6.5 creedmoor powder

[flatsticks]

Hello and good evening all .

Looking for a good powder for reloading 6.5 creedmoor rounds.

Loads would be for deer so 130-140 grain bullets .

Have Varget and figure that may work well enough on the coyote rounds say in the 95 vmax .

Figure I can start looking for powder and when the rest of the components show up I will be in business.

Thanks

 

[troy fairweather]

Think a lot like h4350

 

[George P]

Hodgdon shows a large variety of powder choices

 

[flatsticks]

Think a lot like h4350

Is this powder good for the hunting rounds where the temp swings may be a lot ?

Maybe if I find the right powder I could use it in both types of rounds.

Also consider this is new to me , hence why I am looking for advice.

 

[horsemen61]

H4350 is the go to powder for it although I’ve had better success with other stuff

 

[jmr40]

H4350 is the go-to powder for most guys shooting 6.5 CM with 140ish gr bullets. Most people find it to be a good choice for both accuracy and velocity. But with the shortage of components you may have to use what you can find. RL16 and RL17 get good reviews as does IMR4451 which is a new powder. I've also gotten good results with Ramshot Hunter. IMR4350 should be a good choice, but I've not used it, nor heard of others results with it.

Other powders may be better with the lighter bullets but 139-147 gr is all I've shot in mine. Varget may well be a good choice with 95 gr bullets, but I have no personal experience, not have I read of anyone using bullets that light and what they are using.

Is this powder good for the hunting rounds where the temp swings may be a lot ?

H4350 is one of the more stable powders as to temperature swings. That is a huge part of why it is preferred. Some of the other powders may give more speed, but are more susceptible to temperature changes.

 

[dh1633pm]

Believe it or not, AA2700 is my go to powder for 140 grainers. I stumbled upon it when I couldn’t find H4350 the always recommended for the 6.5. Works for me.

 

[Captcurt]

I have had good luck with H4350, IMR-4350, R-17 and am now playing with Superformance. Probably shot more H4350 than anything else followed closely by R-17.

 

[Blue68f100]

Varget has worked for the 130gr in my gun, with SMK-Tipped. On the heavier pills (140) the H4350 rules.

 

[Charlie98]

On the heavier pills (140) the H4350 rules.

That...^^^ Either of the 4350's are the darlings of the 6.5CM shooters, and for good reason. The direct alternate is IMR4451, the Enduron counterpart to IMR4350, it's what I use and seems to work well enough, with 142grn SMK's.

Generally speaking, anything between IMR4064 (which I have also used) all the way to H4831 would be a reasonable powder/burn rate combo. Like was mentioned, the Reloders are good (although suffer from temperature instability,) Varget, and Hunter.

 

[IALoder]

H4350 seems to be the go to powder for that bullet weight area. RL-16/17, IMR4451, Ramshot Hunter are also great choices, and may actually be available. I prefer RL-16 in my 140gr loads! RL-16 and 4451 are advertised as temp stable.

 

[JFrank]

H 4831 sc

 

[Mr. Zorg]

I don't have a 6.5 CM, but I bought some Winchester StaBALL 6.5 powder to try in several other cartridges including 7mm-08. You can see by the name it's marketed as being optimized for 6.5mm cartridges and is a ball powder, not an extruded powder like the Hodgdon Extreme and IMR Enduron powders. While it doesn't have as low a temperature sensitivity as H4350, informal testing shows it has highly reduced temperature sensitivity vs Winchester 760 as an example, comparable to three of the IMR Enduron powders, and more than the two slowest burning IMR Enduron powders.

https://shop.hodgdon.com/winchester/winchester-staball-65



https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw10P1TbW1cqZRwB1nSs4f1V

You can try Googling up user reviews on use in 6.5 CM if this interests you. It's only been on the market for about a year now.

 

[horsemen61]

H 4831 sc

That’s what I’ve had the most success with

 

[flatsticks]

Wow that is a lot of information to digest . have to see what powder I can actually find . appreciate all of the experience and knowlegde everybody has to offer . thank you

 

[NWcityguy2]

Hopefully you'll find some H4530 in stock before this time next year. I was still receiving the occasional email notice in 2016 for products that I asked to be notified for during the last big panic, in early 2013.

Personally, I've used lots of AA4350 myself. It's a good powder but tends to give lackluster muzzle velocity until the upper mid-range of the load data. If it were me, I would buy whatever powder is in stock that has published data and is close to 4350 in burn rate.

 

[Charlie98]

have to see what powder I can actually find

While the name StaBall 6.5 sort of calls it out, some of the burn rate charts don't have some newer powders listed... like the Enduron powders. If you have a question about a powder you are looking at, make sure it's a powder that you can use, first. One, twice, three times down that path...

 

[Mr. Zorg]

While the name StaBall 6.5 sort of calls it out, some of the burn rate charts don't have some newer powders listed... like the Enduron powders. If you have a question about a powder you are looking at, make sure it's a powder that you can use, first. One, twice, three times down that path...

It's also called out by the manufacturer at this link in my prior post in this thread FWIW.

https://shop.hodgdon.com/winchester/winchester-staball-65

There's some end user experience base built up now that was understandably scarce 1 year ago.

I posted up some availability of Hodgdon H4350 just yesterday FWIW. Like many items availability windows come & go without much ability to predict.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...able-these-days.707473/page-230#post-11750414

 

[rkittine]

H4350 is my go to 6.5 mm powder and IMR 4350 too, but only for rounds I will load and shoot in the same general weather conditions as it is much more temperature sensitive than H4350.

 

[Charlie98]

It's also called out by the manufacturer at this link in my prior post in this thread FWIW.

What I meant to suggest was making sure a powder will fit an appropriate burn rate before buying it. They may have Reloder 7 on the shelf... and... "well, sure, I've seen one of the Reloders mentioned in threads on THR, so I guess it will be fine!"

 

[Mr. Zorg]

What I meant to suggest was making sure a powder will fit an appropriate burn rate before buying it. They may have Reloder 7 on the shelf... and... "well, sure, I've seen one of the Reloders mentioned in threads on THR, so I guess it will be fine!"

Well that's been available from the manufacturer for quite some time as well. Not complicated or hidden at all to access. See Number 129

https://wwpowder.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2020-burn-rate-chart.pdf

 

[Charlie98]

Yes, but not all charts have that information.

 

[Mr. Zorg]

Yes, but not all charts have that information.

But the manufacturer who also supplies the most (only?) published load data does.

 

[flatsticks]

Well I went with the H4350 in an 8lb jug. looks like two places have it today and I figured pick it up . that should tide me over for a while on the powder for the 6.5. thanks for all fo the data in this post .