![6mm Dasher Rifle - 3 6mm Dasher Rifle](https://john1911.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/6mm-Dasher-Rifle-3-640x308.jpeg)
A while ago I finished building a rifle chambered in 6mm Dasher after months of choosing components and waiting on parts availability. This rifle is built on a Falkor Defense MT7 action with a 26 inch, stainless steel Proof Research pre-fit barrel. It rides in an MPA Hybrid Chassis and wears a Vortex Razor HD 5-20×50 scope. Additionally, I had the chassis Cerakoted in copper suede color because…why not?
![6mm Dasher Round](https://john1911.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/6mm-Dasher-Round-4-547x800.png)
Overall this rifle has been a sweet shooter; however, it is BEEFY! All together it tips the scales just over 16 lbs unloaded. It’s a bit stupid to carry around, but with the small 6mm Dasher cartridge it leads to negligible recoil, easy shot calling, and fast follow up shots.
![6mm Dasher Rifle](https://john1911.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/6mm-Dasher-Rifle-3-800x385.jpeg)
To feed this behemoth, obviously you don’t cruise to your local gun store and find scores of 6 Dasher factory options. I reload nearly all of my own ammo, so this wasn’t a factor in my cartridge choice. I was excited to try the 105 grain Berger Hybrid Target bullets as they’re supposed to deliver excellent long range ballistics while being easy to “tune” to the rifle. I certainly wasn’t disappointed and quickly found a load that delivered 2750 FPS with consistent 1/2 MOA accuracy. From online research, it seems that I could push these bullets faster as well as see tighter groups, but I prefer using the rifle to shoot versus burning hours and dollars chasing the most “perfect” load.
![5-shot 6mm Dasher Group.](https://john1911.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/5-Shot-Group-1-800x445.jpeg)
For this rifle’s purpose in life, I’m using it to put holes in paper, bang steel, and chase coyotes/prairie dogs. So far, it’s performed exceptionally well, with the caveat of coyotes. Knowing that these Berger bullets aren’t hunting bullets, I still figured the target style bullet would zap coyotes with no issue. Unfortunately, after shooting a handful, I realized they weren’t doing the trick as I had hoped. Ranging from 80 to 425 yards, my bullets pin-holed right through the coyotes leaving fatal, but not immediately so, wounds. Every dog took multiple shots to kill or ran off leaving a blood trail across the prairie.
![6mm Dasher - Coyote Hunting](https://john1911.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Coyote-Pic-2.jpeg)
At the end of the day, this rifle is a dream to shoot and it will be burning primers/powder for a long time. I’ll be switching to Hornady ELD-X bullets, and I hope they shoot as well as the Bergers do. I hate to change from such a great bullet, but the Hornady’s should also deliver good accuracy along with better terminal ballistics as a hunting bullet.
~Chris
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