6.5 StaBall Powder

[ARlife4me]

I bought 1# just for giggles to try, but no testing yet.

 

[JAYgs8163]

I will be testing it in the 7-08 on 150 ELDX and also in a 7WSM. Hope to start next week.

 

[Elkeater]

I've played with it a little but not a ton. I've got 4lbs here at the house. Only thing I've played with so far has been 168gr Berger VLDs out of my 7-08ai. Think I was somewhere around .75 MOA at 2760fps. Probably play around with it a bit more this winter and see what I can do with it.

 

[cape cove]

Since I last posted in this thread I had a chance to try StaBall in my Sako 22/250 heavy barrel ( 24" ) rifle. Worked up to 42.5 grs with an Hornady 53 gr Match bullet in Laupa brass with a Rem 9 1/2M primer. Accuracy was good ( .5-.7) and velocity was 3803 ft/sec. Not close to the velocity cited by Hodgdon ( 3939 ft/sec) although they use a 52 gr bullet but fast all the same. JME

 

[ARlife4me]

Since I last posted in this thread I had a chance to try StaBall in my Sako 22/250 heavy barrel ( 24" ) rifle. Worked up to 42.5 grs with an Hornady 53 gr Match bullet in Laupa brass with a Rem 9 1/2M primer. Accuracy was good ( .5-.7) and velocity was 3803 ft/sec. Not close to the velocity cited by Hodgdon ( 3939 ft/sec) although they use a 52 gr bullet but fast all the same. JME

Probably near max on their data and a shorter throat will increase psi and hold it longer down the barrel.

 

[Seabeeken]

Tried it in 6XC, not impressed at all. horrible numbers and poor groups. It collects dust for now.

 

[Shane Lindsey]

Just ran up some in my 6.5 creed. Velocity was a little slow at 2734 fps. Looks promising enough I jsut bought another pound of it for $50....

140 HVLD -.010" off
42.6gr Staball 6.5
Lapua case
210 FGMM