204 Ruger with H335

homesick · May 25, 2012, 11:18 AM

I have had a couple 204s and have found Benchmark to work really good in them but I just bought a Savage model 12 BTCSS which seems to like H335 over Benchmark. Has any one else had this experience?
If you compare ballistics these powders are very close
( grains , vel, and pressure) also a couple manuals use mag primers in their data has any one compared them.( std to mag).

**Brian Pfleuger** · May 25, 2012, 12:43 PM

I'd be interested in how mag primers work in the 204. That's a pretty small case and a very light bullet. I wonder if mag primers might unseat the bullet? I don't know if it would be a real concern or not. I haven't tried any powder besides Benchmark in my Ruger m77. It LOVES Benchmark. 1/2 MOA or less, consistently.

homesick · May 25, 2012, 05:46 PM

Brian I have had 2 other 204s a pro hunter and a 700 VTR both shot the best with Benchmark but not this Savage. In fact I was at the range this AM to run another set of test loads. Benchmark was 1/2" or better and H335 with 26.5 gr and 27 grs. were .320 and .410. I have run that same string of test loads (3 shots) 4 times and all have been the same results. H335 at 26.5 and 27 gr have all been sub 1/2"MOA. (32 gr sierra blitzking, Remington BR primer, Hornady cases). I am switiching over to Remington brass on my next set of test loads as I found the Hornady seemed low quailty.(brass burrs in flash hole, weights were plus /minus 5 gr).

**Brian Pfleuger** · May 26, 2012, 12:08 AM

Do you have speed data?

homesick · May 26, 2012, 01:59 PM

No at this point I have not chronographed any thing.

May 25, 2012, 11:18 AM	#1
homesick Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2011 Location: Central Florida Posts: 290	204 Ruger with H335 I have had a couple 204s and have found Benchmark to work really good in them but I just bought a Savage model 12 BTCSS which seems to like H335 over Benchmark. Has any one else had this experience? If you compare ballistics these powders are very close ( grains , vel, and pressure) also a couple manuals use mag primers in their data has any one compared them.( std to mag).

May 25, 2012, 12:43 PM	#2
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,455	I'd be interested in how mag primers work in the 204. That's a pretty small case and a very light bullet. I wonder if mag primers might unseat the bullet? I don't know if it would be a real concern or not. I haven't tried any powder besides Benchmark in my Ruger m77. It LOVES Benchmark. 1/2 MOA or less, consistently. __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. -C.S. Lewis He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

May 25, 2012, 05:46 PM	#3
homesick Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2011 Location: Central Florida Posts: 290	Brian I have had 2 other 204s a pro hunter and a 700 VTR both shot the best with Benchmark but not this Savage. In fact I was at the range this AM to run another set of test loads. Benchmark was 1/2" or better and H335 with 26.5 gr and 27 grs. were .320 and .410. I have run that same string of test loads (3 shots) 4 times and all have been the same results. H335 at 26.5 and 27 gr have all been sub 1/2"MOA. (32 gr sierra blitzking, Remington BR primer, Hornady cases). I am switiching over to Remington brass on my next set of test loads as I found the Hornady seemed low quailty.(brass burrs in flash hole, weights were plus /minus 5 gr).

May 26, 2012, 12:08 AM	#4
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,455	Do you have speed data?

May 26, 2012, 01:59 PM	#5
homesick Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2011 Location: Central Florida Posts: 290	No at this point I have not chronographed any thing.