6.5 StaBall

[JScanga]

Has anyone tried the 6.5 StaBall in their 6mm Norma BR

 

[urbanrifleman]

Gonna be pretty slow for 6br.

 

[dmoran]

Since it's a ball powder, compression will likely not be an issue, it may be a perfect slower burning powder for a 6BR.
Look forward to seeing results from it's use in a 6BR.

 

[AckleymanII]

I was thinking 6 XC with 115g Dtac's

 

[Banango]

I have in my dasher. I hit pressure at 2980 hut for some reason my dasher barrels are barrels are always slow. Itll work just fine for a straight br

 

[johara1]

I have in my dasher. I hit pressure at 2980 hut for some reason my dasher barrels are barrels are always slow. Itll work just fine for a straight br

What bullet and how many grains of powder?.... jim

 

[xswanted]

Not completely relevant to the BR family but I tried it in my 22-250ai with 75s

Started getting pressure before I got any speed. It was quite a bit slower than both H4350 and R17

Accuracy was very good however.

 

[johara1]

I did see on Hodgens site that it was the fastest load for a Dasher with 107SMK of all the powder listed. I did see I can get the same load in a 6BR Imp. without compression....jim

 

[DHuffman]

I've been testing this powder as time allows in a 7-08 imp with 184s recently.

Once I started jumping the hybrids I started compressing powder at 44.5g of RL 16 at 2700 - 2720 fps.

I can get more than enough Stabal 6.5 in the cases to get beyond 2800 fps but was getting ejector marks on most and swipes on a few.

I plan on backing down to the mid 2700s to explore what looked like a node there without pressure and test the 180s up to pressure also.

Here are a sample of speeds and two targets. First outing column one and two are the same round shot over both chronos to not miss any data and compare chronos.
Column 3 was Labradar alone shooting ladder at 600

 

[DHuffman]

These two pics are the second outing shooting a 3 shot group ladder at 600 with velocities. These are the rounds with ejectors and swipes.

 

[6mmxc]

I tried staball in an 18” 6 br with good results. Sd 2.8, Es 5. I plan on trying it in a longer barreled br also.
Photo is 12 rounds at 600 yards. 105 hybrid.

 

[13red56]

I tried staball in an 18” 6 br with good results. Sd 2.8, Es 5. I plan on trying it in a longer barreled br also.
Photo is 12 rounds at 600 yards. 105 hybrid.

What kind of speed were u getting?

 

[bozo699]

These two pics are the second outing shooting a 3 shot group ladder at 600 with velocities. These are the rounds with ejectors and swipes.

so which load are you gonna pursue?... 48.1-48.2?...
Wayne

 

[DHuffman]

Neither, too hot for the brass. 46.5 - 46.9 is very accurate in my Broughton barrel down around 2700 - 2720 with 180s or 184s jumping .036" very easy on brass and 47.5 will get 2760 +/- with good accuracy but may be hard on the brass in warm weather.

 

[6mmxc]

What kind of speed were u getting?

2727, remember though, that is out of an 18 inch barrel.

 

[vegas]

I tried staball in an 18” 6 br with good results. Sd 2.8, Es 5. I plan on trying it in a longer barreled br also.
Photo is 12 rounds at 600 yards. 105 hybrid.

2727, remember though, that is out of an 18 inch barrel.

Do you recall the charge you started at?

 

[Mike Casselton]

With 105 class bullets you will probably top out around 35gr. YMMV of course and start low

 

[vegas]

Thanks. I have a bunch of 6.5 Staball and a BRAI barrel coming soon. I plan on loading 107SMK's so will start a few grains lower and work up.

 

[SKWERLZ]

Thanks. I have a bunch of 6.5 Staball and a BRAI barrel coming soon. I plan on loading 107SMK's so will start a few grains lower and work up.

Surprisingly it works well in 22ARC, should be decent in 6BR.

 

[Bottom Fodder]

Had a friend tell me last week he’s having very good results using Staball in his Dasher, not sure what bullets , primers or load he is using.