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I was going through what your going through abt 4 years ago. I really like the looks of the .19-223 Calhoon, but the bullet supply for the .19 cals. is so limited I desided to build a .20 cal. rifle. I was trying to figure out what to go with when Ruger said they were bring out their .204. I figured the best thing I could do was wait for them to bring it out and try the round to see if I was goin to like that cal. befor I spent all the money building one. When I got my first T/C barrel I had to form my own brass because you couldn`t buy brass yet. Had problems with it and sent it back to T/C. They said it was out of spec and sent me a new barrel. I couldn`t get it to shoot eather so I traded it on a CZ 527, the best move I ever made. That pencil barrel gun shoot better than most of my heavy varmenters.
As for cost of building a good gun, abt. $280 for a barrel. If you gun smith has the reamer you wnat figure another $250 to have it chambered and put on your action. If you don`t have and action your looking at $350 up for anything decent. The more comman custom die can be had for $100 and up. Then you can spend from $100 up to the sky for the wood.
Right now if I could have only 1 varmint rifle it would be the CZ 527 in .204 Ruger, and right now I have a .17 AH, a .17 Rem. a .17-223, a .222, a .223, a.222 mag., a.22 PPC, a .22-250, a .25-221 and a .257 Ack. that are set up for varment hunting. You might have noticed that 5 out of that 10 of those round are wildcats, so I do like to play around with them. If I do build another wildcat in the near future it will probibly be a .20 cal. on the BR case with a fast twist for the 50 gn. Berger bullets. If you would be happy with a varmint rifle that shot point blank to abt. 290 yrds. I would recomand the .17 AH. Only 10.4 gns. of H-4227 and a 19 gn. Calhoon bullet. That little lazer has been my main carry gun for the last 4 years and I`ll still carry it part of the time, but the .204 is PB to alittle over 400, slightly more than the .22-250 or the .220 Swift.
Any way That`s my never to be humble oppenion.
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