just not in the same class as the HMR or Mach2. And the .220 swift is still king for varmints.
It's easy to spot liberals-they are the ones who have no assets to protect and need every handout they can get. They have forbeyed themselves ascendence to a productive lifestyle.
totaly. the 17hmr is fun to shoot but it wont kill any thing other than a squrial
Au contraire, mon ami. The 17hmr is a deadly accurate and devastating prairie dog round. I have personally hunted them out to 150 yards with exceptional results. It's also a viable round for other small, fur-bearing game like rabbits. Though not recommended for it, I'va talked to a few coyote hunters that like the 17HMR because it leaves a pin hole going in and no exit wound. The HM2 is a great squirrel round, maybe you have the two confused?
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