Head Spacing a 6 Dasher?

[DanSavage]

How would one go about head spacing a 6 Dasher barrel to a Savage action?

[scope eye]

I will not buy headspace gauges for one off chamberings, so What I do is get a fired piece of brass and full length size it and use that, and for the no go I use the same case and some foil tape http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Adhesives/Tapes/Products/~/Foil-Tape?N=5472880&rt=r3. It is much better than scotch, masking, painters, or what ever.

Dean

[drybean]

I will not buy headspace gauges for one off chamberings, so What I do is get a fired piece of brass and full length size it and use that, and for the no go I use the same case and some foil tape http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Adhesives/Tapes/Products/~/Foil-Tape?N=5472880&rt=r3. It is much better than scotch, masking, painters, or what ever.

Dean

That's what I did for mine

[LongRange]

http://www.reamerrentals.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=6Das.g

[sharpshooter]

It's kinda hard to headspace with a piece of brass that's not fireformed yet. Use a go gauge.

[Dennis]

It's kinda hard to headspace with a piece of brass that's not fireformed yet. Use a go gauge.

I agree. As stated above, you can rent a set.

[scope eye]

I agree. As stated above, you can rent a set.

What fun would that be, come on where's your sense of adventure.

Dean

[Mthomas90]

I agree. As stated above, you can rent a set.
Where can you rent them from?

[LoneWolf]

As I've been told before, you're setting up a co tolled explosion approximately 4" from your face. Buy or rent the gauges. It's worth it!

[DanSavage]

Thanks guy's I think we"ll rent them from the place LongRange suggested. Fire a few and make sure Sizing die can properly size them enough and go from there.

Normally I do what scope eye does but I just headspace off new Lapua brass because that is all I use for competition.

[scope eye]

If you are going to rent the gauges anyways, I would headspace them off brass and then double check when the gauges get there.

But that's just me.

Dean

[sharpshooter]

You still can't check it with brass before it is fireformed.....your'e dealing with a case that needs to have the shoulder moved ahead to start with. You can't do that with out setting the headspace on a gauge.

[DanSavage]

You still can't check it with brass before it is fireformed.....your'e dealing with a case that needs to have the shoulder moved ahead to start with. You can't do that with out setting the headspace on a gauge.

Exactly,,, I can't get 6 Dasher brass any where unless I borrow a couple piece's of brass from another shooter who has already formed brass.

[DanSavage]

A friend recommended expanding the O.D. neck up to ..280 cal then sizing first part of neck down to .268 creating a false shoulder and using measurements.

[Dennis]

Let me know if you can't find any go/no go gauges.

Dennis

[DanSavage]

Let me know if you can't find any go/no go gauges.

Dennis

Thanks Dennis,,will do.