Other than Todd Kindler, there are only three of us who have posted
here claiming ownership of the Tactical 20. Are there any more here
in this forum who have one of these mean, accurate little calibers? If
so, what do ya use to spit out those little 20 cal bullets? What is your
favorite load?

Danno,

I have a T/C Contender with a VVG 27" tac-20 barrell. I typically shoot the Hornady 33 gr. bullets. I thought my 17 Mach IV was devastating on crows. However, the tac-20 literally eviscerates small varmints. At 4200fps plus it is absolutely astounding what at 33 grain bullet will do to a crow, jackrabbit, turtle or other vermin. I just purchased some Berger 36 gr MEF and will load them soon. I shoot lots of hogs in the fall. I am going to try a head shot on one this year to see what it will do.
GWB

Hell guys - if you are talking tactical 20s - here is our home grown version.

http://www.lynx.co.za/ads/m0105b.htm

cheers edi

Just recently started shooting my Tact 20...haven't been able to get any 33 gr hornadys, back ordered since March. Mine has a Lilja bbl on Rem 700 action, still awaiting a McMillan stock, using an older rem varmint stock on it. I've used bullets from Del Bishop in WA state. 31.5 gr HP/Match. 25 grs of H4198 yielded 4424 fps, and a couple .375 groups. This going to be my primary coyote rifle after hunting them w/ a .17 for 20 yrs...

edi....got to love it. If you are going to go...go big and if you are going small...don't go at all.

Geedubya - Aw-right! VVCG made my Encore barrel, too! Do pretty good work,
don't they? http://www.angelfire.com/sd/6mmackley/danno.html I used a MEF
on a male rhea gone bad last spring, a neck shot, and had to finish it off with
a VMax. Someone told me that Berger uses the same copper on them as the
.22's and that they are just too thick to be a good varmint bullet. So, it may
work just fine on a pig! Wish I could try the MEF's on deer, but this is Iowa
and nothing allowed but shotgun and muzzle loader. The 209x50 barrel does
a fine job on them, though.

edi - perhaps, when we can varmint hunt elephants

zim - Gonna call Hornady again. Called them in May and was told that they
were going back to making the 20's in June - perhaps I should have followed
up by asking "what year?".

Tried some 5mm Craig 30gr bullets today but soon got rained out. Got a
3/8" 3 shot group at 60 yards through the rain. Not too bad under the
conditions for guestimating 24gr H335 wouldn't be too much for a bullet
made to go about 2500fps. These were probably doing 3400-3500fps. A
little tweaking, and they should do pretty darned good.

How does one get in touch with Del Bishop to order some of his bullets?

Hey guys,

"Kathy" at Hornady sales told me that they are tooling up today (8-26-02) for a twenty caliber run. She said they will be producing bullets by tomorrow, and they will be available in 10 days to two weeks.

Lets hope she is right.

Mike Johnston

Hello

A little bit of topic, so be nice
I can't decide wich one i want!
Tact.20,PPC or Br all in cal.20
It's going to my T/C Encore
I'am thinking you guy's will recommend Tact.20
I want speed and accuracy