Thread: just Varminting - how far was your longest shot on your last walk

Got a hare at 280m and a magpie at 170m on Sunday morning with my 20br.

Originally Posted by Friwi

Got a hare at 280m and a magpie at 170m on Sunday morning with my 20br.

some more info on the 20BR would be cool @Friwi

Originally Posted by rossi.45

some more info on the 20BR would be cool @Friwi

Hi Rossi,
So I built that rifle because a friend had the reamer and i had seen spectacular results with it. ( his first two live game after load development and drop chart were two magpies at 350 and 400m with rounds number 1 and 2).
The reamer is a neck turn (229) . Barrel is true flite remington varmint profile, 24" long, built on a Rem 788 that I blueprinted. Timney trigger ken henderson carbon tactical hunter stock.( I am not sure he will ever re do an inlet for that action as it is so tricky with that stock pattern).
I am shooting a 39gr sierra blitz king at 3950 fps. I am using vita n133 powder.
I choose the Remington 788 so I can mag feed easily. The rifle is shooting well, but not exceptionally well yet , I still have the odd flyer and that could come from the fact that my first 50 lapua cases were from a second hand batch of 6 mm br.
I will try with a new batch to see if consistency improves. I also need to work up a bit my seating depth and change scope as I damaged my old leupold 6.5-20-40.
The gun was originally designed for Shooting magpies.
If I had to do it again I would go with a no turn neck reamer, a single shot action ( Barnard s or Remington7 or its clone).0 Moa rail ( I have a 20 Moa that does not serve any purpose for that flat Shooting cartridge) use a full length sizing die instead of just a type s neck die.
I built a 204 ruger on Howa mini action in a plastic stock with a standard tikka contour barrel last June and it does shoot as well with factory ammo than the 20 br with all the hard work. So if you are into Shooting more than reloading go with the 204.

Originally Posted by Friwi

Hi Rossi,
So I built that rifle because a friend had the reamer and i had seen spectacular results with it. ( his first two live game after load development and drop chart were two magpies at 350 and 400m with rounds number 1 and 2).
The reamer is a neck turn (229) . Barrel is true flite remington varmint profile, 24" long, built on a Rem 788 that I blueprinted. Timney trigger ken henderson carbon tactical hunter stock.( I am not sure he will ever re do an inlet for that action as it is so tricky with that stock pattern).
I am shooting a 39gr sierra blitz king at 3950 fps. I am using vita n133 powder.
I choose the Remington 788 so I can mag feed easily. The rifle is shooting well, but not exceptionally well yet , I still have the odd flyer and that could come from the fact that my first 50 lapua cases were from a second hand batch of 6 mm br.
I will try with a new batch to see if consistency improves. I also need to work up a bit my seating depth and change scope as I damaged my old leupold 6.5-20-40.
The gun was originally designed for Shooting magpies.
If I had to do it again I would go with a no turn neck reamer, a single shot action ( Barnard s or Remington7 or its clone).0 Moa rail ( I have a 20 Moa that does not serve any purpose for that flat Shooting cartridge) use a full length sizing die instead of just a type s neck die.
I built a 204 ruger on Howa mini action in a plastic stock with a standard tikka contour barrel last June and it does shoot as well with factory ammo than the 20 br with all the hard work. So if you are into Shooting more than reloading go with the 204.

some pics of the 20BR would be cool @Friwi

bit of a chuckle to myself about the Howa 204 vrs BR comment, i could have saved myself a whole lot of trouble if i had just got a .223R Tikka Varmint instead of fcking around with a custom setup/cartridge with my .22VarTarg, love the rifle but work vrs performance it doesnt really stack up when your in the field . . on the flip side being sensible & conservative is as dull as dishwater, what are ya going to do.