Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Predators and Varmints 22 mag vs 204, the economics?

IF you are set up to handload (i.e. you have everything but the .204 dies), and IF you regularly need to shoot beyond 100 yards, I agree that your economics are probably right, over the long haul.

BUT many .22WRMs are accurate to at least 100 yards (and that's a fairly LONG range for called coyotes in my experience, although you might be calling in country without much cover). Have you tried all the ammo available? .22 rimfires of all sorts are ammo sensitive; you may just not have found the right shells for your Marlin.

AND, you can't shoot .204s in any handgun but a single shot. One of the reasons I like .22 WRM is that it's both a good rifle round and a handgun round.

ON THE OTHER HAND, maybe you just want a new rifle. NOTHING wrong with that!