Price of gun powder?

I know we are looking for the "highest price" but I can't stop grinning about the lowest price I recently got. I was at a buddy's place helping turn deer into sausage and we were chatting about the recent gun show in Lethbridge. I said I only walked away with some bullets, but was hoping to find more powder or primers. He starts rooting through his stash and asks "Can you use any of this? I don't have any use for this X, Y, and Z powders"
Well, if he didn't have 1 pound of each of my most used powders (IMR4064 and IMR3031). He said if I did a full cleaning of his SKS because he never had and didn't know how, that I could have both bottles for $40.... DEAL!
 
Lead hammer said:
If you are mixing it, I would put it back into 1lb original containers. Storage regs also change if it’s in one container if I am not mistaken.
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That's a new one on me. To my knowledge it has little or nothing to do with how much is in conatainers. It's all about the total in your possession and that includes the powder loaded in cartridges.

I like to keep it all together and transfer it into a smaller container, such as a one pound jug when needed. No sense moving it around any more than necessary and it's much easier to store in one or two large containers, than a bunch of one pound jugs.
 
sharp shooter said:
Good idea. Most of my powder is in 1lb jugs though. I'd have to find a larger air tight container. Any recommendations for a container?
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Four litre laundry soap jugs, especially the ones with pour spouts are excellent for the job. They need to be cleaned first but it's simple.

Rinse with cold water to get rid of the soap, dump it out, fill half way with boiling water, leave sit for a few minutes and dump it as well.

leave the jug open, with the spout up, so the water inside will evaporate out. Then turn it upside down, in the sink for a while and all moisture and soap residue inside the jug is gone.

Laundry bottles will last for years, unlike milk jugs.

A friend of mine called me yesterday to talk about storage jugs. He had been told that milk jugs would be just fine, as long as they weren't stored in the light and big temp swings weren't happening. Three years later, the milk jugs started cracking and breaking down, then a few broke when he picked them up.

That doesn't happen with laundry soap jugs.
 
I did an inventory, while not into hoarding for the endtimes, I like to have enough for the foreseeable future, two or three pounds for each rifle. These are hunting rifles. I also started shotshell reloading and changed the powder of choice for a rifle. Of four powders I wanted, I found three. The prices were not too far out of line either. Now if I could find shotgun primers..........
 
I was tired of always running short on powder during the previous cycles of panic/hoarding back when obama was pres. When supply came back and prices were good for a few years while Trump was POTUS I stocked up on my regular powders. I can go a couple years and won't feel a thing, then maybe a couple more by substituting a less-than-perfect powder. I also have in back-up reserve some jugs of Canada Ammo powder (D4350, D4064, D4895, D4198, D5744) just because they were a good deal on useful powders. The Dominion powders were under $30/lb.
 
sask378 said:
^I have a tough time believing that.^

I don't get it. If a person shops around it can be found.
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You keep saying that but most, almost all of the available powders at the prices they were a year ago are gobbled up.

It would have to be a pretty poor business owner that wouldn't charge enough for his stock that he could replenish it without a loss.
 
bearhunter said:
You keep saying that but most, almost all of the available powders at the prices they were a year ago are gobbled up.

It would have to be a pretty poor business owner that wouldn't charge enough for his stock that he could replenish it without a loss.
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VV powder is still what it was a year ago.
 
BCBRAD said:
I'm using IMR 7828 from 1990 for fireforming brass, it was $33.98, in today's dollar ~$62.50.

At the same time primers , only allowed 200 from local retailer, were $3.49/100 or $6.42 today.

So prices are up but not by a huge percentage comparably, but that may change as availability does.
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Wages have doubled since 1990 - things still cost the same, it’s just hard to see
 
sask378 said:
VV powder is still what it was a year ago.
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That could very well be the bargain powder right now.
They used to be in the pricier bracket but, since the Biden meltdown, their price and availability has really sweetened.
If there's a Vihtavuori powder that could swap into your current load, I'd definitely check Tenda, because they're swimming in it right now and haven't jacked the prices yet.
 
Goex said:
Not really...the average income is 1990 was $50K..in 2021 it was about $70K..an increase of about 35%.
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Not looking to start a sh1t show, not all gun nuts are average
Min wage 1990 - 8/gr. Min wage 2022 $15/hr

Almost 50%

My two cents
 
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