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[Sheldon N]

Why the change from dasher to bra? Anything in particular?

No change, running both this season. Dasher barrel has ended up being what I've shot at the NRL matches and will probably shoot that barrel at the NRL finale.

Usually the decision between barrels ends up being made on which caliber I have brass processed for and ready to load. Dasher is 27" and running around 2940 fps with a 105 hybrid and 32.0 Varget. Speeds are so close there's not really a ballistic advantage to one or the other.

I've got a fresh Dasher barrel in storage ready to go, and just got email notification on another 6BRA barrel that my gunsmith finished. No plans to abandon either caliber.

 

[308220]

Honestly, flippancy aside, I'm addicted to reloading and shooting. I don't have kids. It pisses my wife off but I shot 3 matches a month this summer. I have worked in a job for 21 years that is very shooting centric. When I wake up at night and try to roll over and go back to sleep I go to my happy place and simulate shooting my new 22BR off a barricade in my mind. When I'm driving to work I think about shooting. At work, I sneak out at lunch and shoot at our indoor range. I have a hard time seeing reloading as a waste of time. In the evening I'll sit in my badass reloading room and watch TV and do something, neck turn, anneal, prep 223 brass. I'm just not choosing my one precision rifle and cartridge like a cell phone plan. A dispassionate, practicality based, decision of economy.

Well shit. From the looks of the replies, Im the only guy here that has hobbies other than shooting.

 

[308220]

do you practice? shoot matches? fireforming is basically just shooting a 6BR...nothing to it nothing hard. not even a waste if you're shooting anyways learn the wind

No, I joined the forum hoping to learn about painting. Never shot a gun in my life. I want to though, some day. It looks fun.

How do I learn the wind if I cant see it?

 

[Campguy308]

So what was hard about it? Stick it in the gun and pull the trigger. I fireformed 330 pcs of Dasher brass two years ago and am still shooting that lot of brass three barrels later. Lets see...hmmm ...was it a PITA?.... almost can't remember.

I think guys make a bigger deal out of fireforming than it really is. And I also agree that you need to do something for the first 100rds on the barrel. And that's almost a bit conservative, definitely not excessive. I've broke 8 barrels in this year. Every single one of them sped up. This last barrel, a 22BR, I just finished putting 200rds on it in three days. That's more of a PITA than fireforming.

All that said, I have a 6GT barrel on the way. Just want to see what it's all about. Should be a perfect case capacity for a low pressure H4350 load pushing 105's at 2950-3000.

My issue with the x47 and XC in theory is that they definitely have a smaller case capacity than a Creedmoor. But guys still want to do Creedmoor thins with them, like push a DTAC at 3000fps. And in that respect it's like the Creed is to the SLR. They just don't do the same thing as well because you have to use a faster powder due to their smaller capacity and run higher pressure to match the speeds. Remember when people were saying the x47 was a finicky cartridge? I'm pretty sure those people were just expierencing rapid throat erosion and weren't expecting to have to chase the lands.

It's not hard, and my ff loads hammer. It's just an extra step, that's all.

 

[b6graham]

No, I joined the forum hoping to learn about painting. Never shot a gun in my life. I want to though, some day. It looks fun.

How do I learn the wind if I cant see it?

well if you can't see the wind that's a problem.

interpreting the wind you see is a different story