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whispering death

6mm dasher, with another on the way, it gives up nothing to a 308win to 1100yds, in fact shoots inside windage wise, runs on 10 grains less powder and the bullets are cheaper. Most of the 600-1000 bench rest records are now held by dashers. In a steady wind it will run with the best. The best decision I ever made.


Essexboy

6-6.5x47. Runs a 105 amax or 105 berger at 3050 fps with great accuracy!
I have chosen to build a 22br in the new year so I cant wait to see how that goes!

Garry

Does a 65-06 count? It was a Sako TRG-S 25-06 but Norman Clark rebarrelled it with a Krieger. 65-06 is cited in several reloading manuals, Sierra and Nosler included, but I know of no-one selling a commercial rifle in this calibre. It works for me.

ive been waiting for somebody to say the .243 im shooting isnt a wildcat, dam nobody will take the bait

spud wrote:ive been waiting for somebody to say the .243 im shooting isnt a wildcat, dam nobody will take the bait

:lol: :lol:

8mm-06 That is a .30-06 opened up to 7.92mm
Havent gone for any real distance with it yet but I am getting ragged one hole groups at 100m.
Using a 200g Nosler balistic tip boat tail over 50.4 g of 4350. It will give you a pretty good thump when you touch one off.
It is a Czech VZ24 action with a re chambered Yugoslavian 24/47 barrel.
The barrel is freefloated in a Synthetic Fajian stock.
I had been using a reworked military trigger but reciently replaced it with a Bold trigger set at 3lbs pull, and that tightened the groups right up.

Getting my gunsmith to produce the 50 cal necked down to take a Singer Sewing Machine Needle No 2 diameter.
NASA estimates that Mv will exceed 9000 fps and the drop at 1000yds from a 100 yd zero is 3mm (plus or minus 0.004 mm).
I am also having the projectile meplats trimmed and pointed using a Whidden bullet pointing die, to reduce the elevation spread at longer ranges.
Major problem is the butt crew may not see or find the bullet hole so will have to be issued with magnifying glasses.
The barrel life is estimated at 3 shots before its junk. Sounds as though molycoating the 'bullet' may prolong barrel life to 6 shots.
Beat that men!

Getting my gunsmith to produce the 50 cal necked down to take a Singer Sewing Machine Needle No 2 diameter.

In all honesty when I was young, a friend of my father had a 50bmg necked down to 6.5mm.
The rounds were amazing looking.I only saw it fired once.

Burner wrote:

Getting my gunsmith to produce the 50 cal necked down to take a Singer Sewing Machine Needle No 2 diameter.

In all honesty when I was young, a friend of my father had a 50bmg necked down to 6.5mm.
The rounds were amazing looking.I only saw it fired once.

Hi Burner, I also recollect whilst browsing around a PX store on the US Naval Base at Guam back in 73, and was having a look at a load of guns and ammo type of magazines on the top shelf. I noticed a cover photograph of a large calibre case (could have been a 20mm case shortened and necked down to hold what looked like a 6mm calibre bullet). It looked soooooooo sexy hence the tongue in cheek comment about a 50 cal with a sewing machine needle. I guess it was done as a spoof round and was never fired for the obvious reasons. Changing the subject, while we were there, the last remaining Japanese second world war soldier, was found/captured. Happy days!