Turner's Outdoorsman unable to display available powders??

All SoCal stores here.
Bullet Barn in Upland is on display behind the counter.
Phillips Wholesale is behind the counter in a cabinet with a list of in stock powders.
Bass Pro in a locker, "come have a look, see if we have what you want".
Turners, the sales guy brought out what he had for me to look at.
Ammo Bros, at one time it was on the shelf but I haven't bought in a while.
Mostly fire regs that keep powder behind the counter. No conspiracies here.
 
I do it all the time . Like butter in a tub , peanut butter , and other items that have a lid that when opened does not expose the product . I pop them open to make sure they are sealed
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Wow, I surely wouldn't want to follow you in a grocery store! :D
 
No no I'm the one you want to follow cuss if it is still sealed I take it . If not I tell some one . I'm not the guy that sees the product is bad or no longer has its fresh seal and puts it back . ;)
 
When they used to have gun shows in the Hampton (VA) coliseum the vendors weren't allowed to have powder indoors. You paid and picked it up from the truck outside. It was a fire regulation, city or state I do not know. I thought it was funny because in that very building they had car races. Cars with gasoline engines, that they refueled indoors.
 
I still remember the day to pump gas first and go in to pay after. It wasn't that long ago. Folks still have that where you are?
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Very prevalent in VT once you get out of the Champlain Valley...

And we can still browse powders on shelves...
 
I have yet to see a store that keeps powder behind the counter around here, even when the shortages were great, I guess people still had the decency not to try to steal powder/primers. I never even thought of filling up a powder can to capacity, I wonder if people were really doing it, or the stores just heard about it and then followed up pre-emptively. who knows. California is such a beautiful state, it's mountains and forests make you feel like your in a totally different country, I wish it just wasn't so governed or it would be number one on places to live for me. I am not big on Georgia's weather/nature/cities, being from Michigan, but I am going to stay put in the south and enjoy a little more freedom with a little less taxes. our governor fights hard for gun rights, against the media's council, and you have to appreciate that. Atlanta is crappy city run by a different political party then the rest of the state, stay away from there and GA is a pretty decent place to live.
 
As for checking that seal on a powder can, in many cases it's not tightly sealed like on a bottle of salad dressing. I've unpacked powder delivered in sealed boxes fresh from the warehouse, those cans/bottles had loose "so-called seals on the cans.

Anybody remember the old Hercules powder in the cardboard bottle with the pop-up neck that had to be torn off to dispense powder? Those were guaranteed to NOT have been opened and/or messed with.

The gunshop I worked for used to sell powder by-the-pound from the big metal drums. IIRC they were 24 pounders. We had a certified scale, we dispensed it into Styrofoam cups, then stapled the tops on with clearly labeled powder type and lot numbers. We stopped doing it, never was told the exact reason.
 
Yes, the Hodgdon's/IMR/WIN bottles have the freshness seal that magically reseal themselves after screwing the lid back on. I thought it was a nice feature for keeping my powder fresh after opening several times.
 
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