Sta-ball 6.5 powder

As I reported when the new annual Hodgdon manual came out they published a 7-08 load with the 139gr Hornady spire pt at 3050fps, I've been loading for that cartridge since it was introduced and never seen anything even approaching that velocity.
I only use 7-08 for deer hunting currently but still have 5 of them I load for, the 20" model 7 my wife has and four 24" 700's including my son's gun.
None of them including several I've sold over the years would get over 2800fps with a 140gr bullet, 760, Varget or 4350 would always top out between 2750 and 2800fps.
Doesn't bother me because that 140 nosler bt is deadly on big mule deer at those speeds without excessive meat damage or producing large bloodshot areas.
On the downside when I've switched to nosler E-tips or accubonds which work quite well in my 7saum at 3050fps, they pencil hole game at the much slower velocities produced by the 7-08.
Both of those bullets barely clock 2700fps from a 24" 7-08 with Varget at safe pressures, probably because they are harder to engrave into the rifling than a standard cup and core bullet, the animals when hit tend to stay alive longer than I like and the exit holes are small.
So along comes Sta-ball 6.5, I'm skeptical but bought some last week when it shows up at the local farm store.
I loaded it over the weekend and took it to the range today, starting load in the new Hodgdon manual is 46.0grs, max is 51.0c, I can't touch the rifling with either bullet when loaded to 2.80" length of a 700 short action magazine but that's fine these aren't bench rest rifles, if the load will group 5" at 400yds that'll kill deer all day long at my place.
First shot out of the gun with 46.0grs goes 2,993fps, I notice there's a good bit of recoil but the primers and web look fine.
On the low end I load in full grain increments to make the most of components.
Next load is 47.0grs, again good bit of recoil and the velocity is 3,035fps, primers and web are fine but undoubtedly showing pressure signs.
Apprehensively I shot a 47.5gr load, no doubt that it's to hot for the gun, the bolt wasn't sticky per se but I felt some resistance when opening. Primers were flatter than what I would describe as acceptable.
Typically, the velocity dropped when too much powder was used, 3,018 was the reading.
This was with the 140 nosler accubond, in my experience the E-tips produce more pressure, so I didn't shoot any of them.
In conclusion there's no doubt one could get 3050fps with a thin jacketed 140gr hunting bullet and probably 3,000fps with a homogenous or thick jacketed bullet with a 24" 7-08.
That is remarkable because that's what my 7saum gets with 13.0gr more powder, I'm wondering if the 6.5 sta-ball would produce higher velocities in that gun as well.
Is this the new "wonder powder"?!!!!!

Warning, this is my experience with my rifle and components. If you plan to try this powder in your gun starting loads should be well below the 46.0 I started with.