Anybody near Athens Georgia interested in a group buy?

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

I live near Athens, Georgia, actually between Athens and Winder in a town called Statham.

I'm looking at doing a group buy for folks I know living near here. It then occured to me there might be folks on the board here that would be interested. I have one friend living over near John Creek in the Alppharetta/Marietta area who may participate and another one that drives over there.

I know the Lawrenceville area reasonably well, as well as Gainesville and can direct people over near my way to pick up powder.

If you live in this areas and think you might be interested, go to Pat's reloading, check out his offerings and send me a PM. The buy is limited to bulk military powder at this time, but may change to add primers, depending upon interest and if he's willing to give a group discount.

http://www.patsreloading.com/patsrel/prices.htm

Dave

[mdatlanta]

PM Sent

Mike
Stone Mountain

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

Ok, so far we're looking at somewhere between 8 and ten jugs of powder with three folks participating. That's enough to eliminate hazmat fees. I'm going to try and call Pat and find out how much powder we'd need to buy to for a discount on the powder or at least matching a lower priced vendor. Shipping will be divided evenly between all those ordering.

I will run the buy as closely as possible to the bullet mold buys, with the difference being that once the powder comes it, we'll have a time and a central location to pick up the powder if that's reasonable.

Dave

[mdatlanta]

I can't believe there aren't more folks around Atlanta that want to participate.

[gwalchmai]

I'm in.

(Just got re-registered here )

[mdatlanta]

Hey, gwalchmai...

I see you often over at GT...it's good to see you here, too!

Mike

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

Gentlemen,

Here's where we're at quantity wise, everything in 8 pound jugs:

1 Jugs of WC820
1 Jugs of WC820PD
2 Jugs of WC846
4 Jugs of 7383
2 jugs of WC860

Pat says he gives the hazmat discount for 6 eight pound jugs. I'm
suspecting he packs his boxes with 6 jugs. So we're just two shy of
having enough for two boxes right now. I'll call him this coming week and
confirm how he packs each box. I want to make sure each box is full so we can
avoid any hazmat fees. Full boxes are more economical than partials most times.

Related to the buy:

1. Please be patient. (I'm not saying anybody is impatient, but I want
to put that out there, so everyone is on the same page with what I'm
doing.) I deliberately posted early enough to give folks enough time to read the
post and to reply and/or save up money, etc.

I'm going to give it some time and see if we can get a few more folks to
participate, but right now we can go ahead and buy with the hazmat
discount if we have to.

I'm working on a secondary deal that may be better on primers and I'll keep you posted on that as well.

Regards,

Dave

[ez4545]

I would buy some wc846 for sure.

Bill

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

Bill,

Got your pm's. I'll be sending out another email soon with an update.

Gentlemen:

Here's the latest jug count.

1 Jugs of WC820
1 Jugs of WC820PD
4 Jugs of WC846
4 Jugs of 7383
2 jugs of WC860
2 Jugs of WC844

Regards,

Dave

[gwalchmai]

Thanks for the welcome, Mike. This place is cool as grits.

Y'all tell me, is any of the milsurp powder that Pat has good for paper punching .45ACP, .45Colt, or .357/.38 SPL? I'm getting a jug of WC820 for my .44MAG but I'd go for a jug of some plinking powder, too if any would be suitable.

Thanks!

[RayinNH]

gwalchmai, Solo 1000 would fit your needs for the .45 ACP, .45Colt and also .38 Special but not the mag. The WC 820 would be good for the .357 mag though...Ray

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

Ray,

Thanks for helping us out. I'm new to the surplus powder world and don't have much of a clue, but figure it's a good time to learn before it's all gone.

Regards,

Dave

[RayinNH]

Dave, gwalchmai, data for the Solo 1000 can be found at Accurate's site...Ray

http://www.accuratepowder.com/loadda...n_standard.htm

[gwalchmai]

Thanks, Ray. I'm also hearing good things about HS-6, which Pat has a pretty good price on.

[ez4545]

Dave I'm sure you won't believ this but I think I want to add a few more 8 pounders to the list my oldest son (27) wants to get a few for the 2 of us to split. Let me know when you need the info.

Thanks and don't hesitate to call

Bill

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

This is the last call for the Athens area of Georgia group powder buy. I will be calling Pat's today and getting relevent information on shipping based on the list we currently have.

If anyone wants to make changes, you need to let me know asap. Here is the current list:

3 jugs of WC846
1 jug WC820
4 jugs 7383
2 jugs WC860
2 jugs WC820PD
2 jugs IMR 7383

[gwalchmai]

Change my 8lb jug of WC820 to an 8lb jug of HS-6.

Thanks!

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

gwalchmai,

Done

Dave

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

Final price including shipping emailed out. Anyone who didn't get the email, please pm me and I'll forward your information.

Regards,

Dave

[DaveInFloweryBranchGA]

I've received checks from the following area codes:

30096 $160.00
30083 $192.30

As soon as I receive the rest of the checks, I'll deposit and place an order with Pat's.

I'm looking at a distribution location of the intersection of Hwy 316 and Hwy 8 near Dacula. Either on a Friday evening or a Saturday. Please let me know a day and a time that's convenient for you. The majority day and time will be the day I pick. Anybody who doesn't get their powder then can pick it up at my place in Statham, GA after that date.

Regards,

Dave