I feel your pain on price. I am going back into the ACWSA, and have powder left from the mid 80s A $ 5.25/pd. I just recently bought 10 Lbs from Grafs and son @ $11.59/pd. they had a real good price on thier own brand, plus the $20.00 hazmat fee.
On another note, I have been shooting some ammo in my Muskets that I made up 15 yrs ago and it still goes boom, I need to practice to get back into competician.
Rebel Dave (still unreconstructed)