Hodgdon Powder Company · Ball
StaBALL 6.5
Temperature-stable ball powder specifically optimized for the 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge.
- Manufacturer
- Winchester
- Grain shape
- Ball
- Burn rank
- #65
- Category
- Medium-Slow
- Temp sensitivity
- Low
- Application
- Rifle
- Origin
- USA
- Status
- Active
Burn-rate position
FastestSlowest
Typical cartridges
6.5 PRC, 6.5 Creedmoor, .260 Remington, .308 Winchester, .300 WSM
Substitutes
Listed substitutions with charge guidance. Always start at published minimums and work up.
H4350 · Hodgdon Community
Temperature-stable alternative; similar charge weights in 6.5 Creedmoor.
By cartridge
6.5 PRC also used: N550, N555, StaBALL Match
6.5 Creedmoor also used: IMR 3031, N135, N550
.260 Remington also used: Norma 200, IMR 3031, N550
.308 Winchester also used: N110, Shooters World Economy Rifle, Accurate 2230
.300 WSM also used: N550, N555, Alliant Reloader 16
Similar burn rate
Supply & handling
- Availability (US)
- Common
- Shortage-prone
- No
- Suppressor-friendly
- Yes
- Flash-suppressed
- No
About this powder
StaBALL 6.5 is Winchester's temperature-stable ball powder engineered around the 6.5 Creedmoor, the most popular modern precision rifle cartridge. Its StaBALL technology dramatically reduces temperature-induced velocity variation — a critical advantage for long-range shooting where cold morning and warm afternoon conditions can shift point of impact significantly.
Sources & provenance
- Manufacturer Lee Precision — Powder VMD Chart archived
- Manufacturer Hodgdon Powder Company (Winchester Smokeless Propellant brand owner/distributor) — Winchester's New StaBALL 6.5 (article by Steve Gash)
- Manufacturer St. Marks Powder, Inc. (General Dynamics) / Winchester Smokeless Propellant, hosted by Hodgdon — BALL Powder Propellant Safety Data Sheet, November 2022 (Rev. 10, 12/11/2021) — lists Winchester StaBALL 6.5 by name archived
- Manufacturer Winchester — Winchester — published load/burn-rate data archived