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I seem to remember a thread about them getting bumped to .224 and you basically have a 223AI or some such thing.
Ruger was super close to coming out with the 22-204 at one point - if I remember the thread correctly. Had this conversation with JB over some red beans and rice and he said it might sell a couple of rifles... He's really right in a matter of fact way 99.9% of the time. But let's face it, a 22-204 or 223AI isn't really anything the 222 Magnum hasn't already done.... Except for the whole readily available brass thing. I work a block from Cabela's here in town, spend a lot of lunch hours there. Can't say I've ever seen 222 RM brass on the shelf. BUT today - ordering from the net isn't all that hard and scary either. I don't know of anyone offering the 222 RM right now in a factory rifle though.
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I seem to remember a thread about them getting bumped to .224 and you basically have a 223AI or some such thing.
Ruger was super close to coming out with the 22-204 at one point - if I remember the thread correctly. Had this conversation with JB over some red beans and rice and he said it might sell a couple of rifles... He's really right in a matter of fact way 99.9% of the time. But let's face it, a 22-204 or 223AI isn't really anything the 222 Magnum hasn't already done.... Except for the whole readily available brass thing. Did 204 cases dry up?
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Quit kissin' Shrap's ass.... It's embarrassing.  .222 Magnum is for the establishment.
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I seem to remember a thread about them getting bumped to .224 and you basically have a 223AI or some such thing.
Ruger was super close to coming out with the 22-204 at one point - if I remember the thread correctly. Had this conversation with JB over some red beans and rice and he said it might sell a couple of rifles... He's really right in a matter of fact way 99.9% of the time. But let's face it, a 22-204 or 223AI isn't really anything the 222 Magnum hasn't already done.... Except for the whole readily available brass thing. I work a block from Cabela's here in town, spend a lot of lunch hours there. Can't say I've ever seen 222 RM brass on the shelf. BUT today - ordering from the net isn't all that hard and scary either. I don't know of anyone offering the 222 RM right now in a factory rifle though. I trip over them all the time.... Might even be some crushed ones in the driveway.
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But let's face it, a 22-204 or 223AI isn't really anything the 222 Magnum hasn't already done....
You must caught some shrapnel in the heavy firing at the PD Invitational.... I've supplied more 222 Magnum brass to Montana than Midway, FYI....
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Quit kissin' Shrap's ass.... It's embarrassing. .222 Magnum is for the establishment. More COCK pics for you....
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Local has 300 Blackout on the shelf. Didn't think there was that big of a call for it here.
What's really weird is our local Fleet Farm (Tractor Supply type place that's started carrying reloading gear since Cabela's opened) carries Forster Benchrest Dies in 375 H&H. This isn't a place where you're going to do a lot of on-line purchases from and they have about 15 sets of the dies.
We're fairly cosmopolitan up here in GB but I'd be shocked if they'd sell 15 sets of them in 15 years.
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No kidding with Fleet Farm.
Friend saw 6.5-284 Forsters and 6.5-06AI Forster here.
Nosler 35 Whelens too, in a state where deer die with shotguns?!
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Going to GB for the November game.....gonna wear my Butkus shirt.....
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No kidding with Fleet Farm.
Friend saw 6.5-284 Forsters and 6.5-06AI Forster here.
Nosler 35 Whelens too, in a state where deer die with shotguns?! Saw the sames - except for the 35 Whelens. I believe WI went to rifles, state wide last year or something. Dunno - I don't hunt WI, I hunt the UP.
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WI DNR really jacked stuff up with the depredation. My cousin hunted/lived there and said it went from a few to nothing after the CWD mess.
The YOOP is on my bucket list of places to bar hop....
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When I shot my bear in da U.P. The place I checked it in is a DNR check station/bar!
They gave me paperwork to fill out and a beer at the same time.
Can't beat that....
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You shot yer bear with a 204?
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A .204 In a Cooper varminter is a one hole, prairie dog assassination machine.
It also does not heat the barrel as fast as .223.
"Think about how stupid the average person is, and then think that half of the people are stupider than that" - George Carlin
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I seem to remember a thread about them getting bumped to .224 and you basically have a 223AI or some such thing.
Ruger was super close to coming out with the 22-204 at one point - if I remember the thread correctly. Had this conversation with JB over some red beans and rice and he said it might sell a couple of rifles... He's really right in a matter of fact way 99.9% of the time. But let's face it, a 22-204 or 223AI isn't really anything the 222 Magnum hasn't already done.... Except for the whole readily available brass thing. Did 204 cases dry up? Yes. As well as most brass (especially reasonably priced brass) other than 308 and 223.
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My admittedly limited experience with U.P. bars is that a domestic disturbance is possible at any time, whether inside or in the parking lot.
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Especially when it's full of drunken dudes and all but 1 chick weighs under 250 lbs......
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That's possible any time after lunch in many Midwest locales....then someone calms Bob down and drives him home so he can rest up before nine o'clock....
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