StaBall 6.5

[desertcj]

I just found out about this new powder. Supposed to be a temp stable ball powder. Anybody get there hands on this stuff yet to give it a try? Hodgdon has online data for it. Looks pretty good in 7mm-08, I may have to give it a try.

 

[6.5_sWv]

I saw on another reloading group I'm involved with that Powder Valley was the only one who had it so far but apparently they sold out in a short time. I too would like to try it. I want to try it in my 6.5creedmoor and my 7x57. If you get your hands on some, give us a report back and let us know how it does for you.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks like a good fit for nearly everything I load for...and that ball powder will go though my throw and really speed up my loading time!

 

[pharmseller]

Out of a Tikka T3 Lite stainless using Big Game:

120 NBT 3126 FPS
140 Partition 2890 FPS
150 eldx 2790 FPS

StaBall has slightly higher velocities posted, but not enough to be interesting.




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[desertcj]

162gr at 2800fps is interesting to me in a 7mm-08. I have been wanting to try that with RL16, looks like this new powder may be able to do it as well.

 

[Joec7651]

I’m down to my last 3 1/2 lbs of RL-26 and haven’t found it in months! Lol

 

[280Hunter]

I can't find any RL26 here in SW Tn.

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[rjm158]

For those interested, I ordered two pounds of it yesterday from Powder Valley. At the time I ordered, their site said they had 99 in stock. It was $25/lb.

Ron

 

[Anonymous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcy8zqclIns

Here is a guy doing some temp testing with StaBall 6.5.

 

[Slimfinn]

Interesting... I may have to try some for the 260, with the eldx. Also wonder why they don't have any data for the 243, maybe its forthcoming.

 

[desertcj]

Watched that YouTube video today. Should have called it Staball-ish 6.5...lol

 

[Anonymous]

Watched that YouTube video today. Should have called it Staball-ish 6.5...lol

Yeah, after seeing the results I'm not sure I'll bother. H4350 works pretty well with everything I'd load it in.

 

[FOTIS]

H4350 Kicked its butt for temperature stability BIG TIME

 

[RL338]

The stuff seems to good to be true as advertised. I’m going to wait on this for a bit to see how it pans out.

 

[280Hunter]

H4350 and RL16 are plentiful, no need to change.

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