.204 Ruger

.204 Ruger 32 Grain Nosler Varmageddon HP~ The .204 Ruger is a centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Ruger. in 2004. At the time of its introduction, the .204 Ruger was the second highest velocity commercially produced ammunition and the only centerfire cartridge produced commercially for bullets of .204 inch/5 mm caliber. The 204 Ruger was developed from the .222 Remington Magnum, which has the second largest case capacity in the family that began with the .222 Remington. The .204 Ruger was intended primarily for varmint rifles, which require bullets with flat trajectories but not much mass or kinetic energy. The .204 was “splitting the difference” between the popular .224 varmint rounds such as the .220 Swift and .22-250 Remington, and the tiny .172 caliber rounds such as the .17 Remington and the .17 HMR. The resulting cartridge provides somewhat higher velocities than any of these, giving a maximum point blank range of more than 270 yards (250 m).Hornady’s V-Max Bullets feature a polymer tip which enhances accuracy and promotes devastating expansion. The tip raises the ballistic coefficient for faster velocity and helps to stabilize the bullet in flight. It also acts as a wedge, initiating bullet expansion.

Choice Ammunition has taken our 100% hand-loading techniques and produce an extremely accurate, highly dependable round for the .204 in this load. Our loading tolerances are only matched by passionate hand-loaders in their own loading rooms. Consistent seating depths, powder charges and proprietary formulas of Choice Ammunition, make this 32 grain Nosler Varmageddon round the best you can buy on the commercial market today. 

The Bullet:

Made with a lead-alloy core, Nosler Varmageddon bullets feature an extremely thin jacket at the tip that gets and progressively thicker towards the base.

The bullet also features a flat base design. This does indeed slightly lower the ballistic coefficient of the bullet when compared to a bullet with a boat-tail. However, Nosler’s reasoning was that most predators and varmints are shot at short to moderate ranges where the difference in BC was not enough to make a difference.

FEATURES

• Hollow Point. Designed for optimum flight and expansion characteristics.
• Metallic Black Polymer Tip. Nestled in the jacket mouth is the streamlined polymer tip.
• Ultra-Thin Jacket Mouth. Assures violent expansion at either end of the velocity scale.
• Varmint Jacket Wall Design. The uniform, gradual thickening at the bullet’s mid-section is designed to keep the Varmageddon® bullet together until impact — at any velocity.
• Flat Base. Bench rest accuracy out of a varmint bullets

• Velocity 3,905 fps
• 100% Hand Loaded