What Powder Did You Buy Today?

[chucky64]

Ordered 16 pounds of W748 from Grafs, Have just started reloading for a new AR and can use 748 for my 308 loads.

[RogerDat]

Mason Gun show which runs though Sunday.... Varget, H335, and 4895 @ 2# of each. Along with a pound each of BL-C(2) and 4198. That and some primers and brass. Now I'm not going to care if the snows I'm set for the time being to be able to keep busy at the bench.

There was a couple of vendors of reloading supplies and one of equipment. This was Reloaders World table which had the most and better prices generally. They had plenty of pistol and rifle powder. In addition to what I bought there was W748, Titegroup, HS-6, TAC and several others. Alliant was the only brand in short supply. There was another vendor with ammo and some powder but Jerry Voorhees has always been good to deal with. Even during the shortage was not a gouger.



I was there when the three day show opened Friday and tables were still getting set up. Saw an 8# of TAC on my way out but not something I need (or had money left to buy anyway!)

[CastingFool]

I have dealt with Jerry Vorhees, too, at the Kalamazoo gun show. He has decent prices.
yesterday, I got 1# Unique, 1# 2400, 1# WSF, and some primers at a lgs. powder was $21-$22 /#

[bangerjim]

Etr7.

[tdoyka]

i got a lb of rel7 and a case(1000) of large rifle and large pistol primers at grices gun store in clearfield, pa. i wanted to get a few lbs of trail boss and 2400 but there was none there.

[Efin]

3 lbs of Lil'Gun for some more load variety in 300BO and 458 Socom

[xringshutr]

4 lbs of Titegroup......used $40 of NRA $ (match winnings) and $26.66 out of the wallet. Overall $17.50/lb. Good price for the times!

[Ken in Iowa]

Red Dot and HP38. Reasonable prices too.

[wv109323]

I didn't buy this, I already had it. I was in search of powder that I could not find but knew I had. Low and behold I found a pound and a half of WW231. I had a four pound can and filled previous 1 pound cans to the brim to get rid of the larger can.

[wgr]

just ordered 8lb. of 3031. should feed my 45-70 for some time

[Clay M]

Finally found some Varget at Cabela's. Bought four lbs.

[Walla2]

CSB-1 on sale from American Reloading. 8# $156.75 after discount, free shipping and a Hoodie.

[coxa2]

2 Lbs of lil gun from my LGS

[tazman]

My neighbor decided to get out of reloading so I "inherited" his remaining powder. I bought, at a reduced price, slightly over 8 lb of CFE pistol from him. He liked the powder and had just purchased a new jug a few months before, but never opened it. I am now set up for at least 2 years worth of reloading for my 38 special and 9mm as I managed to get a jug of WST and a jug of Bullseye a couple of months ago. The Bullseye and WST cover my target shooting and most practice. The CFE pistol covers the full power loads.
Now all I need to do is make sure my primer stash is in line with my powder supply.

[jonp]

My neighbor decided to get out of reloading so I "inherited" his remaining powder. I bought, at a reduced price, slightly over 8 lb of CFE pistol from him. He liked the powder and had just purchased a new jug a few months before, but never opened it. I am now set up for at least 2 years worth of reloading for my 38 special and 9mm as I managed to get a jug of WST and a jug of Bullseye a couple of months ago. The Bullseye and WST cover my target shooting and most practice. The CFE pistol covers the full power loads.
Now all I need to do is make sure my primer stash is in line with my powder supply.

Let us know what you find with the CFE Pistol and 38sp if you would as in charge weights, etc. I've not seen a great deal of real world results with that powder yet.

[DerekP Houston]

@jonp I've tested the CFE pistol in my 38 and it shot just fine. I tested 4 powders at the same time, didn't notice any major differences other than the titegroup had a bit more kick. I followed the reloading data from Hodgon site for 158 gr and went right in the middle for load data.

[jonp]

Did you test for velocity by chance? Not a big big deal to me but I'm curious how it stacks up.

[DerekP Houston]

I have not picked up a chrono yet sorry, I am still new to reloading. I've used it successfully in 38 and 45 though, cycled the 1911 action just fine.

[tazman]

I have previously tested CFE pistol in 38 special, 9mm, and 40S&W. Using the charge weights from the Hodgdon data site and using my chrony I found the velocities listed on the site to be right on. In all cartridges I was within10-25 fps of what the site showed for any particular charge weight.
Accuracy was very good to excellent. With 5.0 grains in the 38 special under a Lyman 358477 I was getting super groups. Under 1 inch at 10 yards rested which for me is outstanding.
It seems to be a very clean burning powder. As yet I have nothing bad to day about it.
That's why I didn't hesitate to buy the jug.

[jonp]

I have previously tested CFE pistol in 38 special, 9mm, and 40S&W. Using the charge weights from the Hodgdon data site and using my chrony I found the velocities listed on the site to be right on. In all cartridges I was within10-25 fps of what the site showed for any particular charge weight.
Accuracy was very good to excellent. With 5.0 grains in the 38 special under a Lyman 358477 I was getting super groups. Under 1 inch at 10 yards rested which for me is outstanding.
It seems to be a very clean burning powder. As yet I have nothing bad to day about it.
That's why I didn't hesitate to buy the jug.

I should not have been in quite a hurry typing up my question but I had a 50ft ditch to dig for an underground power line. I should have said "how does the velocity compare with the posted data in your real world testing" or something to the effect. Thanks for putting up the answer, tazman