Wow, Cheap Unique

[murf205]

I was prowling my LGS yesterday and spied a 4lb jug of Unique for $69.95! Just mu luck, a deal on powder that I don't need. I would love to think this is a harbinger of prices to come, but I'm not holding my breath.

[GARD72977]

I would have bought it anyway. That's why I'm always broke.........

[murf205]

I would have but during the Obama yrs, all I could get my hands on in that range was Accurate #5, so I put my guns on a diet of that.

[JBinMN]

I'd have bought it too.
;)

IMO, You should go back.
;)

[jonp]

Buy all they have at that price. If there is something that be loaded outside the big magnum with it im sure what it is

[Winger Ed.]

I would have grabbed it too.
Its got a pretty broad application.

I've always liked it for 9mm & .45ACP. It does a good job, and if you ever double charge a case, it more or less over flows it.

[Reverend Al]

"A powder that I don't need ..." WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY? Bite your tongue and buy it anyway!

:kidding:

[Budzilla 19]

I showed them at the LGS when they had 1/2 price sale on powder!!!! I didn’t NEED 4 more pounds of Unique, but did I let it pass ? Heck no, I didn’t! $13.48 a pound for fresh powder. Uhhh, yeah.And if they put the rest of it on sale at half price, well, I won’t need any more powder ,period! Nor will any of my reloader friends either.
Just sayin


Fresh powder, stored correctly,will let you enjoy it for years to come after you burn up your present stockpile .

[Harter66]

Let's see Unique works in every pistol cartridge known to man with every bullet , cept' maybe Barnes . It works in almost every rifle cartridge , at the risk of turning everything into a neck up/down 30/30 or 45-65 . It's a staple of the 12, 16 , and some 20 gauge lead loads up through 1 1/8 oz 12 , 1 1/16 oz 16 and 1 oz 20 game loads . You get something between 2,000 and 280 per lb and it's best buy at Midway for 19/lb plus shipping in 8# cans and you balked at $17+ tax ? Buy 2 4# and dump them together seal it up and be happy when it's back up to $30/lb when you can get it in 2026 .

I have 3 4s of one lot open and an 8 sealed and when the 1968 keg is empty the 3 partial 4s are going in that unless the emptied 4350 is the same size as the 8# Unique .

[rancher1913]

sure beats cabels price, 40 bucks a pound, I left it on their shelf. if I found it for the price you say the entire shelf would follow me home.

[gwpercle]

I would have bought it anyway. That's why I'm always broke.........

Me Too !
Broke , but I won't be short on powder after the next election and buying panic .

[CASTER OF LEAD]

"A powder that I don't need ..." WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY? Bite your tongue and buy it anyway!

:kidding:

AL, I happen to agree , but my line of thinking is........"A powder that I don't need" ?????? Is there such a thing? :lol:

[mtgrs737]

Never too much powder or a powder I can't use except maybe something for the 50 BMG that I don't have anyway. The last Unique I bought was not factory fresh but it was $10 a pound! I added it to the stash I already had of the 15 pound keg for $75 out the door at the big Tulsa gunshow many years ago now. Properly stored powders will last a lifetime. Primers also fall into the same category, buy plenty and store them properly. Unique at that price is a good buy today! Buy it you will find a use for it.

[dverna]

You made a mistake not buying it. I will buy ANY powder that is cheap and can be used in the calibers I shoot.

I had never used Clean Shot and bought 35 lbs on sale.

[reddhawkk]

I just bought a 4 lb jug for $86, at $70 I would have bought at least 2!

[pettypace]

What does "need" have to do with any of this?

[Rustynails]

What did you say was the address of the gun store that had the Unique powder? :bigsmyl2: Too bad I'm in PA.

[murf205]

I know it was a steal, but I have a LOT of powder now and my powder closet runneth over. The Obama years broke me from being primer/powder challenged!

[jimb16]

I went to a show recently and got a fresh 8 pounder of Unique for $134. Wasn't about to pass that up!

[trapper9260]

I know it was a steal, but I have a LOT of powder now and my powder closet runneth over. The Obama years broke me from being primer/powder challenged!

Zero time taught alot for how it might be in the times to follow . I am stock up and I was not short of powder or primers but stack up anyways. It was 22lr that I limited on how I use it now I am stock up on it I see what time will show on how things go.Might get more powder. When I get it new I put and sticker on it with the date I got it that way I know what is the oldest to use first. Same as primers I do the same.

[nun2kute]

What did you say was the address of the gun store that had the Unique powder? :bigsmyl2: Too bad I'm in PA.

???? Do they have an online site with the same price ????

[murf205]

I'm not sure. It is Simmons Sporting Goods in Bessemer, Alabama. The component manager is Jeff.

[RogerDat]

Unless it was sitting next to a deal on primers I needed more... I would most certainly use the 1 pound bottle that was recently emptied as the perfect reason to buy a 4# jug. To paraphrase the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers; powder will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no powder. When the next panic, shortage or price hike comes along that Unique or any versatile powder offers a very good potential for trade if you have no desire to use it personally.

[tecdac]

Got to agree with those above.
I don't use Unique but I would have about 4 years ago when I was unable to find anything.
I am thinking we are just around the corner from another fear situation.
Things are getting too cushy.
.22's less than $20/500 at Walmart.

[murf205]

22's are always a good investment. I learned 3 things from when the last left wing nut jobs had control-primers, primers, primers.

[MGySgt]

Local Gun Show last weekend - Unique $14.00 a pound - I bought 4. The Dealer is at all the local Gun Shows and they normally has reasonable prices on Powder. Another Gun Show this weekend. If they have any of the $14.00 a pound Unique left - I will probably buy another 4 pounds - that would work out to $112.00 for an 8 pound jug.

[murf205]

Local Gun Show last weekend - Unique $14.00 a pound - I bought 4. The Dealer is at all the local Gun Shows and they normally has reasonable prices on Powder. Another Gun Show this weekend. If they have any of the $14.00 a pound Unique left - I will probably buy another 4 pounds - that would work out to $112.00 for an 8 pound jug.

Dang sarge, that's 25 yr old prices. You got to jump on that if you load it very much!

[MGySgt]

Dang sarge, that's 25 yr old prices. You got to jump on that if you load it very much!

I already have 8 or 9 pounds on the shelf! But I do use a lot of it for 9MM, 38 spl, and 45ACP. Also use it for most of my 45 Colt and some mid range 44 mag.

[Harter66]

I already have 8 or 9 pounds on the shelf! But I do use a lot of it for 9MM, 38 spl, and 45ACP. Also use it for most of my 45 Colt and some mid range 44 mag.

Just 8-9# ? I'm down to the last 10# of mine Dad had 12 more . I shot it in everything except non-toxic shot shells from 380 to 45-70 and 222 to 264 WM , 12-16-20 ga.

[mvozz]

I had the same dilemma the other day too. I ran across 8lbs of H110 for $112. I really didn't need it but it followed me home anyway. I just refuse to let a good deal on powders or primers pass me by. I refuse to be caught up in the politically motivated drought that will come again sooner or later. I survived the last drought without a problem because I stocked up before there was an issue.

[grantharris1945]

Went to a gun show last month and it was 15.00 a pound


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[scattershot]

Glad to see prices coming down. Good times can’t last forever, stock up!

[10 ga]

Powder! Like any component or ammo!
Only 2 kinds = 1. enough and 2. NOT ENOUGH!
Anytime you get close to status #2 things are about to go bad, very bad!

[Handloader109]

Was at tulsa show a couple of weeks back and nothing near that. Lowest was 19 a pound......buy it

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[AllanD]

I've got 8# of Unique (2-4# cans) of it, but If I found RL22, RL19 or RL7 or 2400.
Then again when I found IMR-3031 for $11/Lb I bought enough that I was in doubt
of having enough money to buy enough gas to get home!

[Mitch]

I understand the different points of view.Like many of us herei stock up on things.Powder was one of the fist things i socked up on.The point was to have a life time suplie of everything reloading.My thinking is to try and have it all by the time trumps first term is over.I to would have passed on the powder.Primers would be another story I still have a few to buy to be up where think i should be.

[RogerDat]

I know it was a steal, but I have a LOT of powder now and my powder closet runneth over. The Obama years broke me from being primer/powder challenged!Man has enough of something in his inventory it just makes sense to put his money into what he doesn't have. When I didn't have Unique I bought it when it became available, now I have it, and Titegroup, and Red Dot, and 2400, and H110 and.... so for powder it can be more of replace what you use..... I think I almost sort of agree with leaving it behind.... in favor of some gas checks, brass, or wads and hulls. Now if someone walked away from primers on sale that would be a whole different sit-u-ation. Too crazy for words that would be.

Of course one could fall back on the wisdom of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. To paraphrase. Components will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no components. And it doesn't spoil. People will trade for stuff they won't sell during times of shortage too. Hmm $17 a pound and walked away? What can you do to follow that? Give up narcotics and smoking on the same day?