THAT THING IS AWESOME!!!!!

I put the scope on it Sunday afternoon and finally made it to the range today.

I put two rounds thru it at first to get a feel for where it was shooting ... about 2 feet low and 3 inches to the left ... moved the reticle 12 inches up

Put another round in it and was still about 3 inches to the left and about 12 inches low ... moved the reticle up another 12 inches and to the right 3 inches.

Next shot was 2 1/4 inches high and a half inch to the left ... moved the reticle down and inch and an inch to the right.

The next three shots were an inch high and a half inch to the right and you could cover them with a dime!!!

Not bad for factory ammo. I was shooting Federal 39 gr Sierra Blitzkings. I can only imagine how it is going to shoot once I get to tinker with my own loads! I wasn't going to buy any brass and just wait until I shot enough of the factory stuff till I started working up some loads, but I might just need to purchase some brass. But, the factory stuff sure was working great.

Damn am I excited!!!

The 204 that I'm shooting now hasn't ever had a factory round shoot through it. I like the 204. Cheap shooting-250 rounds per pound of powder. Cheap bullets(Midway Dogtowns/Midsouth Varmint Xtremes) can prove to be very accurate. I shoot mine all the time. Going out again tommorow morning. Dave

Graybird, Get yourself some Accurate 2520, some 39 grain Sierra BK's and Federal 205 Match or CCI-BR-4's or Remington 7 1/2's and have at at! I'll be willing to bet that that's as far as the load development needs to go! BTDT on a bunch of .204's from Remingtons to Cooper's and that load is the ticket!! Plus it's killed groundhogs out to 771 yards so it works pretty darn well!! GHD