204Ruger

Lots of good choices, for 640 and less

The CZ varmint in .204 is nice.
http://cz-usa.com/product/cz-527-varmin ... -rd-mag-2/

I have a TC Thompson Dimension in .204 that is built well, better bolt than my $1,200 ruger gunsite.
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/mob ... ension+204

Depends on how rapid you will be shooting it. If doing alot or rounds you might want to get a bull barrel version. Mine heats up after like 8 shots. So for PD hunts where you will be shooting more often consider the harder to carry thicker barrel versions.

Or for a few dollars more or a fist full of dollars you can get the Sako .204
https://www.sako.fi/rifles/sako-85/85-varmint-stainless

I really like that Sako.

A few thousand squirrels and more than a few rock chucks would argue that the Sako Varmint in 204R is very bad news indeed.

Mine cooling her barrel in the rat patch:



Accurate out of the box, and that set trigger.....oh that set trigger!

Come to think of it, that set trigger on my CZ-527 is pretty darn sweet too...

Yes my cz after i set it ,is sweet too

It is sweet until you put hundreds of rounds through it, then it starts to creep down to 8 oz, then 4 oz, then 1 oz. You better have your Loc-Tite handy. Great rifles, otherwise, and you can always shoot it without setting. But I learned the hard way about how they creep down.

I would go with a cooper model 21 mine shoots as low as 1/16 .069 groups ( measured by a bench rest scorer at a match )with 39 gr Sierra Blitzking bullets and 6.5-20 VX3 and cooper will re-barrel for 125.00 when it needs to be replaced to the original purchaser

204Luver wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:23 pm It is sweet until you put hundreds of rounds through it, then it starts to creep down to 8 oz, then 4 oz, then 1 oz. You better have your Loc-Tite handy. Great rifles, otherwise, and you can always shoot it without setting. But I learned the hard way about how they creep down.

How many rounds did you have through it when you started having this issue?

Thx,

CZ 527 Varmint. With the select trigger mine breaks at 4 OZ and without using the select it breaks a little over 3#.