Some powders available out my way (No Extreme ) but my BIG concern is primer availability. So. Central Pa.
Where's the powder?
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Watch Midway and Brownells Put in a Notify me at Midway, I picked up some H4350 that way.
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All the powder us stuck in Canada with 30,000 truckers banned to go in and out due to no vaccination....at least thats the problem w IMR in my opinion.
All the Hodgdons is stuck on boats offshore Long Beach w no way to unload due to California and Brandon.....
You can find some Accurate, Ramshot, and Winchester cause they are made in the U.S.
I dont understand why Alliant and Vihtavuori arent getting more in via Gulf Coast and East Coast but I think we are due for an up cycle this next month or in March then there will be plenty powder for a while......
Shelves are getting full of finished ammo again too. That should also free up some primer and powder and even bullets like the elusive Berger Hybrid 215s.
Cycle is coming
......I was right when I said I was hearing no more powder distribution until at least January back in December. There has been slim and none. All we have seen from Hodgdons is slim and none.
Fireworks 5 min. at a time here and there. No real dumps with real supply to quench a thirst.
But it is coming sometime next 2 months is my belief.......we'll see.....
All the Hodgdons is stuck on boats offshore Long Beach w no way to unload due to California and Brandon.....
You can find some Accurate, Ramshot, and Winchester cause they are made in the U.S.
I dont understand why Alliant and Vihtavuori arent getting more in via Gulf Coast and East Coast but I think we are due for an up cycle this next month or in March then there will be plenty powder for a while......
Shelves are getting full of finished ammo again too. That should also free up some primer and powder and even bullets like the elusive Berger Hybrid 215s.
Cycle is coming
......I was right when I said I was hearing no more powder distribution until at least January back in December. There has been slim and none. All we have seen from Hodgdons is slim and none.
Fireworks 5 min. at a time here and there. No real dumps with real supply to quench a thirst.
But it is coming sometime next 2 months is my belief.......we'll see.....
When they have varget, Retumbo, H-4350 and a lot of people are trying to buy it PV put a "Timer" on the powder when it goes into someone's cart and still show available to other buyers until it is actually bought from the other buyer. Once it is in the cart it's in a reserved status and gives the original buyer time to look for other items to put in their cart. If they don't purchase then the if you were in the "Timer" you maybe able to purchase. other retailers the powder is available until it is actually paid for and the order done.
Maybe someone can explain it better.
Right now on PV you can buy IMR4198 no problem because no one else wants it and they have three available.
esshup
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With Hazmat required shipping for powder and primers, and individuals not able to ship via HazMat without taking a class and getting certified, I can see a lot of powder and primers not hitting the market from individuals. I bought some from a person on the West Coast and the hoops that he had to jump through to get it shipped to me, PLUS the HazMat shipping costs really spiked the price. BUT,that was back in January and looking at it now, the price that I paid is still less per pound than what on-line shippers have powder priced at now and that is prior to shipping and sales tax. It was vihtavuori powder N160, 550 and 560 plus RL22.
Muddyboots
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So far, I have not had to buy powder on line. I have 4 LGS that I frequent. Two "LGS" are 2 hours away but worth the drive. But limit to 1-2 lbs per purchase/week to help disperse across their customer base which is great. I have purchased RL26 and H1000 in past 2 weeks but only at 1 lb quantities which is fine by me. IMO, Bergers are tougher to get than powder.
I only have 300 lbs...when and if 1 more lb. Comes in I will let you know, by then it should be safe for me to start loading again!
Longrangers
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I don't know if it is true or not but I was informed by a person that works at a sporting good shop and said that ammunition companies have contract obligations with the federal government and they get priority and if they don't me the quota of the product they get penalized. He said that it might take a while yet for it to come back.
Just picked up 9 pounds of Rel 26 at a small town rifle shop. He had 1 8 lb jug left that he's had since last August.
Bruce Hall
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Up here in Montana it's been rare to find anything. Yesterday I was at a new store in Missoula and they had a lot of the V V stuff I have never used so I bought a 4lb,4 you get extra in lb.'s $159 pistol powder they had all the Accurate powders too, like Zip for $27 a Lb.
I call it smart because I did the same.
Let's settle on Smart Hoarders......lol!
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