Im thinking of a 6mm Dasher for the grand kids.

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Longshot4

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I have 2 grandsons in the far north of Michigan. They have a lot of acreage to learn how to shoot. I believe they have it all up there. I started of with a Red rider. I want them to have a opportunity to learn how to hit the target wile they are young.

A 6mm Dasher in a solid built Bolt Action would give them the chance. Normally I would look for a Rem. 700 but I'm too late. Are there any suggestion's?
 
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Scorch

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There are literally millions of Remington 700s out there, especially right after deer season like now. 6mm Dasher wouldn't be my first choice for a rifle for youngsters, I would choose something that is commercially available like 243 or 6mm Creedmore so they aren't limited in their options. Years ago a friend of mine picked up a Sako in 22PPC. Great shooter, absolutely fantastic. Then he ran out of ammo and it just sat, he shot his 223 more because he could get ammo easily when he wanted it So he traded it. So, nothing wrong with a 6mm Dasher, but think of it from the kids' point of view.
 
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Longshot4

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good point

Kind of like the old 22 k hornet, 358 Win. or even 16 gage. All excellent but cant just pick them up at the local shop. The 6mm creedmoor should be around for a wile. So then it seams to me the Remington's only handle 243 the 6CR is the bolt I will be looking for. Ruger came out with one in 6CR a few years ago but I think they discontinued it. I have a Savage 10T that is one heck of a tight shooter but it also is in the 12Lb. area. I watch some of the gun webb sights and I'm not sure If the rifles are available at this time. I should just go hunting on line again to find what I like. Thanks for your input.
 
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hammie

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I agree with scorch. Have you considered the 6.5 grendel? I wouldn't consider it a wildly popular mainstream cartridge, but it is not as esoteric as the 6mm dasher. Factory ammunition and brass are available. Also, the grendel should provide significantly less recoil than either of the creedmoors. The last I knew, Howa, Ruger, and CZ offer bolt action rifles for the 6.5 grendel. The problem will be finding any of them during this panic.
 
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bobn

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fwiw the 6.5 grendel is a absolute joy to shoot. i have been a 243 fan since the seventies, sav99 was my first center fire gun.
... but alas i am a borderline geezer so noise and any kind of recoil is bothersome. i am resizing 762 x 39 brass using 140 grain exposed lead tip bullets with almost any medium speed powder in my ruger. darn thing shoots ten shot groups like no other sporter i own. just saying (btw 6 creedmoor is awesome but man is it noisy) good luck.....bobn
 
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Double K

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Giving a rifle chambered in a wildcat cartridge to youngsters who don't have any experience with them or even live with you makes no sense, if you want a Dasher get it for yourself and get them a rifle in a factory cartridge chambering.
 
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Longshot4

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6 dasher will be a good place to start loading. The kids Father started around 5 years old. Although he needs to get back into it.


Only accurate rifles are interesting.

Townsend Whelen

:rolleyes:
 
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stagpanther

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I believe you can simply fireform 6 BR norma--in fact just fire the cartridge straight-up like you can fire a 280 Remington in a 280 AI.
 
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Longshot4

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With primers... hard to find. It is going to be hard to find any reloading equipment for quite a wile with coved 19 slowing our lives down and I hope politicks cool down.
 
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std7mag

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With the dumpster fire called politics, i don't foresee any letup in the future on firearms, ammo, or components.
And with the kids not living with you, reloading may or may not be an option.
Hence i'd probably lean towards a readily commercially available option. But i don't know what that would be right now.
While the 6 Dasher is a fine cartridge, don't over look the 6BR.
And you can find guns chambered from the factory in 6BR.
 
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jetinteriorguy

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So, why not just get a .243. Win? What would be the advantage to the Dasher? Given the more commonly available.243 and no real difference performance wise I am curious why?
 
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Longshot4

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243 Win is a good round. So is the 45acp and 30-06, 300 H&H and 300 Win. Mag., 22 LR and 22 mag. and 22 Hornet...

The 243 Win. and 6mm Creedmoor are over bored compared to the 6mm Dasher. I am in Michigan here a 22-250 is to small to hunt Deer legally. The Dasher would be a excellent cartrage to hunt Deer, Groundhogs, Coyotes and target shoot. I believe it would be a great training tool for my grand kids to learn what it takes to shoot accurately. It is kind of why you might have learned to shoot with a pellet gun or 22 LR. But the 6mm Dasher can teach them much more.

What do you think about that?

Also Maby if we promote it it could become a common off the shelf rifle chamber some day.
 
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jetinteriorguy

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Longshot4 said:
243 Win is a good round. So is the 45acp and 30-06, 300 H&H and 300 Win. Mag., 22 LR and 22 mag. and 22 Hornet...

The 243 Win. and 6mm Creedmoor are over bored compared to the 6mm Dasher. I am in Michigan here a 22-250 is to small to hunt Deer legally. The Dasher would be a excellent cartrage to hunt Deer, Groundhogs, Coyotes and target shoot. I believe it would be a great training tool for my grand kids to learn what it takes to shoot accurately. It is kind of why you might have learned to shoot with a pellet gun or 22 LR. But the 6mm Dasher can teach them much more.

What do you think about that?

Also Maby if we promote it it could become a common off the shelf rifle chamber some day.
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I have no doubt that the 6mm Dasher would be a good round, I’m just looking at it from a more pragmatic point of view since the .243 is so much more common. To me the only advantage the Dasher would have is maybe being a more efficient round.
 
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DaleA

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I would have seconded the .243 for ammunition availability...no question there, but:
You only live once--I say get the dasher.
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is only too true.

Find the dasher ammo online just once (remember the old saying: buy once, cry once) and buy a goodly supply of it and your problems are solved. And as you already said, you and yours reload so not so much of a problem, especially once the component drought goes away and I have to believe it must go away sometime.

Good luck.
 
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