I just got my 20 Practical barrel mounted and back from Matt at Sawtooth Rifles...( the gentleman that did a couple of our Campfire Veteran rifles.)
I went with it since I have 3 lifetimes worth of 223 brass...
I have been laying in stock of 32 gr Varmaggeddon tipped bullets, 24 grain NTX Hornady and 26 grain Barnes HPs....
Next spring we'll see how well these lighter bullets hold up in the flat shooting dept....
in a light weight Ultralite barrel in 204, on this action previously, each one did pretty darn good out to 250-300 yds. on sage rats....
I could do an entire season with the 24 grain NTXs, if Hornady opens up the production line on them once again.. same thing with the 22 cal, 35 grain NTX...
being lead free, they are longer than heavier other bullets in those calibers...
and I found the 204, to be much like the 223... its harder to find a powder that doesn't work well in them, vs trying to find "the BEST"....both are pretty unfinicky cases....
and already have a couple of Home Dept buckets ready to go for next spring...
