Pistol powder

[chickenstripe]

Can anyone find ANY pistol powders?

[opos]

It's Tuesday 3-12 at 6pm PDT and this place on the net has had 321 and hp38 pistol powders for sale all day...they had quite a supply when I checked...think they may also have some International Clays (International!) for sale as well...$20 hazmat and cheap shipping....I bought my supply of W231...hope this helps.

http://store.thirdgenerationshootingsupply.com/feedback.htm
opos

[Nobade]

Lots of it around here. Not much rifle powder available though.

-Nobade

[ebner glocken]

Some here.

http://powdervalleyinc.com/

I've been seeing blue dot and 2400 in bass pro in Springfield here lately. The rest is hit and miss.

Ebner

[MtGun44]

Lots at my gun shop. Of course, Hodgdon is in town. :bigsmyl2:

Bill

[bobthenailer]

My LGS had some Bullseye , Unique and 2400 they all sold out in that order in about a month he sold his last can of rifle powder (3031) tuesday , still has about 500 Rem 9 1/2 M and 2K Alcan shotgun primers. ironoicaly he still has about 2000+ 22 shorts and 2000+ 17 HRM. All items at normal prices!

[Silver Jack Hammer]

None here, one shop had some VV, nothing from Alliant. I picked up a cannister of Trail Boss the other day. A customer asked a guy in one of our local warehouse sporting goods stores that is usually well stocked about powders. The salesman said maybe a couple of months if we are lucky. I bought shotgun wads just in case.

[jonp]

Bought 8lbs of promo a few weeks ago at brownells. Im not having a problem finding it but it requires looking and buying when seen and maybe trying something new which is why I bougjt promo. Someone on a forum here recommened red dotfor the calibers I normally shoot and someone else said promo subbed on an equal wgt basis so I ordered it. 8lbs for $90. Love it too!

[Arkansas Paul]

All I'm seeing in the Little Rock and Hot Springs Arkansas area is Red Dot, Green Dot, and Blue Dot. And a little bit of 700x.
No 231, HP38, Bullesys, Unique or Universal.

[Love Life]

To answer the OP: Yes. In my reloading room. :-D

[Olevern]

I picked up a pound of 2400 a couple weeks ago at a large gunshop about 100 miles from me. They had plenty, but limited buyers to one pound a week.
Not worth it to drive 200 miles to purchase one pound of powder, so will wait until my lgs has it in stock. I am not in dire need, although my bucket o bullseye is getting on the low side.

Was at Cabelas in Hamburg, Pa. the other day and they had almost nothing.

I am not cutting back on my shooting yet, but might have to consider it if this goes for a year or more.

[Ohio Rusty]

I stopped by Gander Mtn last week and I bought the only pound of Red Dot they had. They had 8 one pound jugs of Blue Dot, but I didn't want any Blue. Nothing else is really available.
Ohio Rusty ><>

[tacklebury]

Just got 4 lbs of Unique in the mail. 8)

[Silver Jack Hammer]

I just scored a pound of Power Pistol today. I've been pouring over my notes getting a recipe ready.

[littlejack]

I picked up 2 pounds of Herco today at one of our local gun shops. The previous owner, that still works there said that they had a lot more (powder) than some of the other stores. He said that they even had more firearms than most. They have been in town of probably 20 - 30 years, so they are well established and must have good suppiers.
He also stated that things are STILL tough though.
Jack

[chickenstripe]

It appears that I'm going to get "reacquainted" with a few firearms.

No W231 to be found, so I bought some bullseye...... new to me, never used it, have to work up new loads for all of my autos.

$56 for 4lb........ and I got a whole bunch of "new" guns, that's a heck of a deal!

[jonp]

$56/4lbs is a good deal. I paid $95/4lbs for some when I saw a mini-keg. I figured it was no more expensive than buying it by the pound so took it. This will last me a while I hope.

[Silver Jack Hammer]

You'll enjoy the Bullseye. It works well in the .45 ACP and it's my first choice in the .44 Special for plinking rounds. There is no Bullseye or Unique to be had around here.

[jonp]

I bought it for use in my 45ACP's and it's the first time I've used it. Just never got around to trying it for some reason as other powder has always worked fine for me.

[dougader]

My garage has a better supply than any of the gun shops in this area (and that's not saying much, unfortunately)..

[garym1a2]

Powder valley, I got last months 4 lbs of BE, 4 lbs of WST, 2 lbs of WSf, 1 lb of Universal and 5 lbs of Rel 15. Plus 10K of small rifle primers. Nice also that they did not jack their prices.

[Combat Diver]

Found some in Anchorage AK this week however can't buy any of it as TSA won't let me fly with it :(


CD

[Bullet Caster]

I'm with LoveLife on this one. In answer to the OP, yes, in my reloading room. Got 2 lbs. BC

[destrux]

I picked up a pound of 2400 a couple weeks ago at a large gunshop about 100 miles from me. They had plenty, but limited buyers to one pound a week.
Not worth it to drive 200 miles to purchase one pound of powder, so will wait until my lgs has it in stock. I am not in dire need, although my bucket o bullseye is getting on the low side.

Was at Cabelas in Hamburg, Pa. the other day and they had almost nothing.

I am not cutting back on my shooting yet, but might have to consider it if this goes for a year or more.

Cabelas is a daily thing though. They restock nightly and sell out of stuff daily then restock the same stuff that night. I've seen their shelves in the morning and they're nearly as well stocked as before everyone lost their mind and started hoarding. I went there the other morning and bought everything I needed to load 52gr match .223 ammo for my AR except the die set which I had in the mail from FS Reloading already. People just need to calm down already and go back to just buying what they need and not what they need for the next 30 years. We're bringing this so called shortage on ourselves. Im guilty too, but I'm done now. I bought two guns manufactured during this rush and I'm afraid to buy any more. One of them was rushed through the factory so fast they didn't even wash all the bluing salts out of the slide and it was rusty inside and its brand new. I haven't seen leftover bluing salts left in a gun since I cleaned the cosmoline off the last new Chinese SKS I bought that was ironically produced in 1994. The other gun came to me with a deep gouge inside the buffer tube and NO TRIGGER. I wont mention makers here but ill wait to buy any more new guns till this is done with.

[DRNurse1]

This latest craze seems to be forcing us out of our normal loads and into trying what is available to meet our needs. I have the same competition load now that I started shooting 20+ years ago. But this situation has me thinking I should try out some other powder combinations. Have any of you competitive shooter felt this urge?

[Kull]

Sometimes it's worth it to check out ever gun store in your area for the unpopular or unfamiliar powders. There's an ffl near me that has had a shelf of Vihtavuori for months now.

Apparently it's like metric powder of something, so no one knows how to use it.

[jonp]

Probably everyone got used to Vihtavuori being vastly overpriced so don't look at it anymore but with the current prices it is not more expensive at this point.

[Dave C.]

This latest craze seems to be forcing us out of our normal loads and into trying what is available to meet our needs. I have the same competition load now that I started shooting 20+ years ago. But this situation has me thinking I should try out some other powder combinations. Have any of you competitive shooter felt this urge?

Red dot is a close substitute for Bullseye when used in the 700-800fps range.
You will need to tweek it a tenth or two. It is nearly as accurate in my tools and in my hand as BE.
I have not tried Promo. Powder as I have heard that the density varies from lot to lot.
.

[Garpo]

Pistol powders are not a problem in my area, pistol primers are another story.

[jonp]

Red dot is a close substitute for Bullseye when used in the 700-800fps range.
You will need to tweek it a tenth or two. It is nearly as accurate in my tools and in my hand as BE.
I have not tried Promo. Powder as I have heard that the density varies from lot to lot.
.
I wrote to Alliant and got an email back from them that Promo subs on an equal weight basis with Red Dot with no problem. I started to use it and like it a great deal.

[rintinglen]

My garage has a better supply than any of the gun shops in this area (and that's not saying much, unfortunately)..

Sad but true. None of the Gun Shops here abouts has much of anything. I bought a pound of Titewad last week and am experimenting with it for use in my 38 target loads. I am reasonably well off with rifle powders, and have a good supply of Unique, but WW-231 and 2400 are getting very low. I did find an un-opened pound of Bullseye I did not know I had, so I am not as bad off as some folks. It's hard for me to stock up much. The local fire code only allows for 8 pounds of powder to be kept in a dwelling, so I can only have 8 pounds in my house and 8 in my shed. (I could have more in the shed if I could position it 50 feet from my home--unfortunately, the lot is small and the neighbors are near.)

[BILLYBOB44]

Bought 8 lbs. of 2400 at The Indiana Gun Club last Sat.
They usually have a good stock..Bill.

[FergusonTO35]

I have not seen SP primers for sale anywhere here for at least 3 months. Powders and other primers can be had if you shop around.

[akraven]

Found some in Anchorage AK this week however can't buy any of it as TSA won't let me fly with it :(
CD

I am surprised since I have seen little if any in Anchorage or nearby. Which store and how good a selection?

[Combat Diver]

Sportsman's Warehouse on Old Steward Hwy. Don't remember which ones exactly because I wasn't buying, just remembered they had quite a bit however.


CD

[OregonCaster]

My garage has a better supply than any of the gun shops in this area (and that's not saying much, unfortunately)..

Ditto

[texassako]

Trail Boss sure seems to be in plentiful supply, at least here. I picked up a can to test out and give my supplies of pistol powders some extra breathing room.

[akraven]

Sportsman's Warehouse on Old Steward Hwy. Don't remember which ones exactly because I wasn't buying, just remembered they had quite a bit however.
CD

I'll have to check next time I am in Anchorage. Thank you. Locally there are only a few oddball powders and no primers except shotgun. Bullets only in oddball calibers for the most part. 22LR is totally unavailable.

[dougader]

Sometimes it's worth it to check out ever gun store in your area for the unpopular or unfamiliar powders. There's an ffl near me that has had a shelf of Vihtavuori for months now.

Apparently it's like metric powder of something, so no one knows how to use it.

Vihtavuori is great powder, but has been quite a bit more expensive than other powders. If a guy needs some powder, VV is not a powder to just discount lightly. It pays to know the burn rate of their powders and jump on the chance to buy some if it will suit your needs.

VV3n37 is great in a variety of pistol loads, as is N340. N350/3n38 for med heavy loads and N110 for magnum loads. Speer has been listing N110 as the powder for 357 mag. N105 splits the differencce betwene 3n38 and N110; a great sub for Blue Dot, IMO.

Check the more recent loading manuals and you'll see both rifle and pistol loads with the excellent VV powders. All I have right now is 3n37, but that's only because the VV line has been so expensive in the last several years so I bought other powders to fit my needs.

[dougader]

Ditto

Hey, OC. If you're ever looking for something let me know. We could probably swap items to help each other out.