Spent some time with the .204 today.

[Catfish]

I have a T/C barrel for an Encore in .204 and findly took it out to see if it would shoot anything. Tried WC-844, AA 2230-C and Bench Mark. I bought it for a flat shooten gun, but guess I can forget that. It flat did not like any fast loads. Anything over suggested starting load started opening up the groups. Hot loads 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 in. I never did shoot a good group. Had acouple of lite loads that I shot under 1/2 in. 4 shot groups, but the 5 shot groups were around 3/4 in. I though that the barrel was going to be a real bad copper fouller, but seems like it`s doing better after break-in. The 30 gr. Bergers look like they may be the best after limited testing. Oh yea, Hornady factory loads with 32 gn. bullets came in at 1 1/2 moa. I think it`s going to be a keeper, but I was haveing my doubts when I got started.