Powders available at hodgdon com

[Tac-O]

Quick! Powders available at hodgdon.com. Imr, accurate, hodgdon

 

[Tac-O]

I got a few pounds of 5744 for my new 45-90. There was also imr4064, h110, and a few other types

 

[fnlights]

Just trying to justify if 4064 is worth $50/lb shipped

 

[Reemty J]

hey...……...I have some 4064 a heck of a lot cheaper than that, a pound or 2 going by poor memory

 

[fnlights]

hey...……...I have some 4064 a heck of a lot cheaper than that, a pound or 2 going by poor memory

Where are you located?

 

[Tac-O]

What are the hazmat fees for other online sites? I thought it was kinda high too. I'm in for about $50/lb of the powder I bought

 

[Reemty J]

Conrad Montana

 

[cdherman]

All gone now...... OK to be fair, all Hodgdon Rifle powders gone. There might be some other stuff still there.

 

[wasskeet]

IMR 4955 still available

 

[Varmint Hunter]

I find it interesting that when you buy powder from Hodgdon directly they charge you more than their authorized dealers do. H110 was $5 per pound LESS at MidSouth the other day.

 

[jpfrog]

I find it interesting that when you buy powder from Hodgdon directly they charge you more than their authorized dealers do. H110 was $5 per pound LESS at MidSouth the other day.

This isn't actually all that unusual. Suppliers rarely want to undercut the businesses that sell their product- businesses are bigger customers than end consumers, and undercutting those businesses would ultimately lose them money.

 

[lhp63190]

I find it interesting that when you buy powder from Hodgdon directly they charge you more than their authorized dealers do. H110 was $5 per pound LESS at MidSouth the other day.

This is intentional. Dealers are already complaining about not getting enough inventory. Hodgdon wants to cash in on the extra margin by selling direct but doesn't want to loose the wholesale support when the "craze" is over so they tell the dealer, "were going to sell it direct, but we won't compete with you on price." This is how it starts.....eventually most it will be sold direct to consumer via their e-commerce platform and they their wholesale business will shrink to just shelf inventory.

Hodgden will make a lot more margin (and hopefully re-invest it) and the local dealers wont care cause they'll continue to stock what they always have. The wholesale ecommerce guys (Powder Valley, Midway, Brownells, Mid South, Creedmoore, etc) are the ones that will get killed if it goes this direction.

I've been a part of a lot of these conversations in my professional career....they're aren't fun and its typically the consumer that looses in the long run. Its not a great scenerio if a "brand" has too much control of their distribution. The exceptions would be brands like Kuiu that only distribute direct to consumer, but its really hard to do it if you have an established wholesale business.

 

[Tac-O]

In that case, I feel like I should boycott resellers and hodgdon. But I can't do that to them

 

[lhp63190]

Best bet is to buy @ locally owned stores whenever possible...even if it's 10-15% more expensive. These mom and pops are the only thing that keep the big box, e-commerce, and DTC retailers in check.