What Powder Did You Buy Today?

[Elkins45]

At the show in Lexington KY this weekend there were three vendors with powder. 8lb jugs of IMR were about $180. 8lb of Promo was $169 and Red and Green dot were $209. I saw one jug of Bullseye for $219 and one of Unique for $299!

I bought a jug of Longshot because it is my best choice for 460 Rowland and it looks like it might be a good choice for cycling heavy subsonic in 300 blackout. At $170 it was the 'bargain' of the show.

Everybody had 296 and there was one jug of H-110, but still no 2400, which is what I am really looking for for cast rifle shooting.

[GaCop]

After two years of searching, finally scored two pounds of Reloader 7 at my local LGS. Was $29.99/lb. I've been wanting to try RL-7 in my 444 Marlin chambered in a 98 Mauser action.

[Brett Ross]

1 lb each CFE pistol and CFE 223. I'm trying some of the new stuff as it seems easier to find then the old standbys.

[popper]

2# 231, 2# 110 $25/#.

[osteodoc08]

8# BE-86. Hope it's good but at $22/# I couldn't complain. It has data out for every pistol caliber i load so it can't be THAT bad.....

i bought a 5# jug RL15 last week.

[runfiverun]

I grabbed some Be-86 yesterday too. [I think it will end up in my 357 lever gun]
I also went down the line getting some 8lb jugs of 4064,3031,h-110,bullseye,and h-322.
it was a pretty good day.

[osteodoc08]

I grabbed some Be-86 yesterday too. [I think it will end up in my 357 lever gun]
I also went down the line getting some 8lb jugs of 4064,3031,h-110,bullseye,and h-322.
it was a pretty good day.

They had a jug of 3031 as well but I passed on it.....for now. I'd love a jug of 231 and 296. As well as a jug of 8208 XBR or CFE223 or BLC2

[GhostHawk]

2 pounds of IMR 4227 and maybe someday a pound of back ordered titewad.

Bass Pro still has a pretty good variety of powder available.

[Bzcraig]

Bought 4lb of Commercial #1 BUT DIDN'T buy a pound of 5744, LGS wanted $43.95! The young lady at the register said, I have to warn you these have gone up, I respond how much, she told me the price and I said oh heck no! I wanted to try it in 308 as Lyman's 4th list it as the best load in all but one boolit weight, but not at that price.

[Sticky]

Bought it quite a while ago, but just finally got it... the elusive...

[runfiverun]

dang man..
I have been looking super hard for 1680 and some 2700 too.

[Sticky]

Midway had it back in December, shipped from Western Powders in mid Jan, but... the confirmation I got said it was shipping to my house. Forgot that I had set it up to ship to my work... well, ex-work now.. lol

So I had to wait til one of my ex co-workers was passin by and could drop it off for me. Happy Camper now!

[Pipefitter]

1lb of Bullseye @ $19/lb and 2lb of CFE223 @ $25/lb. Hadn't seen Bullseye since 2000, figured I couldn't go wrong at that price.

[skeettx]

8 pounds of Green Dot for $161.00 including Tax, about $20 a pound
Also, he had 20 one pound containers of Bullseye
Mike

[FergusonTO35]

Got me two pounds of HP-38 for $22.95 each at a local shop today. This is actually a little cheaper than it was in normal times. Anybody like this powder in 9mm with the Lee 356-120-TC?

[skeettx]

HP-38 and Win 231 are the SAME powder

[adrians]

This is the results of 3 visits to my lgs in 10 days, no Bulls or 231 alas but I think I did ok.

The prices were acceptable,,, considering the drought we've been through these last few years.

The RedDot was the most coin at $26.95 and the other 2 were $24.99 per #..

[runfiverun]

ferguson:
depending on what you want as far as speed and such start at 3.7 grs and move up in .1 gr increments.
I like 3.8 [cause that's where the boolit and sights intersect] but have gone up to 4 with cast and a tick more with jacketed.
I shoot my 9 as a smaller 45 acp mostly, so the 3.7-3.8 loads are in the 850fps area.

[FergusonTO35]

Thanks. I really like 3.7 grains Bullseye/Federal primer for 1000 fps out of my Glock 19, I wonder how easy it would be to duplicate that with HP-38?

[runfiverun]

you just need to add a little more.
the 231 burns a little slower so you'll have a longer time to push the boolit.
with a 125 gr cast boolit 4.2 grs should put you pretty close to the 1-k mark.