Winchester StaBall 6.5

I picked a pound up today at my lgs. I’ll give it a try when I get enough brass saved up.


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I saw a review in Handloader magazine, the reviewer was impressed with it. He did a somewhat unscientific experiment on the temp stability and it did appear to be very temp insensitive. It will still come down to working up loads to see if it will work for a given bullet/gun combo.
 
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I loaded up 11 rounds for a ladder test today. I did 10 yesterday day. Below is the information for each day and a graph of todays shots. I loaded 140 gr ELD-M's to 2.820 COAL, used FGM 210 primers and Hornady once fired brass. The powder seemed to burn clean. I used the data off of their site for the 140gr AMAX to start with since I don't have any data on this powder and bullet combo. Started with 42 gr yesterday and 42.8 today. Went all the way to 44.8 today and at that load I noticed just the slightest ejector mark. Primers all looked fine to me. I'm thinking about loading up 20 or so at the 44.6 load and see if I can make them group. @Downeast @DickFord
 

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Loaded up 15 RDS with 43.7 gr of staball 6.5 this morning and went to the range. Shot them at 200. Here’s how they did vs factory hornady match ammo with same projectile.
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I tried StaBall with the 6.5 Creedmoor and got better results with the Starline small primer pocket case
43.0 StaBall Federal GM primer 140 Nosler Ballistic Tip 2650fps .778" group
43.0 Staball Remington small BR primer 140 Nosler Ballistic Tip 2650fps .290" group

43.5 StaBall Federal GM primer 140 Nosler Ballistic Tip 2705fps 1.020" group
43.5 StaBall Remington Small BR primer 140 Nosler Ballistic Tip 2615fps .419"group
I can't account for the low velocity using the small primer case but it shot a decent group
 
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