Gunsmithing 204 Ruger extraction problems.

[Lucky Jack]

I've had 4 different guns chambered in 204 Ruger all with extraction problems. Two T/C Encores, one AR and a Ruger 77. The problem seems to be the 40gn v-max from Hornaday. Remington works great in all the guns. You would think it would be the other way around since Ruger and Hornaday jointly developed the cartridge.

Is anyone else having trouble with 204 Ruger?

 

[Sonic Crack]

maybe Hornady has had some trouble with 204 like with 6.5CM, 338LM brass ,Soft brass. Im not a big Hornady fan and dont use there brass, ammo and soon bullets so I cant say for sure. Just repeating what Ive heard and read on here about the CM/LM rounds and putting two and two together. Maybe my math is wrong tho

 

[RobertB]

Yessir, we've had trouble with extraction out of the savage M-25. It's my friends rifle and he has only shot that round out of it and was wondering what it could be. I'll see about finding some different ammo and trying it out. I'll let you know whether we luck up or not.

 

[Lucky Jack]

Thanks for the replies. I've shot some Remington 32gr. and 40gr. accutip-v and had zero problems from the same guns. I've had lots of problems with Hornaday over the years.