Would this be any good for .204 ruger

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The Vortex PST is a great scope for the purpose, but I'd go to the 6-24 personally. Their warranty is one of the best in the business and turn around time if you do have a problem is days not weeks. I have 2 viper PST's, a 4-16 and a 2.5-10 and a Razor HD 5-20 on my match rifle, and all have been rock solid. Yes there's better glass out there, but I haven't found anything better for the money that offers the same feature set. (illumination, target turrets, zero stop, and great glass for the money), The SWFA Super Snipers are damn good as well.

Unless you plan on doing a lot of less than full power shooting, FFP isn't needed and you can save $200 by going to the second focal plane version. IMO target turrets are an absolute must if you want to do much past 300 yds. Yeah you can fudge it, but it's just so much more gratifying to be able to hammer a small target at long range with the first try, I've come to the point that I will not buy another scope that's more than about 4X without them, even for a strictly hunting rifle.

I've been planning on replacing my Weaver Grand Slam 6-20 on my 204 with a Viper PST 6-24 for a while but it's been low priority.