StaBall 6.5

[Gary in MD]

Is anybody using this stuff? When it first came out it was advertised as being "The ****".
How is the accuracy and are you getting higher velocities as it was advertised?
Anyway, I bought an 8 pounder and plan on trying it in my 30-06, probably with 168s.
Thank,
Gary

 

[CMP70306]

I have used it in my 6.5 PRC with the light 122 grain bullets and was able to run them up to the mid 3300s with good accuracy. I'm going to get started on my hunting reloads soon so I will put more info up once I get them squared away.

 

[Gary in MD]

I'll probably try it in the '06, the 6.5, the 243 and maybe one or two others. The accuracy will have to be there or the speed and temperatures insensitivity doesn't matter.
I'm just wondering what others have found.
Gary

 

[bomberodevil]

There has been a couple of threads on StaBall 6.5 powder in the last month. A search should give you lots of opinions on the powder.

Staball Powder

I recently bought some of this powder to see if it would improve the heat sensitivity of the powders I hunt with in Texas, Average temperatures during hunting season here is 25o F to 65o F and loads were worked up around 50o F. cartridges are the 260 Rem and the 7/08 Rem. Fastest powder at...

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Winchester staball 6.5 power

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Winchester Staball 6.5

Anyone here shooting Win Staball6.5?? Any luck? Calibers groups? I got some for the first time for my 6 creedmoor. Then I saw what it could supposedly do in my 22-250 with a 52 grain hornady! I’ve been hooked on a 50 grain Speer tnt and happy at 36-3700fps. If that can get bullet to 4K I’d...

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[ButterBean]

It starts a really good campfire That's the best use i found for it

 

[bomberodevil]

It starts a really good campfire That's the best use i found for it

It shoots between 3/4-1 MOA for me in 6.5 CM, .270, and 30.06. It just gets beat by H4350, IMR 4350, H4831, and W760.

 

[59FLH]

I have used it in 7-08 and 6.5CM, if you follow the Hodgdon recipe exactly the velocity is there. Everybody has their own version of acceptable accuracy, to get my flavor of accuracy it looks like I will have to deviate from Hodgdon's recipe and then who knows.

 

[snox801]

I have had great luck with it in a .243 with 70gr hammers. Very accurate and fast.

 

[venatic]

Works quite well in both 6.5 and 22 Creedmoor. IMR 4007 SSC makes a better campfire.

 

[cape cove]

Tried it in my 7/08 with 145 gr Speer Spt. Max load in my rifle (24" barrel) got me slightly over 3000 ft/sec with MOA accuracy.

 

[ajkellerusmc]

Fast but not accurate for me.

 

[just_jon]

Fast but not accurate for me.

Bingo! I gave it a good trial in my 6.5 CM with 130 Berger AR hybrid, 140 ELDM and 143 ELDX, but couldn't get it to group better than 1-1/4 MOA.

 

[boylejr47]

I'm with Butterbean. 38.3 gr an 41.4 gr behind 140 gr RDF's out of my Ruger 6.5 Creedmoor Varmint/Target, at 200 yds shot MOA . H4350,IMR8281XBR usually shoots 1/2 MOA. Also filthy. Possibly incomplete burn from a 28" BBL?
I'll keep trying with the pound that I bought but I don't think I'll get anymore.

 

[Calvin45]

Sounds like a superformance 2.0 Kind of powder. Issues sound the same as what I experienced what that powder first came out - showed promise of psycho fast velocities but with wild es numbers, poor accuracy, and burned filthy as all get out. I'll pass. Thanks for sharing this information.