Originally Posted by Seafire
Originally Posted by HuntnShoot
What is the difference between a 20 Practical and a 20 Tactical?


The Tactical has a different shoulder angle evidently...

the Practical is just a 223, with the neck narrowed to take a 20 caliber bullet....

I volume shoot, so I often look for ways to cut down on the amount of powder needed to get an acceptable load for varmint fields where I can shoot 500 or more rounds in a day.... not heat up the barrel and extend barrel life..

ran one Ruger 223, 15,000 rounds plus with that....traded it in on a Savage BVSS... that rifle and $125 for the new Savage....
the guy that bought it from the gun dealer, ran into him at the range, and he'd put 2,000 more rounds thru it and you could still cover a 3 shot group with a dime at 100 yds...

he was using 25 grains of H 335 and 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips.. he got in bulk as he was related to someone at the factory over in Bend...

I tend to get a lot of wear and mileage out of my guns and my cars...it drives some people nuts for some reason...

was raised by parents who grew up during the depression.. and was raised with that mentality...


I have the same mentality. It doesn't mesh with the current standard. My parents were poor and extremely hard working, even when they were children. My dad had at least 2 jobs and went to school from age 8 through his teens. My mom grew up on a farm as the oldest of 10 children. She was doing adult work at age 6, as in driving a tractor, helping my grandfather with farming and building, etc. A different time.

They raised me to not be afraid to work hard. I eat everything on my plate. I can't make myself waste things. I'd not get rid of a working firearm if it still shot like that! I even appreciate efficient calibers. And picking up bullets at the range to smelt down into more casting fodder. Some call it scrounging. I call it not wasting.

I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.