well lets see how they will shoot and how accurate they are before we throw all our old brass away!
Norma 6Dasher Brass
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Shiraz
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I got some really good news this morning from Norma.
They tested the brass yesterday at maximum pressure for 10 firings and there was no deformation, no donuts and no primer pocket stretch! They said that they have not had brass do that in a long time and the blend of the brass (the metal itself) combined with the double stamping of the heads has given them the perfect combination.
Personally, I am very excited about this brass and look forward to the delivery. Today I will be getting with PTG to come up with a reamer that has a longer neck length for the guys that want that option.
They tested the brass yesterday at maximum pressure for 10 firings and there was no deformation, no donuts and no primer pocket stretch! They said that they have not had brass do that in a long time and the blend of the brass (the metal itself) combined with the double stamping of the heads has given them the perfect combination.
Personally, I am very excited about this brass and look forward to the delivery. Today I will be getting with PTG to come up with a reamer that has a longer neck length for the guys that want that option.
so,,,if you are ordering/designing a reamer you must know the base line (.200") dim. ??? what is it,,,the brass has to fit the chambers of hundreds of existing chambers/rifles out here or it wont work,,,if our chamber dims are .471 +/- a little the base has to be ~.468 to work,,,if they made it like the old Remington dim. (.465 +/-) then they will swell and loose primer pokets,no matter how good the metal is,,I shure hope that they made them the same as Lapua (CIP dims),,,Roger
Shiraz
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You must know that we did not just tell them to make the brass without giving guidelines? There are several threads on this subject, some going back over a year and there are reamer drawings I have posted etc. The only unresolved item was the neck length (now resolved) because they went by the reamer they had on hand.
Switchbarrel
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I'd love to see a reamer & brass combo deal when they're both available 
-Rick
-Rick
Well they mustabeen learning something from what Hornady figured out when they started production of 6HAGAR brass a few years ago then!
The double-strike on the heads really goes a long way towards making case heads more resistant to pocket stretch, particularly among those who lean towards full-power loads at the very first loading!
Almost makes me want to go & have a Dasher chambered....
Shiraz
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Sometimes these "old" companies are hard to change their ways. We specified double stamping and they asked me how I knew about that. So, they must have known the benefits, but it's one extra process which probably is not important to their main core market, which is hunters.
How about some NORMA 250 Savage brass
Double stamped, 6mm Remington or 6.5 x 55 LOL
.I think Shiraz has his hands full right now GSXR, but I like the way you think
.Yep I believe that is why they make trimmers. The longer you can make that neck the longer that barrel will last. I would have got new reamers and hoped for .125 longer. Matt
First let me say Shiraz, thanks for going through the trouble to get these done. I know these short little cases with sharp shoulder angles must be challenging.
Second, as another poster mentioned, is there any chance that there might be a limit per order on the initial run just so everyone gets a shot at some? Also, is there a way we can get an email alert with a confirmed date when you guys are ready to release it....or should I just keep checking here?
Thanks again!
Second, as another poster mentioned, is there any chance that there might be a limit per order on the initial run just so everyone gets a shot at some? Also, is there a way we can get an email alert with a confirmed date when you guys are ready to release it....or should I just keep checking here?
Thanks again!
Great news!
Seems to me there will be a huge demand for a long neck version of the dasher. Surely Norma will take a look at continuing this version, especially after getting all the tooling and machine setup going. I'm
Like everyone else, worried that there won't be enough to go around.
Like everyone else, worried that there won't be enough to go around.
Just a thought, will this first run ALL be under one batch number? I don't know how they do/configure batch numbers.
Norma Dasher cases:
I would expect these cases to be EXCELLENT ! Since Lapua already has the standard BR case that everyone has been making the various variants from, it would be rather embarrassing for Norma if people just went back to the Lapua cases to make the Dasher from.
In fact I would expect the Norma cases to possibly exceed all expectations because of this!
Competition shooters (Shooters Forum) swings a lot of weight relative to what other people in the world use in precision rifles and chosen calibers for all aspects of the shooting sport/military. It would just make good sense to overbuild the Dasher cases so no adverse problems jump up later on and bites the company (Norma) in the tush so to speak.
Only thing that worries me is 6 months from now is someone going to have a naming convention like: 6 x Super Norma Dasher Extra Long Double Stamped Zombie Killer.
Please lets just keep it simple: Regular Dasher 6 x DASHER L, or New Dasher 6 x Dasher N this way it's either the old Dasher with an L or the New Dasher with a N , no Fuss no Muss and everyone knows what is what. OH Hell, this is going to create an argument isn't it, you know who you are
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Norma Dasher cases:
I would expect these cases to be EXCELLENT ! Since Lapua already has the standard BR case that everyone has been making the various variants from, it would be rather embarrassing for Norma if people just went back to the Lapua cases to make the Dasher from.
In fact I would expect the Norma cases to possibly exceed all expectations because of this!
Competition shooters (Shooters Forum) swings a lot of weight relative to what other people in the world use in precision rifles and chosen calibers for all aspects of the shooting sport/military. It would just make good sense to overbuild the Dasher cases so no adverse problems jump up later on and bites the company (Norma) in the tush so to speak
.Only thing that worries me is 6 months from now is someone going to have a naming convention like: 6 x Super Norma Dasher Extra Long Double Stamped Zombie Killer.
Please lets just keep it simple: Regular Dasher 6 x DASHER L, or New Dasher 6 x Dasher N this way it's either the old Dasher with an L or the New Dasher with a N , no Fuss no Muss and everyone knows what is what. OH Hell, this is going to create an argument isn't it, you know who you are
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