What was your first powder buy?

[MostlyLeverGuns]

Hercules Hi-Vel 2 for Marlin 336C 30-30 (new n $53) 1963

[Ole]

My first can of powder was IMR 700x and it was specifically purchased to make pipe bombs when I was a dumb teenager.

Good thing the young and stupid are sometimes also lucky- still have all my fingers....

[lka]

I had lots passed down to me but the first time I Actually bought powder was sr7625 I still use it mainly for pistole.

[Linstrum]

My first can of powder was IMR 700x and it was specifically purchased to make pipe bombs when I was a dumb teenager.

Good thing the young and stupid are sometimes also lucky- still have all my fingers....

But inquiring minds want to know if all your neighbors still had their mailboxes - - -

rl

[sparkz]

W231 and Red Dot and a fist full of 209 primers 12 ga. Load-o-rama,, lol that was a long time ago thinking back,,



Patrick

[RobS]

Unique or 231..........can't remember

[gofastman]

First powder- Unique and 2400

First rifle powder- IMR 4895

First big jug of powder- Power Pistol

[wallenba]

Red Dot, early 70's.

[prsman23]

Red dot 2011

[tfreeman1911]

1# IMR 700x

[ballistim]

1lb. of the new H4831 after Bruce's original train car load and my Dad's supply ran out and it was re manufactured.

[wch]

1 pound of Unique, ca. 1974.

[mikeym1a]

1976ish, IMR4895, Speer .313 175gr rn, Rem LRP, Lee Loader, 7.65X54. (yep, that's what it said!)

[ironhead7544]

1972 IMR4227. Lee loader dipper was 23.0 grains for the 44 Magnum 240 gr bullet.

[lj1941]

My first powder buy was one pound of Dupont IMR 4895 around 1980 to load some hunting loads for my 1903A3.I also bought 100 Speer 150 Spitzers & 100 LR primers that I forget the brand,maybe CCI.

[ddssanchez]

2012 Titegroup

[Ithaca Gunner]

A pound of Hercules Blue Dot to feed a 4" S&W Highway Patrolman revolver.

[Baryngyl]

20+ years ago, 1 LB of Pyrodex RS for the 58 cal. BP rifle I worked a week for to get, cutting firewood, piling brush, etc when I was 16 years old.



Michael Grace

[Dale in Louisiana]

1965. A pound of Alcan AL-7 to go with my Lee loader for 12-gauge shotgun shells.

A year later I bought a pound of Hercules HiVel #2 for another Lee loader for .303 British.

dale in Louisiana

[krag35]

1# black powder, 1 tin of #11 caps, one Lyman .375 RB mold, and an Italian copy of a Colt Navy revolver from the The hardware store on 3rd street (I can't remember the name of it just now) in 1977.