Dasher at 600 With Match Rifle Powder

[CaptainMal]

Manatee 600 line was full for practice today. Good sign shooters are coming back. I wanted to test Shooters' World Match Rifle powder in a Dasher. A few weeks ago I did the same with a BRA and Match Rifle. It worked and I do have the results here somewhere. Today the fun was with Dasher. Used an old target with holes covered by a sticker, my camera, colored bullets and my chronograph. Results seem valid with the caveat that Manatee was hell today. Gusty winds left to right and hideous mirage. it was a real struggle just to see the aiming point. Others there struggled and did worse than this.

The lower three holes were impacts by 32.9 Gr. of Match Rifle at about 2,980 fps.
Above that is a rather tight cluster of 33.1 gr doing a perfect ES at 3003 fps, 33.3 gr. doing 3023 fps and then the top one and two below doing 33.5 gr. at 3042 fps. Never even the hint of a pressure sign.

92D1C4C5-2564-49BA-9D40-74E12C96A599_1_201_a by Larry Malinoski, on Flickr

I resisted any compensation for the gusting left to right conditions. Tried to wait and at least see the aiming point in some sort of fashion in that mirage. Notice there is little vertical from 33.1 gr to 33.5 gr. Alex would probably call that, "positive barrel compensation".

Now the components were scrap ones shot under horrible conditions with no real attempt to compensate. Essentially they are 2.5" groups at 600 yards. What is important is the purpose of the test.

Would Match Rifle powder be a reasonable substitute for Reloader 15? I say "Yes". If you are having trouble getting powder this stuff is rather inexpensive and available. How you can tune it is your business. I am not going to go further with tuning for this powder as I have plenty of other powders. Just blew the money for an 8# container on a whim to try.

 

[DukeDuke]

looks great!

what bullets were you shooting?

 

[22turborimfire]

I hope to join you boys next year . Looking forward to have a 600 yard within driving distance .
JW

 

[CaptainMal]

looks great!

what bullets were you shooting?

Stupid me. 105 Berger Hybrids from my culled box that are outside the norm in weight, ogive measurement or both. They can be good bullets if you sort them. If not, much like throwing rocks.

I thought the shooting was poor. First I do not like to hit anything but the aiming point. it was that orange sticker on the left. Not having any kind of sight-in, they hit where they hit. Was mostly interested in if this powder was a substitute for Reloader 15, as promoted. Could never find any information for loads in a BRA or this Dasher so I kind of figured it out. That is what I called "good" as now others can maybe use it to figure things out for themselves.

 

[CaptainMal]

I hope to join you boys next year . Looking forward to have a 600 yard within driving distance .
JW

You moving?

Lots of our shooters, myself included, are northern transplants. Two shooting today are leaving for the north tomorrow. They come back October/November.

 

[22turborimfire]

You moving?

Lots of our shooters, myself included, are northern transplants. Two shooting today are leaving for the north tomorrow. They come back October/November.

Captain just purchased a winter home in Bradenton a year ago . Are you going to be out at Manatee this weekend? I may ride out.
Jim W

 

[dbduff]

Manatee 600 line was full for practice today. Good sign shooters are coming back. I wanted to test Shooters' World Match Rifle powder in a Dasher. A few weeks ago I did the same with a BRA and Match Rifle. It worked and I do have the results here somewhere. Today the fun was with Dasher. Used an old target with holes covered by a sticker, my camera, colored bullets and my chronograph. Results seem valid with the caveat that Manatee was hell today. Gusty winds left to right and hideous mirage. it was a real struggle just to see the aiming point. Others there struggled and did worse than this.

The lower three holes were impacts by 32.9 Gr. of Match Rifle at about 2,980 fps.
Above that is a rather tight cluster of 33.1 gr doing a perfect ES at 3003 fps, 33.3 gr. doing 3023 fps and then the top one and two below doing 33.5 gr. at 3042 fps. Never even the hint of a pressure sign.

92D1C4C5-2564-49BA-9D40-74E12C96A599_1_201_a by Larry Malinoski, on Flickr

I resisted any compensation for the gusting left to right conditions. Tried to wait and at least see the aiming point in some sort of fashion in that mirage. Notice there is little vertical from 33.1 gr to 33.5 gr. Alex would probably call that, "positive barrel compensation".

Now the components were scrap ones shot under horrible conditions with no real attempt to compensate. Essentially they are 2.5" groups at 600 yards. What is important is the purpose of the test.

Would Match Rifle powder be a reasonable substitute for Reloader 15? I say "Yes". If you are having trouble getting powder this stuff is rather inexpensive and available. How you can tune it is your business. I am not going to go further with tuning for this powder as I have plenty of other powders. Just blew the money for an 8# container on a whim to try.

What was the bullet?

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Stupid me. 105 Berger Hybrids from my culled box that are outside the norm in weight, ogive measurement or both. They can be good bullets if you sort them. If not, much like throwing rocks.

I thought the shooting was poor. First I do not like to hit anything but the aiming point. it was that orange sticker on the left. Not having any kind of sight-in, they hit where they hit. Was mostly interested in if this powder was a substitute for Reloader 15, as promoted. Could never find any information for loads in a BRA or this Dasher so I kind of figured it out. That is what I called "good" as now others can maybe use it to figure things out for themselves.

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