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<blockquote data-quote="264MHC" data-source="post: 2680557" data-attributes="member: 111161"><p>Looks like Hodgdon is releasing two new variants in the Winchester Sta-Ball powder line:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://shop.hodgdon.com/winchester-staball-match/" target="_blank">https://shop.hodgdon.com/winchester-staball-match/</a></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://shop.hodgdon.com/winchester-staball-hd/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Sta-ball Match looks to be in the Varget/Power Pro 2000/CFE 223/Leverevolution burn rate and I am pretty excited to test it out in my 6mm and 6.5 Grendels. If it can match the velocities of the above ball powders, but with good temp stability, it may become my go to for the small Grendel Cases. AR Comp is the best temp stable powder I have found for them but Lever and CFE 223 produce about 50-100fps faster with most bullets, while not being compressed.</p><p></p><p>Sta-ball HD should be RL26/Ramshot Magnum/H1000/VV 565 burn rate based on the cartridges it recommends on the bottle. I doubt it will match the performance of RL 26 or the Stability of H1000 and VV 565, but I would love to be proven wrong. One thing I'm guessing will be an advantage for this powder is availability since it should be coming out of St. Marks like Sta-ball 6.5. </p><p></p><p>It does not seem to be available yet as I have only seen them on Hodgdon's site, but I'm sure it will start to trickle out first of the year. Pricing looks to be $45, $5 more per pound than 6.5, but we will have to wait and see what it runs at other sources. Still cheaper than the $60-$80 a pound for some of the most in demand extruded powders.</p><p>Hard to believe you could get extruded powders for $30 and Ball powders around $20/pound just 4 or 5 years ago.</p><p></p><p>If anyone knows anything else, feel free to post it here, as well as any usage updates as the powder rolls out.</p><p></p><p>Cole</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="264MHC, post: 2680557, member: 111161"] Looks like Hodgdon is releasing two new variants in the Winchester Sta-Ball powder line: [URL]https://shop.hodgdon.com/winchester-staball-match/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://shop.hodgdon.com/winchester-staball-hd/[/URL] Sta-ball Match looks to be in the Varget/Power Pro 2000/CFE 223/Leverevolution burn rate and I am pretty excited to test it out in my 6mm and 6.5 Grendels. If it can match the velocities of the above ball powders, but with good temp stability, it may become my go to for the small Grendel Cases. AR Comp is the best temp stable powder I have found for them but Lever and CFE 223 produce about 50-100fps faster with most bullets, while not being compressed. Sta-ball HD should be RL26/Ramshot Magnum/H1000/VV 565 burn rate based on the cartridges it recommends on the bottle. I doubt it will match the performance of RL 26 or the Stability of H1000 and VV 565, but I would love to be proven wrong. One thing I'm guessing will be an advantage for this powder is availability since it should be coming out of St. Marks like Sta-ball 6.5. It does not seem to be available yet as I have only seen them on Hodgdon's site, but I'm sure it will start to trickle out first of the year. Pricing looks to be $45, $5 more per pound than 6.5, but we will have to wait and see what it runs at other sources. Still cheaper than the $60-$80 a pound for some of the most in demand extruded powders. Hard to believe you could get extruded powders for $30 and Ball powders around $20/pound just 4 or 5 years ago. If anyone knows anything else, feel free to post it here, as well as any usage updates as the powder rolls out. Cole [/QUOTE]
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