Lawnboi
WKR
Hunters need to know! This cartridge deserves its own thread, and at the request of a few people I figured we should start one.
6 dasher once was a wildcat that required forming, neck turning and was well known as an accurate match round. Today there’s plentiful brass, reamers and information. It has worked its way from something seen on the bench, to a round that works in a field rifle as a repeater. Before owning a dasher I didn’t think inherent accuracy was a thing. Having shot it for a while now I believe, and I think it’s a cartridge every hand loader needs.
I started shooting dasher last year, did a lot of research on reamers, brass, dies and loads to come up with what I thought would work for PRS and hunting. I have ended up with two similar but different setups. One 9lbs in an mdt hnt 26 for hunting, and one 22lbs in a mdt acc for comp use.
What I found in the last year is that the dasher is the perfect round for what I do hunting as well as comp use. Consistency, barrel life, inherent accuracy, quality of components and the ability to make a heavy for caliber bullet maintain 2000 fps at 500-600 yards is what I wanted. I wanted it in a package that had the least recoil possible.
The ease of loading and accuracy have pushed me to only shoot the dasher now. I see little reason to shoot much else for a hunter like myself that isn’t going to shoot at animals past 600 yards. Iv even gotten rid of my 223 stuff and just find it easier to feed and shoot the dasher.
So there you go, if you hand load; you need a dasher.
6 dasher once was a wildcat that required forming, neck turning and was well known as an accurate match round. Today there’s plentiful brass, reamers and information. It has worked its way from something seen on the bench, to a round that works in a field rifle as a repeater. Before owning a dasher I didn’t think inherent accuracy was a thing. Having shot it for a while now I believe, and I think it’s a cartridge every hand loader needs.
I started shooting dasher last year, did a lot of research on reamers, brass, dies and loads to come up with what I thought would work for PRS and hunting. I have ended up with two similar but different setups. One 9lbs in an mdt hnt 26 for hunting, and one 22lbs in a mdt acc for comp use.
What I found in the last year is that the dasher is the perfect round for what I do hunting as well as comp use. Consistency, barrel life, inherent accuracy, quality of components and the ability to make a heavy for caliber bullet maintain 2000 fps at 500-600 yards is what I wanted. I wanted it in a package that had the least recoil possible.
The ease of loading and accuracy have pushed me to only shoot the dasher now. I see little reason to shoot much else for a hunter like myself that isn’t going to shoot at animals past 600 yards. Iv even gotten rid of my 223 stuff and just find it easier to feed and shoot the dasher.
So there you go, if you hand load; you need a dasher.
