Mule Deer: As usual YOU are not telling me anything I don't already know!
And again, THE reason I relayed the pertinent information regarding wind drift and bullet drop at "400 yards" is because THAT is the distance within which the vast majority of bullets fired from 204 Rugers are used!
Sheesh!
And again, ALL Rifle bullets have trajectories and wind drift, DO THEY NOT!
The Rifleman must be aware of his bullets trajectory and wind drift and adjust accordingly when aiming.
And, alas, I have shot not only 40 grain bullets at "300 yards+" I have also used 39 and 35 grain bullets at many and varied ranges! And again you or I would not hit what we are intending if we did not adjust accordingly for whichever bullet we may be using.
That is just basic Riflemanship.
I stand by my original suggestion to the original poster to be sure to try the Hornady 32 grain V-Max bullets.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy