jonp
08-04-2023, 12:36 PM
On vacation in far Northern New England and travelled to the LGS as we do every year for a ride about. They had all the powder your could want at $40-$50lb. Primers in stock, $8.90/100 with no limit. Talked to the owner for a bit and he told me that was the best price he could do. He buys direct but prices skyrocketed. He tried putting a limit on the amount bought the last couple years but people showed up with every family member they could find and he just gave up and said no limit, when gone it's gone.
Bought out a bunch of Stoeger shotguns from someone and his backroom guy told him they were going for $800-900 on GunBroker. Told him to price them at $500 as he wasn't going to do that to people.
He did tell me to come back Wed or so as he bought out a reloading store when the owner passed and was going south to get it Monday. Would give me a good price on anything I wanted as he didn't get to talk to a serious reloader much anymore and would probably GunBroker most of it. Promised to hold up all the old manuals, open powder and lead for me if there was any to give me first crack.
When I decided to try reloading that was the store I went to and got dies, powder, Primers etc to get started. Still have the Lymans 47 and some of the Blue Dot over 30yrs later.
Sitting on the deck of my hunting camp under a tarp cause it's raining cranking out a few 38sp for my Target Masterpiece with nothing to hear but the rain, Loons on the pond and Chickadees.
Bought out a bunch of Stoeger shotguns from someone and his backroom guy told him they were going for $800-900 on GunBroker. Told him to price them at $500 as he wasn't going to do that to people.
He did tell me to come back Wed or so as he bought out a reloading store when the owner passed and was going south to get it Monday. Would give me a good price on anything I wanted as he didn't get to talk to a serious reloader much anymore and would probably GunBroker most of it. Promised to hold up all the old manuals, open powder and lead for me if there was any to give me first crack.
When I decided to try reloading that was the store I went to and got dies, powder, Primers etc to get started. Still have the Lymans 47 and some of the Blue Dot over 30yrs later.
Sitting on the deck of my hunting camp under a tarp cause it's raining cranking out a few 38sp for my Target Masterpiece with nothing to hear but the rain, Loons on the pond and Chickadees.