6.5 Staball in 6.5 Creedmoor?

[DDRanch]

Finally have my Howa 6.5 Creedmoor with a 24" barrel put together. Anyone care to share or point me in the right direction for load info. I have some 6.5 Staball powder and Hornady 123, 140 and 147 grain bullets.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[JLW]

Finally have my Howa 6.5 Creedmoor with a 24" barrel put together. Anyone care to share or point me in the right direction for load info. I have some 6.5 Staball powder and Hornady 123, 140 and 147 grain bullets.
Any help would be appreciated.

I have a Bartlein 27" 5R 8 twist barrel on my bench rifle , I am loading 42.6 gr of 6.5 Staball and the 147 ELD's match bullets . I am using Peterson Brass SFP. (CCI BR4 Primers) work up slowly

 

[sbhooper]

43.3 grains of Sta Ball from my 24-inch Criterion, got 2730 fps with the 147. 1/4 moa.

 

[darkangel_r2]

43.0 in my 24" mcgowen ar10 gets 2700 with 140 eldm at 2.82" in hornady brass. Average 5 shot is under 1/2 moa. Everything tightened up after 42 grains. Wasn't anything great below that so I bet it has a pressure or casefill minimum for consistent performance.

 

[josebd]

Sierra 140 hpbt ,100 yards,3 shots
Savage factory 24 inch barrel
43.4 1/4 group

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

Hogdon HAS, the Data !
The 123's are best served with, a Tad faster burning Powder like, H-4895 or Varget, tho.
For the, 130 to 147 grain Bullets,.. YUP,.. StaBall !

 

[rijndael]

The 123's are best served with, a Tad faster burning Powder like, H-4895 or Varget, tho.

That's been my experience as well; my 123 grain 6.5CM loads share powders with my 308s.

 

[darkangel_r2]

Hogdon HAS, the Data !
The 123's are best served with, a Tad faster burning Powder like, H-4895 or Varget, tho.
For the, 130 to 147 grain Bullets,.. YUP,.. StaBall !

H4350 snugs up really nicely in the 6.5 creed and 123s as well. Especially with lapua brass. Almost perfect 100% fill and near 3000 fps in a 24". I know varget works really well too but you lose a good bit of velocity doing that. SD stats are probably excellent though.

 

[josebd]

3 shots,100 yards
nosler 140hpbt rdf
next time will be 5 shots

 

[bks22345]

I shoot 43.6gr in virgin Starline or 44.0 on a .002 bump. 140 matchburners at .010 off or 140 ELDM at .020 off.

 

[Twdmar]

are those of you using the Staball finding it like other ball powders where the best accuracy often comes near max loads?

 

[bks22345]

Yes. That’s been in 6.5CM, 270 Win and in 280 AI

 

[Gary in MD]

It worked well in one of my 30-06s at 1/2 grain under Hodgdon maximum.

 

[Tylsmith33]

Shared in a previous thread but I have been running 45 gr staball with 130gr eldm at 2.800 col at 2800 fps 24” stock savage barrel shoots 2-3s consistently

 

[1lessdog]

This load is 46 gr Staball and 100 gr Hornady ELD Match.

Remington 700 BDL 6.5 Creedmoor

 

[shootz]

Staball 43.5 and Nosler 140 HPBT = Hart 22" sporter bbl, rem 700 ADL,

 

[My hunter]

43.5 works good for me with 140 eldx 26 inch proof barrel

 

[RustyInBend]

I have a Bartlein 27" 5R 8 twist barrel on my bench rifle , I am loading 42.6 gr of 6.5 Staball and the 147 ELD's match bullets . I am using Peterson Brass SFP. (CCI BR4 Primers) work up slowly

I'm almost identical, except for a 26" Tikka T3x TAC A1. With Peterson brass, CCI B4 primers, and 147 ELDM's I'm getting great results with 43.4 gr of StaBall. Only downside is that StaBall runs a little "dirty", but a good cleaning every 100-rounds or so makes it a non-issue.

 

[wbm]

43.5 StaBall with 140gr Barnes Match Burners is one of my go-to loads now.

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

43.5 StaBall with 140gr Barnes Match Burners is one of my go-to loads now.

Yup, and that's about where, I'll be with, the Horn 143 gr. ELD-X's
Hopefully, getting good Groups with, that Amount ( approx ) and, a COAL of 2.825" / 2.835".