Trying to find an accurate varmint load for Dasher.

[jamesdmock]

This may be a long shot, but perhaps someone has developed a good load for 75 grain Hornady V-max bullets in a 6mm Dasher. The barrel is an 8 twist and I have the following powders available: LT 32, Re 15, 8208XBR, N133, N135, Varget, H4895, WW 748, H322, and a few more. Does anyone have a good starting point for me. Thanks, James

 

[KMart]

My choices would be H4895 or 8208. And it would be decided by a flip of the coin.

 

[RussellJ]

This may be a long shot, but perhaps someone has developed a good load for 75 grain Hornady V-max bullets in a 6mm Dasher. The barrel is an 8 twist and I have the following powders available: LT 32, Re 15, 8208XBR, N133, N135, Varget, H4895, WW 748, H322, and a few more. Does anyone have a good starting point for me. Thanks, James

I have a XCaliber 6mm DASHER chambered 8-twist barrel that I shoot 75grn V-Max bullets in. I'm using 33grn of IMR 8208XBR with excellent accuracy, and have loaded the brass 9 times so far with this load without and pressure issues.

 

[jamesdmock]

I have a XCaliber 6mm DASHER chambered 8-twist barrel that I shoot 75grn V-Max bullets in. I'm using 33grn of IMR 8208XBR with excellent accuracy, and have loaded the brass 9 times so far with this load without and pressure issues.

Thank you. I will give this combo a try.

 

[retired]

ok someone explain to me
why go to a dasher to shoot a 75 gr bullet ??

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I have worked up loads for 55 and 60 grain varmint bullets. They shoot much better in the lands and I like H322 best. I dont remember the charges off the top of my head. But those little bullets in 8tw barrels come un glued on gophers.

 

[MTlager]

I use 35-36 grains of WW748 in "MY" Dashers with 8T 104 freebore with 75 v-max or 70 Sierra Blitz cc1 450 with velocity of 3430 plus and they launch gophers along ways !! The 75 will work good in that freebore but it 's too long for the 58 v-max. Shoot good thru the wind 4-500 yards and very accurate.

Lonnie

 

[L W P]

I have worked up loads for 55 and 60 grain varmint bullets. They shoot much better in the lands and I like H322 best. I dont remember the charges off the top of my head. But those little bullets in 8tw barrels come un glued on gophers.

58gr V max's at 4'109fps are smoking with a 1-14" twist.

 

[RAG]

I have worked up loads for 55 and 60 grain varmint bullets. They shoot much better in the lands and I like H322 best. I dont remember the charges off the top of my head. But those little bullets in 8tw barrels come un glued on gophers.

Darn it....wish I would read this before my last range session. I picked up 8 twist Dasher on this forum, and fireforming with 58 Vmax is giving me great groups, jammed .030 into the lands. I decided I'd then load up a few groups with the fireformed Dasher brass, and I decided on a .010 jump...none of the groups shoot as good as the jammed fireforming groups, so I figured I had better go back and re-test with the bullets jammed! Reading this could have saved me some wasted bullets...oh well. I've got 200 additional pieces to FireForm on sage rats next week...I've not shot light bullets with fast twist like this before, but they're starting at 2,940 fps, so I'm hoping for some hard hitting results!

 

[JLT]

36 - 36.5 gr. of 8208 XBR behind a 58 V-Max shoots very well out of my 1:8 light varmint barrel and it is a grenade at around 3,830 fps. CCI 450s or Tula SRM, no discernable difference. This is for Lapua brass. Alpha will require a charge .5 gr. less.