.20 Calibre varmint rifle!

[riohog 5,816]

20Br- necked down from Norma 6mm Br

 

20PPC- formed from 220 Russian

 

Tac 20- necked down .223 Rem

 

20 VarTarg- based on 221 fireball

experienced the 221 fireball, lovely smooth round.

 

Flat shooting, minimal recoil.

 

youve said it all mate

[jamie g 17]

if i had a slot and the cash i would have a 20tac for sure. but only if i was good at reloading becuase to get the best out these caliber rifles you have to reload and be pretty good.

 

must be nice to have next to no recoil and see the hit on foxes and crows at distance.

[SportingShooter 0]

There was a chap on here that shot a .20 Tactical and got along very nicely with it too. He upgraded to the .20 Tac from a .17 Rem.

 

If only I could remember his name

 

As with most rounds of this nature, the reloading bench is the only option and if you are going to spend the dosh and have a rifle built to that standard, then you would be terrified at the though of putting common factory rounds through it!

 

I'm not sure if the .20 Tac is still a Wildcat or a Commercial round now.

[SNAP SHOT 194]

A little link some of you guys may find intresting if your thinking of going down the 20 tactical road.....it is still a wildcat, but ithink you can buy rounds in america!!

http://www.6mmbr.com/20Caliber.html

[provarmint 25]

I think the .204 is the only factory round in 20cal at the moment, could be wrong!

[masmiffy 82]

From provarmints pics I recon the load is iether the 20Br or 20PPC wildcat!

The guy building it loads all his 22.250 and 22.4000 wildcat rounds.

Have seen him take crows, with either, out to 300yds and foxes beyond this!

As for the rifle weight its a bloody big barrel and not a carbine.

He will also not entertain moderators unless really pushed by customers!

He builds em like bench rifles, will try to get a pic once its finished if he will let me!

[Deker 3,478]

Ok..other than the .204 (about as easy to find as rocking horse s***) all these others are "wildcats".

 

I would be very interested to hear from any users what, and why they have/want/use any of these. I assume you reload so that puts me off straight away. Guns are tools of my trade as well as precision instruments, on top of a selection of air rifles and rimfires and shotguns I run the simple and easy .223, .243 and .308. If I want something particularly flat shooting for longer range I simply use a 40g .223 V-Max, or a 58g .243 V-Max.

 

I come up against a lot of different situations, land and quarry and have not found any gaps in my hardware collection!

 

I am genuinly interested to hear why you rate these and what you use them for!!

 

Cheers

[riohog 5,816]

just appears to fill a gap in the marcket betweenthe 17 and .22 centerfires

[provarmint 25]

Deker,

I'm sure with the rifles you have in your cabinet you are not finding any gaps, but that isn't to say any of the wildcats couldn't do the job much better. I think it's only human nature to find improvements and to better what the factories have to offer. I reload and get pleasure from developing a round to suit my rifle even though it's a simple .308.

ATB,

PV.

[Deker 3,478]

Deker,

I'm sure with the rifles you have in your cabinet you are not finding any gaps, but that isn't to say any of the wildcats couldn't do the job much better. I think it's only human nature to find improvements and to better what the factories have to offer. I reload and get pleasure from developing a round to suit my rifle even though it's a simple .308.

ATB,

PV.

 

 

Chap..that is what I am trying to find out...what do you use them for and what do they do much better than what??

 

I've had enough of my .17HMR, it is of no particular interest or use to me any more as the .22LR and the WMR give me better versatiltity. If anything I have a bit of a gap between the WMR and the .223...the position the Hornet fitted quite well....don't go there...so I'm looking at options. .204 does not float my boat due to price and limited availability.

 

All credit to anyone who wants to reload but it's not for me, so I take it the rest are non starters in that case.

 

PS.... I have about 500 ONCE fired Steel .223 cases, Boxer primed. If you are brave enough and want to meet/collect and turn into a .20 calibre give me a shout!!

Edited December 21, 2008 by Deker