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Originally Posted by ruger300
sounds like you fried the barrel. Buddy of mine had a wicked shooting savage mod12 varminter in 204. Heated the barrel up in saskatchewan on a gopher shoot. Never has shot the same tight groups again. Time for a new barrel if you need that accuracy.
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This is why I find the 17 hornet to be far superior for shooting ground squirrels, when you only use half the powder, barrel heating is far less of an issue. And the hornet is still a very capable round for ground squirrels to 300 yards or so. I use my 20 Tac for coyotes, where the rate of fire doesn't overheat the barrel.