.20 VarTarg
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.20 VarTarg | ||||||||||||
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Type | Rifle | |||||||||||
Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||
Production history | ||||||||||||
Designer | Todd Kindler | |||||||||||
Specifications | ||||||||||||
Parent case | .221 Remington Fireball | |||||||||||
Case type | Rimless, bottleneck | |||||||||||
Bullet diameter | .204 in (5.2 mm) | |||||||||||
Neck diameter | .233 in (5.9 mm) | |||||||||||
Shoulder diameter | .361 in (9.2 mm) | |||||||||||
Base diameter | .376 in (9.6 mm) | |||||||||||
Rim diameter | .378 in (9.6 mm) | |||||||||||
Rim thickness | .045 in (1.1 mm) | |||||||||||
Case length | 1.395 in (35.4 mm) | |||||||||||
Overall length | 1.855 in (47.1 mm) | |||||||||||
Primer type | Small rifle | |||||||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||
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Source(s): Accurate Powders[1] |
The .20 VarTarg is a wildcat centerfire rifle cartridge, based on the .221 Remington Fireball case, necked down to fire a 5.2 millimetres (0.204 in) bullet.
The name VarTarg is a portmanteau of varmint and target.
There is also a .20 VarTarg Turbo based on the .222 Remington.
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References[edit]
- ^ "20 Vartarg vs Accurate only 2.xls" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2018-12-03.