6 Dasher thread

[Clayt6499]

32.5GR Varget, Alpha Brass, and Berger Hybrid 105s. 16” well worn Bartlien MTU barrel with an SiCo Omega on the front. I get right at 2785-2800 depending on elevation and temp. I also have a 17” 6 Creed I get 105s to 2950

 

[Lawnboi]

No pics of groups but I’ll say my first attempt at a dasher lived up to the hype.
30.5 grains of N150
Cci 450
107 tmk
Alpha brass
Pbb 7.5 twist, .120 alpha reamer
Shot tiny tiny groups

Like pick a dot and shoot the center out of it

That’s how it started for me. Then I got to wondering why none of my other guns would do it as easy as the dasher.

Now I have a stack of dasher barrels and components.

 

[Treelineasassin]

That’s how it started for me. Then I got to wondering why none of my other guns would do it as easy as the dasher.

Now I have a stack of dasher barrels and components.

GT is near as easy and has a 75fps upside. I but into that case hard. I finally got my first dasher barrel 2 months ago, but been shooting gt since it first came out.

 

[Lawnboi]

GT is near as easy and has a 75fps upside. I but into that case hard. I finally got my first dasher barrel 2 months ago, but been shooting gt since it first came out.

Id probably be satisfied with a GT as well but chose dasher. I almost built a straight BR but glad I didn’t.

With the big 6mm bullets out there now the GT definetly has some appeal. I still havnt gotten to shoot any 116 tmk with my dasher but am looking forward to it.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

This thread has made me go look at dasher barrels multiple times despite having others I need to burn up. My will power is holding… for now.

 

[SUD1988]

This thread has made me go look at dasher barrels multiple times despite having others I need to burn up. My will power is holding… for now.

Do you have mags that work with the Dasher?

 

[Lawnboi]

@pods8 (Rugged Stitching)

A 3 round aics mag would be really cool.

 

[NoDakhunter]

Do you have mags that work with the Dasher?

His tikka arc mag has worked great for me so far.

 

[SUD1988]

His tikka arc mag has worked great for me so far.

Any real restrictions on OAL?

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Any real restrictions on OAL?

~2.55”

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

@pods8 (Rugged Stitching)

A 3 round aics mag would be really cool.

I don’t have a aics platform so not on my radar at the moment.

I am just ogling the easy little groups you all post.

 

[NoDakhunter]

Anybody played with the 120 bergers yet?

 

[eLightfoot]

Curious how far off the lands are you? Velocity? That's pretty light charge of N150.

Did 2760fps out a 24” barrel. Shot amazing out to 800yards. I’ll bump it up and see if it can make 2850

 

[wilkup]

Did 2760fps out a 24” barrel. Shot amazing out to 800yards. I’ll bump it up and see if it can make 2850

That’s awesome!
How do you think they’d do in a 16.5”?

 

[wyosam]

Dasher is so good. A dasher and a heavy 105-115 class bullet are meant for each other. Easiest load development I’ve had so far was a Dasher shooting 109 hybrids over Varget. Hell I’ve got an old barrel I had cut down to 16” and had the chamber recessed 2” to revive it for a good off build after retiring it from PRS duty and it still slings 105 hybrids at nearly 2800 and still hammers. Changed absolutely nothing about the load I was shooting in it prior either. Makes for a super fun short rifle for hogs

I don’t really do load development on Dasher in any traditional sense. New barrel or component, I’ll shoot a single shot per charge ladder (.5 per step) to see where pressure is. Then I pick the one that’s at about the velocity I’m looking for and load a bunch up and shoot them. That’s generally it. I’m not shooting benchrest or F-class with it.


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[Lawnboi]

24” 7 twist got a coat of paint. This barrel impatiently awaiting a S2H scope before it’s put together.




I bought some thorroclean and am attempting to get the carbon out of my match barrel. It might just be toast. It’s not shooting terrible, but small targets have been a bit of a crap shoot the last couple matches. The first 10” of bore looked like charcoal, even after I soaked and brushed with boretech. I’m also half tempted to just not clean it and see what happens. As it sits it’s not making what I would call good groups for a heavy dasher.

 

[Lawnboi]

The forester seater cured my ring issue. Seems like the Wilson pushes too high up where the void is. The forester factory stem pushes the bullet much lower.

This is actually my first time seating on a press. Kind of crazy to have zero feel when seating.


For those who have asked, my coal is 2.454” with the 107s. That’s .040 off the rifling I believe. Pretty long for a dasher actually. The 116s, I’ll run out of mag space. Might have to try a standard binder plate mag.

 

[Jmedin]

The forester seater cured my ring issue. Seems like the Wilson pushes too high up where the void is. The forester factory stem pushes the bullet much lower.

This is actually my first time seating on a press. Kind of crazy to have zero feel when seating.


For those who have asked, my coal is 2.454” with the 107s. That’s .040 off the rifling I believe. Pretty long for a dasher actually. The 116s, I’ll run out of mag space. Might have to try a standard binder plate mag.

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I use the sac seater die and don’t have an issue with a ring