black powder, too much hassle to stock!

Why is it that BP is such a pain to stock?

The place I bought it from keeps it in a special, metal Job Box, with wheels on it, and just rolls out the thing when you want to buy some.

Is it because of special licenses required? Local fire Department rules? Zoning? Just curious.
 
Why is it that BP is such a pain to stock?

The place I bought it from keeps it in a special, metal Job Box, with wheels on it, and just rolls out the thing when you want to buy some.

Is it because of special licenses required? Local fire Department rules? Zoning? Just curious.
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Federal law requires the ATF to classify black powder as an explosive, so it carries particular storage and transportation requirements that are a little more inconvenient than smokeless powder or BP substitutes. I think that most shops just don't want to deal with the hassles of what is, in most areas, a fairly niche business.

I do what a lot of guys do here, which is to either get a few friends together and make a 50 pound order or find out when a rendezvous is happening and visit the powder vendors there.
 
Here in Texas I was told by the owners of stores I frequent they would be dropped by their insurance companies if it was stocked on premises. I got 25 pounds of Schuetzen from Upper Missouri Trading Co. for $13.64/pd. last May. I have also bought Graf & Sons powder for a reasonable price and liked it,too.
 
My local dealer can't afford to spend $500-$800 on an approved powder magazine for one customer's needs.

It's ridiculous that blackpowder is singled out as an explosive when it does the same thing as smokeless or the substitutes, which can be abused the same way.
 
It's ridiculous that blackpowder is singled out as an explosive when it does the same thing as smokeless or the substitutes, which can be abused the same way.
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:eek::confused:

They aren't the same at all.
 
Let's see . . . . I've got a can of Goex sitting on my shelf but the price marked on the can is $1.75! Oh yea . . . I forgot . . . . I bought that back in 1966 . . . . . when I could buy a can of 100 #11 caps for fifty cents. :D
 
It's ridiculous that blackpowder is singled out as an explosive when it does the same thing as smokeless or the substitutes, which can be abused the same way.
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I believe that the difference is the boom versus the burn (OK, maybe a little simplistic, but you get the picture...)
 
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