Defensive Edge Rifles 204 Terminator in the works

[B23]

I got the .20cal bug a few months ago and was originally just going to buy another CZ 527 Varmint but in 204 Ruger. Already having a brand new Rem 22-250 Varmint ADL I got on sale at Cabelas I thought about doing a semi custom 20-250ai but then I got to talking with the Carlocks at Defensive Edge Rifles and they told me about their 204 Terminator that they've been developing and having a passion for speed, the more they told me about it the more I was hooked.

The 204 Terminator is certainly not going to be something you take to a Pdog town and bang away all day. Not something anyone that shoots a hot rod anything doesn't already know, but even though the barrel life will likely not be much longer than 600-ish rounds, shooting the Berger 55 grainers at 4100fps and maybe even a little faster or the 40's at 4600+ sure will be a whole lot of fun. I can only imagine what this thing is going to do to a coyote let alone a rock chuck.

Usually Defensive Edge Rifles has my builds done in 3-4 months but getting a barrel is going to take a little longer so I'm expecting the wait time to be a little longer on this build.

[visiter1]

intrested to see what case this is built on ? also best of luck with the build

[B23]

Originally Posted by visiter1

intrested to see what case this is built on ? also best of luck with the build

Necked down 260Rem then improved to their proprietary shoulder angle and case taper. I believe it's a 35 degree shoulder but I don't recall exactly.

[visiter1]

o god id love to see pics when you get it up and running

[260Ackley]

So basically a 308 necked to 20 cal with different shoulder angle..... That is going to be something

[B23]

Like I said earlier, I thought about doing a 20-250 or 20-250 Improved because they're no slouch either, but I figured what the heck, why not have something a little different and even faster. One of the things that's really nice is they neck all the Lapua 260 Rem brass down and fireform it for me for a very reasonable fee. Knowing this gun will have a short barrel life anyway, that's a nice feature to have.

My original plan was to use a 26in tube but then I changed my mind and thought I wanted a 28in barrel since I won't be putting a brake on this one but now I'm back to the original idea of going with a 1-8tw 26in. tube.