Thread: 20 Practical bolt gun?

Hi Folks, Anyone own a 20 Practacal bolt gun? I would love to know how they like it. Cheers V Man

Sorry meant 20 Practical.

Think the claw has or had one.
@The Claw

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It's great, I have a can on mine and it's like shooting an airgun; a super lethal airgun at that :-)

What would your reason be for choosing this over 204 Ruger?
Seems the only advantage it has is it's easy to make brass, but I didn't think 204 Ruger brass was overly difficult to find.
Seems you may lose a little velocity too.

Also have one on the R8, cool wee cal.

Brass is 223 so cheaper and better selection (Lapua)than 204.Easy to reload. Can also get simliar velocities with good barrel life? Hard part is a 20 Practical is not that common in NZ a few shooters have the 20 Tactical. Seen some very tight groups with the Practical and if re-barrelling a 223 gives another option.
Yes theres plenty of brass for the 204 and it's a factory rifle. 20 Practical is a build/gunsmith job.
Hey Redbang what can you running and who built yours/whats the stock,action,barrel etc? Bet it would do some good damage on those South Island bunnies!

Tikka, rebarreled from 223, plastic stock. Gunworks did barrel and can. Running 32gr vmax @ 3900+. Half inch groups are the norm. Wacked a few wallabies, wabbits and hares with it, stops 'em dead ! Really nice to shoot, virtually no recoil to speak of :-)

Ultramatch barrel

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Think the claw has or had one.
@The Claw

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Mine is a 20 Tactical. Great calibre, built on a Tikka 595 Continental Varminter. 24" True Flite barrel and Gunworks supressor. Built by Tony Titheridge. 40gr vmax at 3,900+, 1/2 MOA 5 shot accuracy generally.

I went for the Tac over the Prac mainly due to brass. I also had a 223 that I loaded for so didn't want to have brass mix up's. Also, factory (Lapua made) 20 Tac brass is available from Dakota Arms. I paid less for it per 100 than what I would have had to pay for 223 Lapua brass, and its just load and shoot.

I had a 204 Ruger prior to building my 20 Tac. The Tac gives up nothing on the Ruger in terms of velocity and accuracy, has better brass, and burns a couple grains less powder.

Thanks guys for the info. and nice to see that you like the 20's!
Redbang is your Ultramatch barrel from True Flite?

Yep

This dude knows a bit about them.

Warren’s 4200 FPS “.20 Practical” within AccurateShooter.com

Yes, that article inspired me to get mine. Blew a few primers trying to get 4200 though ! Gave that idea up. . . .