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Dasher in a Rail Gun...?

IdahoSharpshooter

I am getting a rail gun in a couple months. It's first barrel will be a 6mm. I am considering either a standard 6BR or a Dasher. NO, I don't want a PPC.
I am curious, how much fast a twist to order. I will likely shoot 300yds or less. It will be a "fun gun", just to enjoy shooting small groups.

The question: how much, if any will the standard Dasher 1:8" twist harm accuracy, compared to a 1:12"? I'll be shooting mostly 65-70gr bullets.

thanks,

Rich
 
"Fun Gun" for out to 300...........6BR.....Plug & Play. Please post a few pics when it arrives...........:cool:

Regards
Rick
 
I shot a 6 BR rail for many years,,,it would group as good as a PPC,,,I just am not as good a shot as the traveling pros,,,,mine was 14 twist,,,if you shoot a Dasher in long range comp. it would make an excellent test bed for your loads,,,just remember what bullets you want to use/test and get the twist appropriate for that bullet,,,Roger,,,
 
This may be a dumb question, but considering the cartridge and bullet weights you listed, why not use a barrel with a 1-14" twist rate?

I shoot a 6mm Bench Rest with a 1-14" twist rate, and with bullets up to 80 grains, nothing shoots any better.
 
If i did a Dasher it woukd be an 8 twist to shoot the big bullets. I bet it would handle conditions pretty well. If I did the 6 BR it would be a slower twist. Matt
 
Use the 14 twist and the 70-80 pills . Why shoot heavier ? Your not going long range and not trying to kill anything but the paper . No sense in beating your equipment.
 
I have a Dasher coming to me very Soon ?
I went 8 twist the plan is 300 to 1000 .
I have the New Brass with .050 longer neck.
I also will shoot 105 Berger's and 103 Vapor Trails .

I would go 8 ...:rolleyes:
 
IdahoSharpshooter said:
I am getting a rail gun in a couple months. It's first barrel will be a 6mm. I am considering either a standard 6BR or a Dasher. NO, I don't want a PPC.
I am curious, how much fast a twist to order. I will likely shoot 300yds or less. It will be a "fun gun", just to enjoy shooting small groups.

The question: how much, if any will the standard Dasher 1:8" twist harm accuracy, compared to a 1:12"? I'll be shooting mostly 65-70gr bullets.

thanks,

Rich
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Rich,
I would go with A 6BR, 12 or 8 twist, but I would go with a 80 gr bullet out to 600yds. Now if you are looking at doing some long range, I would go with 8 tw Dasher or the new 6BRAI.

Mark Schronce
 
thank you all. Sound advice, based on actual experience.

I had a thought to get a "do it all" twist, like a 1:8". But, I am now convinced that a 1:12" will be the best option in terms of accuracy, and be able to shoot all of the custom bullets up to about 80gr.
 
IdahoSharpshooter said:
thank you all. Sound advice, based on actual experience.

I had a thought to get a "do it all" twist, like a 1:8". But, I am now convinced that a 1:12" will be the best option in terms of accuracy, and be able to shoot all of the custom bullets up to about 80gr.
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If was gonna shoot at 100 to 300 with that rail gun I would shoot a 30 br with those Bart s bullets.
 
Ive shot a railgun with bigger cases and faster twists and didnt think it worked very well. I wouldnt go faster than a 12” or bigger than a 6br (cant imagine putting anything but a ppc in one myself)
 
IdahoSharpshooter said:
I am getting a rail gun in a couple months. It's first barrel will be a 6mm. I am considering either a standard 6BR or a Dasher. NO, I don't want a PPC.
I am curious, how much fast a twist to order. I will likely shoot 300yds or less. It will be a "fun gun", just to enjoy shooting small groups.

The question: how much, if any will the standard Dasher 1:8" twist harm accuracy, compared to a 1:12"? I'll be shooting mostly 65-70gr bullets.

thanks,

Rich
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IMO this is the sort of question you must answer yourself.....you've got the goods.

I've got a rail and 5 barrel blanks ranging from 1:16"t to 1:8"t that I haven't played seriously with yet but when I do that's one of the questions I'll be working on (since I've already settled it to my satisfaction in BR and varmint-style guns)

Please share, whatever you find :)
 
To those of you with rail guns: once you have a barrel set up, do you ever switch barrels? I've had a couple excellent suggestions to fit a 30BR barrel instead. Is it a bigger PITA to switch than the extra "fun factor"?

thanks,

Rich
 
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