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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: brokenvet on September 09, 2024, 10:18:08 AM

Title: Anyone tried Winchester's StaBall 6.5
Post by: brokenvet on September 09, 2024, 10:18:08 AM: Has anyone use Winchester StaBall 6.5 for rifles?

I have some loaded for my 6.5x55 Swede - 140 grain Nosler BT, but have not had a chance to shoot them yet.
Title: Re: Anyone tried Winchester's StaBall 6.5
Post by: Green Tree on September 10, 2024, 10:12:38 AM: yes, that is my go to powder. Both staball 6.5 and match. It meters consistently and prints a very nice group.
Title: Re: Anyone tried Winchester's StaBall 6.5
Post by: jrebel on September 10, 2024, 02:15:03 PM: We have tried it and it is a great powder. We didn’t get any better performance form that of our previous loss with H4350 so we stuck with the H4350. That said….if I didn’t have a good supply of H4350, staBall 6.5 would be a likely replacement in my 6.5 creed.
Title: Re: Anyone tried Winchester's StaBall 6.5
Post by: brokenvet on September 10, 2024, 02:24:08 PM: Nice, The StaBall 6.5, & Match are more available than IMR powders and cheaper as well at Costal Farm & Ranch.
Title: Re: Anyone tried Winchester's StaBall 6.5
Post by: addicted on September 23, 2024, 12:57:26 PM: The numbers look really good in 7-08 the Hodg magazine manual. Like 200fps faster than everything else and at 39$ a bottle its a sweet deal.

Its the first on my list to try when benchmark is done with my 7 SAW barrel here any day now. Ive read the SD's arent great but the rifle is going to be so light that it will stay inside 500 yards anyway.