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    Last Summer was the last time I was in a store(Fleet Farm) that sold powders, & they ranged from $19+/- to $27+/- IIRC. per pound or 14 oz., depending on mnfr..

    As well, IIRC, primers were sold at around $4+/- .

    The price of a pound of 2400 at a LGS there in Rochester,MN, was around $20+/- earlier last year. (2400 seems to have been hard to find last couple years, for me anyway, and I felt lucky to get some.)

    I have since been buying in bulk online, since it is not that often I get to a place that sells such items & they are usually less expensive if I buy online when the hazmat is free or reduced. Otherwise, I could just drive & get the items for approx the same cost, if I were to buy in small quantities & by the pound/14 oz. at a couple pounds at a time. Bulk online , for me, is the better way to go right now.

    I am well stocked now, as far as I can tell, based on my own shooting usage, so I am at a point to just buy as I need for my components as I use them up. If anything, it is primers that I will use up before the powders are gone, so they are the items to keep an eye on for me.

    Costs always seem to rise & not fall, and "good deals" are not always available "when you want them to be", ( "Day late & dollar short"), so if the OP was asking the reason of deciding on whether to buy now,or not, my suggestion is to buy as much as you can afford when ya can until you reach the point you think you are set for a while. Then buy some more...
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    FF is just terrible for primers here too. 25% less almost anywhere else.

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    Moved to KY from WI last year and powder and primers are pricier here, about $2-$4 a lb on powder and about the same on primers. Locally about 28-30 for powder and about $35-37 for primers. Local gun show had powders for $20-22 a pound, didn't see primers. Well stocked on what I use so didn't need to buy any here. Did take advantage on the last sale a Graf's and ordered powder and primers for less than $20 a pound for Blue Dot and about $30/K for primers. Back in WI was getting Red Dot and Bullseye for $18-19 in the 8# jugs, primers about $30-32/K at gun shows.

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    Hi 20's to almost $40 for 1 lb cans of most powder types.

    IIRC LGS has some alliant pistol/shotgun powders for 28$, another shop out of town had Hodgdon at $32 lb. Most rifle powders started there and went up in price.

    I think some of it may be from the end of the shortage a few years back, with the added costs involved to get product at that time.

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    LGS has powder for $26 to $30 per pound, and primers run $31 per 1000. I just took his last 3 pounds of Benchmark, for $26 per pound, the last time I was there. I also go up to Recobs' to get my reloading stuff, and they have some good deals, sometimes. Prices are all over the board, when traveling though, as anywhere from $24 to $38 for certain powders. If you need it, you better get it, as I don't see it getting much cheaper, for the next couple of years.

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    Last powder I bought was R15 it was $53 . Oh the joys of living in Kanuckistan .

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    The LGS is quickly pricing its way out of business. But sometimes you have no other choice.

    To avoid that, look for sales or "free Hazmat" ads from online sellers. Keep a list of powders you need/want and stock up when it is more affordable. IMHO everyone should have a minimum of one years supply on hand and build up to a 5-10 year supply as they can afford it.
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    Just in case anyone is interested right now & since dverna just mentioned it...





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    Up here in Canada prices are all over the map depending on which powders you are buying. Most are over $40 per pound and many up to nearly $50 per pound. There are some imported powders that are running much less and are $130 Canadian if bought in a 5 pound container. (Plus taxes and shipping, but if you make an order of over $200 with that particular company the shipping is included for free.)
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    The nearby Ace Hardware, Called --the General Store-- has powder from $22 (Hodgdon Pistol powders) to $37 (New IMR and Alliant rifle) per pound. They also have sales. Right now Reloder 7 is $8.99, IMR 3031 $13.99.

    Sportsman Warehouse just up the street has similar prices, but sales are usually only a couple of dollars less per pound.

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    It has been decades since I bought powder while in a store.

    My latest orders were from Bartlet. I am now pretty stocked up on WC 844 (at $99 / 8 lbs) and WC680 (at $120 / 8 lbs).

    Even with shipping & Hazmat, it is pretty easy to stay under $15 / lb with an order of 2 or 3 of jugs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conditor22 View Post
    Last I checked H4895 was $26 at BiMart and every month or so they run $2 off
    Yep, it's on sale this week, other flavors vary a buck or two?, they have discontinued some powders and dropped the prices to cost?, and they will give you the $2 off, limited to on hand supply picked up Leverevolution for $18 IIRC.
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    Roughly $37.00 @ pound.
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    Prices here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts are all over the place, and not much better in the Free States north of us. However, there are bargains to be found. Most of the LGSs are insanely overpriced, apparently buying stuff online and re-selling at a 50% markup (that's the only way to get to $37/lb powder!) There is only one local shop that really caters to reloaders (the rest do it as a sideline), and he has very reasonable prices; just got Bullseye there for $24 and Unique for $27 for one pounders.

    The best deals I've gotten lately have been at gun stores re-selling "new old stock". All the old guys who've been hoarding vast stocks of powder, primers, and bullets seem to be dropping dead now (makes sense, since the folks born during the depression---the real big-time hoarders---are all in their 80's now) and their widows are taking their supplies to a few local shops to dispose of it. Last primers I bought were CCIs from the 90's at $10/K. Last powder I got was a new 8 lb jug of 4227 from c. 2005 for $100. That should take care of my cast boolit shooting for the next month or two!

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    Problem around here isn’t as much cost as it is trying to find a shop that sells it. Gun shops, especially well equipped ones, are far and few between here in Central NYS!

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    I live in a small town and no one sells powder, primers,or bullets. So I have to order out as they say. I have two jugs of IMR 4759 that I use for cast bullets in my Finn model 27 7.62x54r. Hopefully I can get the barrel swapped out on a model 39 that someone shot corrosive primed ammo in and never cleaned the barrel after that. Plus sitting in a closet for about 10 years. Looks like a coal mine with the lights off. And except for the sights is totally shot. Way beyond shot. Frank

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    To much ! Once in a while I come across someone at a gunshow that has some clean older unopened 1 pound cans of a powder I use and can buy it for $ 15-18.00.
    I am fortune in powder supplies as I have more than I will shoot in my lifetime but just like another gun I don't need when I see it at a good price I buy.

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    Best price I find for powder where I’m at is from $24 to a high of $34 depending on what powder it is.

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