Got a jug of BR-5 over the weekend from a group buy with friends.
Managed to pickup 3 1lb bottles of W296 for my 300Blk from Midsouth, I wasn't out yet so waited until midnight to place my order to give others a chance but I guess nobody noticed or didn't need any. Since I can also feed my 44 with it I guess it won't last long anyway.
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I picked up 2 lb of bullseye and 1 lb of unique for 25.99 per lb at a local gunshop . I was surprised when I walked in he had his usual junk powders that no one wants but there was also 1lbers of unique, bullseye ,power pistol,and imr4227. he even had an 8lber of alliant clay dot for 150$. that's the 1st ive seen an 8lber of anything on a shelf in a few years. I was so tempted to buy it, I load 12 gauge but not enough to buy an 8lber . ive heard some say its identical to clays but for every tread I read saying it is theres another saying it isn't so I just didn't want to take the gamble , damn I wish it was red dot or even green dot because it would have came home with me .
clay-dot is right between red-dot and green-dot on the burn rate chart.
and is designed to duplicate clays. [which is a hodgdons product]
powder valley price for perspective
ALLCD-08 * ALLIANT CLAY DOT - 8 LB. Out of Stock $113.40
its supposed to be very clean,
Today I bought 10 pounds of Olde Eynsford FFF and 2000 RWS musket caps thru Powder Inc. Great powder from a great place to buy from. Really fair prices too, I paid $374. for the lot including hazmat and delievery.
I picked up a pound of H4895 and CCI small pistol primers at the Novi, MI gunshow today.
Well it wasn't today, but yesterday I jumped off into the deep end and ordered 6 jugs of Br-5 from Bartletts. Hope to have it by this Friday. Haven't been able to buy any Unique in over 2 years around these parts.
I picked up 8#s of 2400 in Tulsa OK. The shelves were full of both 1# and 8# containers,I have not seen that much in one place in years. It cost more than I wanted to pay, but it was in front of me and I had the cash. This was last Friday 7/24/15.
Picked up 5 jugs of Pyrodex RS and a jug of blackhorn 209 for $60.00. All in opened. The club had them in their store room and the manager asked if I wanted them to make an offer.
I got 2 pounds of Bullseye, and 2 pounds of H335 today. $22.95 at my local Bimart. They had W296 on the shelf as well. I have not seen any of these powders here in 3 years.
I just snagged a 4# of Unique and the guy I got it from has 8# cans of IMR4064 & IMR4198 that he is holding for me...
also a 1# of 2400 and some other stuff, but NOT what I really wanted, which was an 8# of Red Dot...
But digging around in my shed I discovered five sealed 1# cans of RL7, two 1# cans of IMR4198 and
two 1# of RL22 that I have no recollection of buying, but no trace of the 1# cans of IMR3031 I thought
were around here somewhere...
Powder Valley has a bunch in stock...get it while you can. Good luck!
My feedback thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-shooter!
I bought a can of BL-C(2). Been waiting a few months for it and got the second to last can. Woo Hoo! But will it be good for my rifles? We'll see.
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I scored 2# of IMR 8208 XBR today. I'm planning on using it in my 222 Remington with 50-53 gr j-words.
I wonder if it would be suitable in 7.62x54r at 2000+ With boolits?
Last edited by Ken in Iowa; 08-03-2015 at 03:08 PM.
Rel-15 for some 340gr Northfork Bullets I bought for my 404 Jefferys...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |