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How is StaBall 6.5 working out?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hudge76" data-source="post: 3055866" data-attributes="member: 117629"><p>I will be the first to say, my experience with StaBALL 6.5 has not lived up to what it was advertised. My velocities have been quite a bit slower than manuals have stated in several cartridges. I had an ok load with .300 WSM and 165 gr TTSX's a few years ago, and hunted with it one moose season. Outside of that, I wrote it off until recently. </p><p>I saw a YouTuber that his buddy was raving about it in his .30-06. I decided to try it with 150 gr BT's I had lying around. All I can say is wow! I am finally getting good velocities and great accuracy with it in at least one load. I am also going to try it in my .270 Win with 129 gr. LRX's. As far as my 6.5 CM, it does not like the powder at all. I do use it in my 7-08, but I developed the load before there was published data and I'd say my load is at the starting load for it on Hodgdon's website. I get great accuracy, but velocity needs work. I will work on it this summer more, and it may get used for a caribou hunt this fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hudge76, post: 3055866, member: 117629"] I will be the first to say, my experience with StaBALL 6.5 has not lived up to what it was advertised. My velocities have been quite a bit slower than manuals have stated in several cartridges. I had an ok load with .300 WSM and 165 gr TTSX’s a few years ago, and hunted with it one moose season. Outside of that, I wrote it off until recently. I saw a YouTuber that his buddy was raving about it in his .30-06. I decided to try it with 150 gr BT’s I had lying around. All I can say is wow! I am finally getting good velocities and great accuracy with it in at least one load. I am also going to try it in my .270 Win with 129 gr. LRX’s. As far as my 6.5 CM, it does not like the powder at all. I do use it in my 7-08, but I developed the load before there was published data and I’d say my load is at the starting load for it on Hodgdon’s website. I get great accuracy, but velocity needs work. I will work on it this summer more, and it may get used for a caribou hunt this fall. [/QUOTE]
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