Seems like I can find everything but powder. I live within 1 hour of Hodgdon and there doesn't seem to be any variety available here. I was at Cabelas in KC yesterday. They had no powders that interested me. They might of had a half dozen choices. In the past the primers were always the hardest to find IIRC.
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Ya gotta order it, and pay the hazmat shipping. My LGS has been out of everything since the madness started.
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Best to do a group buy with local reloaders. That has helped me save some money on powder orders.
This has served me well^^^
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From...? I would turn to Midway or Powder Valley, but neither is well stocked (to put it mildly). To be specific: I'm talking about Unique and Bullseye. I don't have an emergency on my hands at the moment. But I would like to restock what I've used.Originally Posted by Beagle333
The Bullet Hole has plenty. Last gun show at the airport area had lots.
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I have plenty, powder is where you find it. Buy it in 8 pounders if you can, even then it doesn't last long.
The LGS I've been in the last couple of weeks here in No. Ind. hav had a good stock of most powder and very reasonable pricing.
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I was thinking it was easier to find now. Local range even had a bunch of 1 pounders including 2400, Unique, Red Dot, and others that have been hard to find for a while.
bullseye-red dot-700 x- aa#2-clays
unique-universal-herco-aa#5-green dot
see how this goes, learn to be flexible.
I ordered 10lbs from 3rdGenShootingSupply last week and got it yesterday. At that time they had Clay Dot (copy of Univ Clays), Blue Dot, Green Dot, Trail Boss, and many more in stock. Not a super duper selection of do-it-all pistol and rifle powders, but out of those I list I can load anything I shoot for a good long time.
I know some have had trouble with them, but that was earlier this year and they seem to have sorted their stocking problems out. It is a small operation, I gather, so you won't get instant gratification of "Hey, we just did this" in terms of each step of the gathering, packing, and shipping process, but they give and order number by email after you hit Go, and I started hitting it once a day and 5-6 days later (like their website and email said it might take) I saw on UPS.com my package and it arrived about 8 days after ordering.
For the price and availability, I'm happy as a clam.
I also second finding another shooter or two to share the hazmat and shipping, that makes it much more bearable. You do need to be able to drop $100 or so (each), to make it worthwhile, I think.
Just try to have the other sportsmen on the phone or nearby, as powder availability is so variable it's no good to ask them to make a list, they'll just list the do-all powders, which are HARD to find, especially all in one place. Do a lot of cross-referencing and web searching. That's how I found out Clay Dot is a close-enough copy of Universal Clays, etc. If you buy an "almost" copy, do the usual short load and work up (*disclaimer, avoid very small loads on those powder types folks on CastBoolits have claimed might suffer detonation with cat sneeze quantities.)
Powder Valley, as someone mentioned, also has/had some last week, but not enough of what I needed to make it worthwhile.
I grabbed CCI small pistol primers off Midway last week too, more than I like paying, but they HAD them and for roughly what my tiny LGS (over)charges for them during good times.
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I'm calling BS on the whole powder thing. Last summer, I went looking nobody had and said they couldnt get it.
I came home and called Western Powders. They said they had BOX CARS full of powder- no one was buying >
Someone is playing shenanigans.
BTW, they wouldnt and wont sell to individuals.
I bet if you bought a box car full they would.
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Yeah but WHERE Beagle? Even powder valley has almost nothing interesting. I've been shooting factory ammo out of my .308's because there is just zero amount of Varget available...............
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A pretty fair quantity available here!
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Jim, Hahn's Sporting Goods down on Zimmerman Road has had powder all year, although not a huge selection.I'm calling BS on the whole powder thing. Last summer, I went looking nobody had and said they couldnt get it.
I came home and called Western Powders. They said they had BOX CARS full of powder- no one was buying >
Someone is playing shenanigans.
BTW, they wouldnt and wont sell to individuals.
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Powder availability is slowly increasing in my neck of the woods. Both of my LGS had some yesterday, as well as some primers. They both restrict sales to 1 pound per person per day to allow all their customers a chance. Primers are still in short supply, though. Only store that has any is charging 3.99 a flat.
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Thanks. I'll check the Bullet Hole. I try not to go to gun shows. I don't like the idea of paying money to see if there is anything I want to buy. I'm no where near desperate right now. If I can't find some by next spring, I may rethink that though.
That's where I used to get my powder, when I lived in Mission.
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