Romokid
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^^This. Sometimes if you know you are going to place and order you can let some others know and they will split it with you. Kind of like a mini-group buy. That definitely takes the sting out of it.
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^^This. Sometimes if you know you are going to place and order you can let some others know and they will split it with you. Kind of like a mini-group buy. That definitely takes the sting out of it.
This is what I did, I ordered 6 which was all they had left. It make the most sense to spread the hazmat out over as many items as possible. I really only wanted a couple, i may sell the others. We will see
Holy s**t D&L is stocked floor to ceiling with goodies. TONS of powder. I've never seen so much H110, Lil Gun, W296, Titegroup, Varget, 4350, 4064 to name a few. Many of which were available in 1, 4, and 8lb containers. I walked out with 2 pounds of H110 and 2 pounds of W296 - $22 per pound plus tax. Not bad.
Heritage gun and coin is usually pretty good also.....when I could travel freely I visited several shops in RI. Other than Glens reloading. Shops in mass between local storage regulations and maybe lack of large volume buyers just cant compete. If I can snag a 8lb jug of H4895 I will be set for winter reloading.
Yeah it's sad. I haven't been to Heritage yet. I didn't see any 8 pounders of 4895 there tonight. I think I saw some at Shooters Outpost a couple weeks ago though. Didn't catch a price. My local shop in Ipswich has a bunch of 1 lb containers of varget, 231, 4895, unique, Titegroup and a few others.
I like H4895 for cast bullets and reduced jacketed rounds. Its nice to save a few bucks loading reduced charges in the bolt guns. plus the recoil is much less. it is pretty amazing how well some loads shoot at lower velocity.
buying powder by the lb for rifle just goes to quick.
hv55maxx
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agree with the rifle/pound point. it goes way too quick
Just a note, looking over the mass storage/permit regs for Massachusetts the comercial permit is only 100lbs so it is tough for MA dealers to stock everything everyone wants. Also why you see more 1lb jugs. It is usually a good amount of savings buying a 8lb jug vs 8 1lb jugs. Last order it was a 7$ swing
1lbs where 29$(232$/8lb) , 8lb jug was 176$. Something to think about.
1lbs where 29$(232$/8lb) , 8lb jug was 176$. Something to think about.
outback arms in plympton had just about every type of powder when I was there sat, prices where not great but he has many varieties in 8lb jugs and even more selection per pound. price ranged from 26-31$lb not much of a break on the 8lbs jugs
I wonder if they still had any H110 left. They've had a bunch the last couple times I went. I've got about 5lbs of H110 and 2lbs of 296 which should last a little while between 30 carbine and 44 mag.
I'm loving Titegroup though. I did a TON of reloading this past weekend. Cranked out about 600-700 rounds of 9mm with TG and it shoots well with xtreme plated bullets at 4 gr. very clean and accurate.
They had a few H110's on the shelf, I did not inquire as to how many since I didn't need it. I have been very happy with Titegroup overall so I was pretty excited to find it in an 8 lb jug.
I saw a handful of H-110 at SO this afternoon. They had some 1 and 8 lb 700x and I think I saw an 8# titegroup. They had a few CFE pistol too. They had Green tag, MiniMag (300 rnd chootem packs), and CCI quiet. Some Norma stuff too. Riley's had CFE pistol powder. Also had a bunch of 333 round boxes of 22lr (2 box limit) and CCI quiet and Green tag.
Never thought that 8 pounds of Varget would be a "deal" at $177.00 OUCH!
Yeah I don't think you can beat $22 a pound for it! I was down to about 1# of it and probably 1.5# of 4064 which I use for garand loads and I really like Varget for both the 03 and Garand so figured I'd grab some while its available in that quantity. I think they manufacture powder in cycles so I think when the nice weather returns, it will probably be nowhere to be found.
