Shorter is Better

[ColColt]

It's not cheap. I ordered five pounds not long back and it ended up costing me a bit over $150 by the time they added the freight charge.

[Don McDowell]

I've been getting it by the case at 16 a lb delivered.

[ColColt]

That's a much better price. I'd feel a bit "ill at ease" having that much around. I wish I had a safe dedicated to the storage.

If Powder Inc pays the shipping and hazmat fee as they indicate, what's the $48 I was charged for "freight"?

[Don McDowell]

The less you buy, the higher the cost per lb, due to not as many pounds to spread out on the total freight and hazmat fee..
25 lbs really isn't a lot of powder to have around when you're blowing 70 grs out the end of the barrel everytime you yank the trigger, that'll only give you 2500 rounds in a 45-70, and it just goes down from there the longer the cartridge.

[EDG]

The main difference in Starline brass vs Winchester is not thickness. The Starline brass is very hard. If you do not anneal it you are missing a major variable. Same with 40-65 and 50-70 Starline brass too.

[Dan4570]

Hey guys I'm back,
My order of 45-90 Star line just came in....I had to check it out. couldn't wait!
Resized and flared they they hold 90 grns of FF no problem. My budies 45-70's held 70 grns FF no problem. We do however put quite a bit of compression on on our BP loads,

We did check his 45-70 S-L against 45-70 Win. and I tell you what, it wasn't enough difference to matter.(at least in our opinion) and after the starlines were annealed and fired one time, we could fit about 70.3 grns in them with no problems through a drop tube, we are expecting to be able to fit 71 grns within 2 -3 re-loadings.

I will start a new thread and let everyone know how my 45-90's do as soon soon as I get the rifle picked up and get to butn some powder.