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Thread: Another Gun Show. More Cheap Powder..Finally!

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    Another Gun Show. More Cheap Powder..Finally!

    Went to a gunshow today to get some 40S&W Dies and saw every powder under the sun. Bullseye was $145/8lbs, Trailboss $110/5lbs. All powder like that. I'm glad powder is finally back to reasonable levels. Primers were all under $30/1k OTD too.

    One other thing I saw. A S&W 14 nickle plated mint in the box with the tools and wrap. $650..I looked at that on several passes.
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    I also had a good day at a show, found 4 old square tins of Reloader 7, for $10 each and several other old cans @ $10, all full and unopened. Appeared to be a middle aged son selling off his elderly fathers components. By observing the age of many of the people attending these shows, I think we will soon see tons of hoarded stuff for sale in the near future.

    I'm hoping my children let me keep my stuff for the next 30 yrs!

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    I'm hoping my children let me keep my stuff for the next 30 yrs![/QUOTE]

    Ha Ha! I hear ya. I'm hoping my health allows me to use some of the stuff I've stocked!

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    Gun show this past weekend. two 1lb'rs of Unique for $15 ea. and 8lbs of H414 for $80. Got some boxes of Hornady Vmax (30cal) for $10 ea and two boxes of Berger 60gr varmint bullets for $10 ea.

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    But what about .22 LR ? Eh? When that is $5 per hundred or under I'll figure "normal" has broken out again. I too have started seeing some less common powders and more 8# jugs of popular powders.
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    I'm seeing 22lr for $40 a box of 500. Still too expensive for me but cheaper than the $75-$100 I was seeing. Of course, I saw those several shows and no-one bought them. I hope the guys that bought them like that and jacked up the price got taken to the cleaners
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonp View Post
    I'm seeing 22lr for $40 a box of 500. Still too expensive for me but cheaper than the $75-$100 I was seeing. Of course, I saw those several shows and no-one bought them. I hope the guys that bought them like that and jacked up the price got taken to the cleaners
    That's the price I'm seeing in the stores by. I refuse to pay that much for bulk fodder that will have many duds in the pack. I got a good laugh when at a Bass Pro on Monday. Flight was delayed so I had nothing better to do. Powder was $33-$40 a pound. Very little selection. And no one was in the store. If they start running like Cabela's like their stores it doesn't bode well for either brand.

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    Bass Pro has always been very high on their powder with little selection. Very few guns and stuff mostly fishing gear which is what I would expect I guess.
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