Powder Opinion

For the very same reason that Sherwin Williams doesn't offer half pint containers of paint. If you want to see what it's like, buy a quart.

Powder? A rifle powder quarter pound won't give any information.

A pistol powder? Sure, you could gather a realistic amount of information from a quarter pound, but with maybe 100 important brands,who has the room or capital? A quarter pound can would probably cost half as much as a pound.

Just keeping a good selection of small lot containers on hand could easily cost a few thousand dollars.
 
I like TiteGroup in all handgun calibers...( from 9mm...up thru .357 mag and .44 mag )...especially in jacketed bullets.
 
Powder? A rifle powder quarter pound won't give any information

Funny that nowhere in this topic did I see anyone mention Rifles or Rifle Powders! As for paint, I can go to Ace, HD or Menard's and can find all types of pint cans of paint, stain and varnish.

So why does that question seem to be so outlandish to you?
 
why don't the powder manufacturers offer smaller sampler containers of - say - 1/4lb. for those like the OP or myself who would like to try a different powder?
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Good question. (And it doesn't seem outlandish to me at all.)

There would be a lot of tooling and production line costs associated with it. And then of course, there's the economy of scale thing. That quarter pound would likely cost half as much as a full pound.

But still, it's a neat thought.
 
Having worked in the packaging industry for the past 25yrs. I can relate to the costs and labor that would entail. I doubt it would equate that way but I would be willing to pay 1/3 the cost of a pound for a 1/4lb sample. So yes I would be willing to pay $8.00 for that $24.00lb powder.

If I could find a fellow loader near by that was already using the powders I wanted to try I would offer to share cost to be able to experiment with different loads.
 
IIRC, at one time they were offered in 4oz trial sizes where you could mix and match. With the pure numbers of powders that can be used in certain applications, IMO it would be a winner, especially with what powders cost.
 
It is outlandish, kmw.

.if you don't want to talk about experimental small cans for rifle powder, whatever, don't. That still leaves exactly what I was talking about, a shop would need to keep dozens of numbers on hand for it to be useful. The thread discusses bullseye and number nine, but there are at least a half dozen similar numbers that fit that general description.

As far as half pints of rustoleum, Sherwin is what I'm talking about. HOME PAINT. If you want to test out a spot on the wall,you can now have a quart mixed up. In the past, you had no choice, most situations, you had to buy a gallon. When paint was packaged premixed, there were very few numbers in quarts.

This question is simple. Why isn't pistol powder sold in four ounce test batches as well as pounds? Because other than a very small fraction of people who only want a small amount, for whatever reason, nobody wants to do it. the makers don't want to package it that way, the distributors don't wand to handle it that way, the stores won't want to handle that way, and offhand, again, I suspect that very, very few people would buy it that way.

If it was a good idea, it would have been done. That is a simple matter.

Now if powder reaches $75 a pound, it's possible that pistol powder might be sold in half pound lots, just like so many food items have been repackaged to hide price increases.
 
Once again I will adress a Pet Peeve of mine on subjects like this.

The OP asked about specific powders. In this case the OP stated what was in his inventory and about specific addition(s). I asked a specific question that was echoed by a couple others to identify the specific need(s) of the OP. Based on the answer advice was given directly based on the OP's original question and related answer by a few of us.

THEN powders not asked about were offered up. Applications not even remotely related were introduced. Then packaging became an issue. :mad:

Conjecture on my part: OP was asking based on local availabilty. Not conjecture: OP doesn't care about rifle ammo for this discussion. :p Totally out of scope: Trial sized packaging of powders. :p

PLEASE: Stick to the question at hand. Questions to properly identify the need / use are fair game as they help answer the question. Going out of scope or WAY out of scope does no good. :cool:
 
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