204 Ruger Groundhog Hunting: Long-Range Varmint
204 Ruger Groundhog Hunting: Long-Range Varmint. AP2020 takes the 204 Ruger to Ohio bean fields for precision groundhog hunting. Multiple 150+ yard kills with a Ruger American and custom McGowan barrel. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/nontypnito_channel#person", "name": "AP2020 Outdoors", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/nontypnito_channel", "description": "AP2020 Outdoors is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/fdc542ca-5021-498d-82f3-3599d940a8b6.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/204-ruger-groundhog-hunting-long-range#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/204-ruger-groundhog-hunting-long-range" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/204-ruger-groundhog-hunting-long-range", "headline": "204 Ruger Groundhog Hunting: Long-Range Varmint", "name": "204 Ruger Groundhog Hunting: Long-Range Varmint", "description": "AP2020 takes the 204 Ruger to Ohio bean fields for precision groundhog hunting. Multiple 150+ yard kills with a Ruger American and custom McGowan barrel.", "articleSection": "Hunting", "articleBody": "The .204 Ruger is one of the flattest-shooting factory varmint cartridges available, and 204 Ruger groundhog hunting past 200 yards is exactly where it earns its keep. In Episode 5 of his Ohio groundhog season on Greyhive, Nito of AP2020 Outdoors put that to the test across two soybean fields — and walked out with five hogs, including a confirmed kill ranged at 246 yards. The rifle doing the work is a Ruger American fitted with a custom McGowan .204 Ruger barrel — 22 inches, 1-in-10 twist — with what Nito calls \"the Zulus on top.\" No bench, no shooting house. This is truck-to-field varmint work: half-mile walks between bean rows, tripod-supported shots off the edge of standing crops, and one standing offhand shot he flatly admits he missed the first time. What makes this episode worth studying isn't the body count. It's the running commentary on distance, wind, and hit confirmation — the part most varmint videos skip. Nito ranges nearly every shot on camera, calls his wind hold out loud, and explains how he reads a dead groundhog from 246 yards away in beans tall enough to hide the animal completely. Key Takeaways Nito's setup: Ruger American action, custom McGowan .204 Ruger barrel, 22 inches, 1-in-10 twist. Longest confirmed kill of the day: 246 yards, with a roughly one-o'clock wind held to the right edge of the groundhog. Additional ranged kills at 167, 153, and 150 yards — five ho…