Does anyone know the true origin of the 6mm Dasher cartridge? Who, when, where, etc.?
6mm Dasher origins
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Jason Boersma
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Dan Dowling created it for shooting varmints if I remember the story correctly
Mulligan
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Dan Dowling did craft the first Dasher. It was a 22 Dasher as I recall. He then thought of the 6mm and I believe Richard Schatz broke a few 1000 yard records right away with it.
I will dig up some history and get back to this thread if someone with more knowledge doesn't chime in soon.
Dan lives just a few miles away and has chambered a pile of dashers for me and others...... and still does.
CW
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Mulligan
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Curious to learn more about the history of the Dasher I contacted the originator and well-known gunsmith, Dan Dowling. It was around the year 1999 when Dan and his friend Al Ashton, came up with the 6mm Dasher. The name of the cartridge was derived from the names ‘Dan’ and ‘Ashton’. Using a 6mm BR case the body was lengthened and given a forty degree shoulder and a shorter neck. The Dasher offers about ten percent more case capacity than the standard 6mm BR and provides an extra 130 feet per second velocity with a 105 grain bullet.
Dan said the cartridge was first made in 22 caliber and the first ‘cut’ of the 6mm Dasher went to Al Ashton. The second 6mm Dasher went to Richard Schatz in Bismarck, North Dakota. Dan said Richard was the one who got the Dasher going. Richard was reading a copy of Precision Shooting Magazine in the fall of 1999 and saw an article about the then-new 6mm Dasher. Richard gave Dan a call, and after putting together the components, Dan went to work. In January 2000, the gun was completed and Richard Schatz had the second 6mm Dasher rifle ever created. The Dasher was on its way.
The above two paragraphs were copied from the link below.
CW
I will try and dig up a copy of the magazine article where Dan was interviewed about the dasher.
CW
Dan said the cartridge was first made in 22 caliber and the first ‘cut’ of the 6mm Dasher went to Al Ashton. The second 6mm Dasher went to Richard Schatz in Bismarck, North Dakota. Dan said Richard was the one who got the Dasher going. Richard was reading a copy of Precision Shooting Magazine in the fall of 1999 and saw an article about the then-new 6mm Dasher. Richard gave Dan a call, and after putting together the components, Dan went to work. In January 2000, the gun was completed and Richard Schatz had the second 6mm Dasher rifle ever created. The Dasher was on its way.
The above two paragraphs were copied from the link below.
A Rifle for the Long Shots The 6mm Dasher
A Rifle for the Long Shots – The 6mm Dasher ©By Glenn Burroughs There was once a publication titled Varmint Hunter Magazine and it included a section called ‘Member Photos’. Many of the pictures were of shooters who had been inducted into the...
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CW
I will try and dig up a copy of the magazine article where Dan was interviewed about the dasher.
CW
Mulligan
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DASHER Cartridge Development: Precision Shooting Article
Explore the DASHER cartridge development, moly-coated bullets, and precision shooting in this article.
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Found it
My pdf is to large of a file for the AS system to process, so I fetched this off the net.
CW
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Thank you to all! I have all of the information that I need!
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