Staball HD in 7STW

[victor3ranger]

Has anyone tried this powder yet??

 

[Bghunter338]

Yes but not in the stw yet.

 

[victor3ranger]

I'm really wondering if it would be a good powder since it's slower than 7828 and h1000.
My next stw will be a 28-29" barrel and I most likely will be shooting 140,150,160 bullets

 

[MagnumManiac]

May I ask whom makes this powder?
Sorry to hijack, but if it's Winchester, it might be available here.
I'm interested trying it in my 7STW.


Cheers.

 

[Bghunter338]

May I ask whom makes this powder?
Sorry to hijack, but if it's Winchester, it might be available here.
I'm interested trying it in my 7STW.


Cheers.

It is a winchester powder.

 

[MagnumManiac]

It is a winchester powder.

Thanks.
Went looking, no mention of it, I have 10lbs of Supreme 780, maybe it's similar?

Cheers.

 

[baldhunter]

Staball HD should work great in the 7STW.That long case should have a good case fill with that powder.With the longer barrel you should get some really good velocities.Hodgdon has load data for it,but the velocities they show are rather low because they used a 24" barrel.This cartridge really benefits with the long barrel and slow burnrate powders.I've burned a lot of Winchester WXR(like Reloader22 and Supreme 780) in Sendero 7STW with great results.I picked up another 7STW with a Lilja barrel and had to back off a few grains with that one.I switched over to Magpro in that one and it's shooting 175gr bullets around 3050fps.I think the Staball HD would do a little better.Here is Hodgdon's data https://hodgdonreloading.com/rldc/

 

[victor3ranger]

May I ask whom makes this powder?
Sorry to hijack, but if it's Winchester, it might be available here.
I'm interested trying it in my 7STW.


Cheers.

Yes it is Winchester

 

[victor3ranger]

Staball HD should work great in the 7STW.That long case should have a good case fill with that powder.With the longer barrel you should get some really good velocities.Hodgdon has load data for it,but the velocities they show are rather low because they used a 24" barrel.This cartridge really benefits with the long barrel and slow burnrate powders.I've burned a lot of Winchester WXR(like Reloader22 and Supreme 780) in Sendero 7STW with great results.I picked up another 7STW with a Lilja barrel and had to back off a few grains with that one.I switched over to Magpro in that one and it's shooting 175gr bullets around 3050fps.I think the Staball HD would do a little better.Here is Hodgdon's data https://hodgdonreloading.com/rldc/

I have a bunch of Winchester WMR (no longer available) but everything I can find on it says it's not temp stable.
What I can find on the Staball HD is that it's very temp stable.
With all the load data showing much less velocity than what I get in real life I am hoping that if the staball HD shoots good then maybe I can also get some good velocity with it too

 

[Palix-Dog]

I tried it in my 7 PRC. It had great accuracy but I ran about 150 fps slower than magpro and 200 fps slower than RL22 with Nosler 175gn ABLR.

 

[victor3ranger]

I tried it in my 7 PRC. It had great accuracy but I ran about 150 fps slower than magpro and 200 fps slower than RL22 with Nosler 175gn ABLR.

Interesting

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

Interesting

HUUMMMM.
I was thinking of trying it in a Rum.
Hodgdon shows it slower than Retumbo

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

HUUMMMM.
I was thinking of trying it in a Rum.
Hodgdon shows it slower than Retumbo

Well, I broke down and picked up a jug to try out in both the stw's