i went by the powder shop yesterday and picked up a few pounds at pre last year prices. I was happy to have what I needed for a few months. THEN, I went scope shopping at a couple LGS today, just to window sop and then figure out what I would really buy online. they had 8 pounds of powder at my favorite "GUN" shop, not accessory or ammo cause they are a rip-off. anyways, they had 4227 and 4064, can you guess how much per pound??? 38$ for 4064 and 41$ for 4227.......-CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED-!?!? I understand economics, and I understand these guys can do what they want. I explained to the guy that I just bought the same powders for less than 25$ per pound. he stated "not in this day and age!", I said "to the contrary, this was yesterday afternoon. are you guys realy getting people to pay these prices?" he said, right no, this is all we have because the rest was sold......I though, holy cow, whats wrong with people. there is a powder store about 20 minutes away the sells for 28$ a pound for IMR and I thought that was too high. about 30 minutes west is GA Arms and they are selling all powders for 22-26$ dollars a pound. so I thought, screw it, if this is the wy things are going to get around here, I better just take the plunge. I bought my scope BTW, very nice 4-18x and made the trip back to Ga Arms which is about a 30 minute drive. I figure i'll just make one purchase and be done for the year.
buy once. 610$ out-the-door. I hope the young buck didn't get in trouble though, after he rang it all up, I was about to pay and I asked that he go back and grab one more HP38, and in the midst he forgot to add the sales tax. I didn't notice either or I would have said something.
I WILL end up needing some more 4064 in the next year, and I wish the had more HS-6 although not 100% necessary , but I think I walked away with enough hp and TG to last me probably 3 years honestly. I only load 9mm and 38spl with it and one pound last in excess of 2000 rounds. it was a good chuck of change, but man the piece of mind will be well worth it, plus I still have about 10# of various powders left in my basement. good luck out there, and when you see it for a fair price....BUY IT, its not going to get cheaper in the future I bet. I see the gouging starting again now that supply is returning.
what good finds have you guys come across this month with the return of our elusive "pistol" powders
p.s. why does the exact same Winchester powders as Hodgdon's cost 1$ more?, weird
buy once. 610$ out-the-door. I hope the young buck didn't get in trouble though, after he rang it all up, I was about to pay and I asked that he go back and grab one more HP38, and in the midst he forgot to add the sales tax. I didn't notice either or I would have said something.
I WILL end up needing some more 4064 in the next year, and I wish the had more HS-6 although not 100% necessary , but I think I walked away with enough hp and TG to last me probably 3 years honestly. I only load 9mm and 38spl with it and one pound last in excess of 2000 rounds. it was a good chuck of change, but man the piece of mind will be well worth it, plus I still have about 10# of various powders left in my basement. good luck out there, and when you see it for a fair price....BUY IT, its not going to get cheaper in the future I bet. I see the gouging starting again now that supply is returning.
what good finds have you guys come across this month with the return of our elusive "pistol" powders
p.s. why does the exact same Winchester powders as Hodgdon's cost 1$ more?, weird
