staball 6.5 in 284,284shehane??

[cj8vet]

anybody tried it yet? loads?
thanks
mark
cj8vet@gmail.com

 

[std7mag]

I haven't even seen a burn rate chart with it listed yet, much less seen it on the shelf.

 

[3Ackleys]

I haven't even seen a burn rate chart with it listed yet, much less seen it on the shelf.

Here is the BRC :http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/fyi-burn-rate-chart.3993618/
Seen it in a couple stores and
Powder Valley has 1200+ #'s of it in stock.
I have shot a little in a 6.5 Creed. but not my 284
Velocity matched up with Hodgdon's data and accuracy was close to what I get w/R17

 

[DHuffman]

I'm seeing very good preliminary results in a 7-08 AI with 184s it's much more dense and has allowed me to get up into the mid 2700s where I was crunching powder in the very low 2700s with RL16

Weather has been holding up further testing but it's viable IMO so far.

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/6-5-staball.3994990/#post-37676100

 

[DHuffman]

The 2800 node was getting pressure so I backed down and shot this. Chrono didn't get the numbers as it was too cold.

 

[wbm]

Nothing in 284 Shehane but outstanding results in my 6.5CM with 140gr Nosler RDF. Bought 2lbs...will definitely buy more.

 

[DHuffman]

Next trip out was warmer and I did a seating depth ladder as I suspected I was off a little. This was at 600 yrs also and I'm not sure I trust the chrono numbers 100%, I had to put the Labradar in a different position to catch any shots so im not sure.

My throat grew a little so .032" is actually. 036" after measuring my lands. Next test I'll start a little lower in the powder and see what that looks like.

 

[DHuffman]

Tested again slower

Going to shoot 46.5-.9 next

 

[Lefty Trigger]

Are you having to use magnum primers with the 6.5 Staball with it being a ball powder? When I was messing around with BL-c2 and H414 I got way better results using magnum primers.

 

[DHuffman]

Are you having to use magnum primers with the 6.5 Staball with it being a ball powder? When I was messing around with BL-c2 and H414 I got way better results using magnum primers.

I haven't tried a mag primer yet because the BR 2s were shooting nice & small with RL 16

 

[DHuffman]

When I get it back down to 2700ish it wants to tighten up but that's where RL 16 works as good or better for me so not really anything to gain other than in cold weather it could run 2770 ish possibly but it would be right on the edge of beating up the brass.

 

[DHuffman]

At the suggestion of another member I tested further with this powder in the 47.4 range.

This is a seating depth ladder with a couple powder 47.5 & 47.6 thrown in. Mostly because I had 6 pieces of test brass left and wanted to keep them on the same cycle.

While the accuracy is certainly there it is very close to 2800 where I loosened 4 primers at the same temperature so in warmer temps I doubt this load would be useable.

 

[DHuffman]

Then I tried the 180s with a light jam. Pretty big but 46.8 looks interesting. Seating depth looks off though.

 

[DHuffman]

Shot 46.8 jumped in much worse conditions the next morning. The P & G loads are very similar in speed and accuracy to 45.5 g RL 16