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Whats the most versatile rifle, shotgun and pistol powder ?
- Thread starter hounddawg
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OzeanJaeger
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Ha, I thought you meant for the end of the world and you only get one powder.
What are the best selling powders would be a better question.
What are the best selling powders would be a better question.
this is for his business not for personal use. He owns a small local gun shop and has never reloaded. Think maybe one 6 foot store shelf of powder and primers, perhaps two some common caliber bullets and shot.
Not to sound droll... but he needs to talk to his customers and stock what they want to buy. Are they reloading to hunt? Sport or competitive shoot? Benchresters? Cowboy shooters? Skeet or waterfowl? The list is endless and the needs can be quite specific. Take just the .30cal rifle bullet selection alone...
But to answer your original question...
Unique, WST, IMR4895... Both Unique and WST can be used in handgun or shotgun loads, and you can load just about anything with IMR4895.
sorry once again I was not clear, this is for his business not for personal use. He owns a small local gun shop and has never reloaded. Think maybe one 6 foot store shelf of powder and primers, perhaps two some common caliber bullets and shot.
That changes everything. I would skip stocking any bullets or shot and cases of any kind. He needs to get with his distributor and get case lot pricing on small pistol primers, large pistol primers, and large & small rifle primers. Order at the first price break and go heaviest on the small pistol, the large pistol, and a case of small rifle and Large Rifle.
He is going to need some backroom storage as powder is usually sold in case lot and he will need some variety. He can put 2 bottles out per to maximize variety as you can see from the other responses there is a lot of variety.
My LGS has a 3' wide shelving unit that is 6' high in his little shop. He keeps a case of Small Pistol Primer and Large Pistol Primer, 5 bricks of small rifle, 5 bricks of Large Rifle and 2 each of the magnum primers - this takes up half a shelf. The bottom shelf is full of 4 and 8 lb jugs (one each) of his best seller powders. The rest is 4 bottles each of a variety of rifle, pistol, and shotgun powders. His regular customers will not even bother going to the shelf and just tell him what they want and he fills the order from his stock room.
Yes, the state, and some city, fire codes...have all kinds of limitations on quantity and storage requirements for powder and primers - both for commercial operations and in residences.
His insurance company may have additional limitations on coverage or exclusions for selling reloading components...or especially "reloaded" ammo... /or they may reject his application or cancel his policy - if they find he is selling reloading components And all commercial insurance policies are subject to audit at the end of the policy year ...and will typically require a new application every year - where he would disclose his sales by category /
and while this is good general info ---every state is a little different on the wording in their commercial insurance policies / regulated by their states insurance commissioners / he should talk to his agent or broker before he adds reloading components ( as well as understand the fire codes ).
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Picking one powder for shotguns and handguns ...would probably be Hodgdon Universal or TiteGroup .../ but neither one of them work too well for rifle.
If he truly does this...he can find 2 best powders for rifle, 2 best for handgun, 2 best for shotgun..../ but guys that are really into loading for shotguns will want at least 4 lb kegs...or better yet, 8 lb kegs. ( 6 feet of shelf space goes away pretty quickly .../ or he just keeps a placard showing what is available...and he keeps the powder in a steel approved storage vault) vs on the shelf.
His insurance company may have additional limitations on coverage or exclusions for selling reloading components...or especially "reloaded" ammo... /or they may reject his application or cancel his policy - if they find he is selling reloading components And all commercial insurance policies are subject to audit at the end of the policy year ...and will typically require a new application every year - where he would disclose his sales by category /
and while this is good general info ---every state is a little different on the wording in their commercial insurance policies / regulated by their states insurance commissioners / he should talk to his agent or broker before he adds reloading components ( as well as understand the fire codes ).
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Picking one powder for shotguns and handguns ...would probably be Hodgdon Universal or TiteGroup .../ but neither one of them work too well for rifle.
If he truly does this...he can find 2 best powders for rifle, 2 best for handgun, 2 best for shotgun..../ but guys that are really into loading for shotguns will want at least 4 lb kegs...or better yet, 8 lb kegs. ( 6 feet of shelf space goes away pretty quickly .../ or he just keeps a placard showing what is available...and he keeps the powder in a steel approved storage vault) vs on the shelf.
I think only the larger shops get into support of shot shell reloading. Might want to skip that or rely on cross over powders like the Dots. Serious reloaders get their stuff in volume by online order. A gun shop supply is just for impulse, to fill a temporary shortage, or for someone who reloads with pocket money.
Mike Irwin
Staff
Probably the single most versatile powder available today is Unique.
It has a HUGE range of applications.
Simply put, though, no one powder will do everything.
You can't use the same powder to get Magnum loads from a revolver to get full-pressure hunting loads in a .30-06.
It has a HUGE range of applications.
Simply put, though, no one powder will do everything.
You can't use the same powder to get Magnum loads from a revolver to get full-pressure hunting loads in a .30-06.
Okay, since this thread has been up her a while and everyone, including me, has gotten to make their serious responses, I wanted to include one a little far out.
When I first saw they title, I thought you were asking for a single powder to use in rifle, shotgun and pistol. Since there really isn't one, I was tempted to say, "Norma R1" with the caveat that if it were all I had, I would give up my rifle, shotgun and pistol and just go to using grenades. ;-)
hounddawg asked:
Whats the most versatile rifle, shotgun and pistol powder ?
When I first saw they title, I thought you were asking for a single powder to use in rifle, shotgun and pistol. Since there really isn't one, I was tempted to say, "Norma R1" with the caveat that if it were all I had, I would give up my rifle, shotgun and pistol and just go to using grenades. ;-)