Sky High Prices

[Watauga]

hotfxr,..My Muzzle loading Club buys black prouder in case-lots and it is still $14.50 a pound for Goex 2, 3 or 4 f,..Sounds like I should stock up!?!

[William]

hotfxr,..My Muzzle loading Club buys black prouder in case-lots and it is still $14.50 a pound for Goex 2, 3 or 4 f,..Sounds like I should stock up!?!

That's the way to do it in order to get the best deal. If your club doesn't buy powder then get as many buddies as you can to go in on a case. Just give the money to one person in the group prior to the purchase and hand out once received.
Powder Inc. was my go to for many years but I recently got a better deal through Graf & Son although there is a five pound minimum.

[hotfxr]

hotfxr,..My Muzzle loading Club buys black prouder in case-lots and it is still $14.50 a pound for Goex 2, 3 or 4 f,..Sounds like I should stock up!?!

That is a good deal. I have to admit, I get my powder from an alternate source and it costs me next to nothing. (Less that $3 per pound) So rising costs don't exactly worry me. But not everyone knows who I know and if it affects them, it does indeed bother me. I have had several conversations with my local BATF&E investigating agent about the rules and regulations pertaining to the sale and storage of black powder and there are many rules and regulations (I know, I repeated a phrase in the same sentence, sorry RB) that make no sense at all. The bottom line is, if you read all the regs, they are trying to restrict our ability to buy black powder in any affordable way. Right now, according to the latest California rules (which I steadfastly ignore, fed trumps state) says we cannot have more than 1 pound of black powder in possession, which includes stored at home.

[beowulf]

hotfxr,..My Muzzle loading Club buys black prouder in case-lots and it is still $14.50 a pound for Goex 2, 3 or 4 f,..Sounds like I should stock up!?!

That is a good deal. I have to admit, I get my powder from an alternate source and it costs me next to nothing. (Less that $3 per pound) So rising costs don't exactly worry me. But not everyone knows who I know and if it affects them, it does indeed bother me. I have had several conversations with my local BATF&E investigating agent about the rules and regulations pertaining to the sale and storage of black powder and there are many rules and regulations (I know, I repeated a phrase in the same sentence, sorry RB) that make no sense at all. The bottom line is, if you read all the regs, they are trying to restrict our ability to buy black powder in any affordable way. Right now, according to the latest California rules (which I steadfastly ignore, fed trumps state) says we cannot have more than 1 pound of black powder in possession, which includes stored at home.

as I was saying ! the morons fear us front stuffer shooters more than they fear Isis !

[Hanshi]

Brother, less than $3 a pound???!!!  I am now effectively scarred for life. 

I don't fear Isis or the terrorists, I fear our government! 

[Watauga]

"as I was saying ! the morons fear us front stuffer shooters more than they fear Isis ! "   
beowulf  it just stands to reason, somebody that gets only one shot is going to be a way better shot than most anyone else.

[beowulf]

"as I was saying ! the morons fear us front stuffer shooters more than they fear Isis ! "   
beowulf  it just stands to reason, somebody that gets only one shot is going to be a way better shot than most anyone else.

[R I Jerolmon]

The members of The Ancient Ones of Maine pool their orders at Maine Powder House and get a better price and no hazmat fee. Just one more Club benefit. 

[William]

The members of The Ancient Ones of Maine pool their orders at Maine Powder House and get a better price and no hazmat fee. Just one more Club benefit. 

Another benefit of ordering in bulk, some dealers waive the Hazmat  fee if the order contains a minimum amount of powder. Last time I ordered it was 10 pounds or more.

[Alaskagrizz]

All you guys down there in the lower 48 really seriously need to quit yer sniveling about the price of real black powder!!! Ain't no sympathy up here fellas...first of all A) At least you have choices in available powder, ie. Goex, Swiss, Grafs, etc. B) Anything less than $25 a pound is CHEAP...to us here in Alaska!!!! There are only like half a dozen sources for GOEX ONLY here in a state 2.5 times the size of Texas, and we are happy to get it at $29 a pound!!!! WHAH...cry me a River, guys!!!

[Hanshi]

The members of The Ancient Ones of Maine pool their orders at Maine Powder House and get a better price and no hazmat fee. Just one more Club benefit. 

Being a member of "The Ancient Ones" (in good standing I hope) I need to somehow get to a gathering and look into acquiring a bit more powder.  "Health" issues prevent me from doing anything other than "around town" traveling.  It sucks being restricted by physical problems, but I do still shoot occasionally at a local range.  And it's still a burr under my saddle that when I started with muzzleloaders I bought Dupont for $1.10 a pound.

[beowulf]

4 bucks a pound when I started back in the 70`s , but then I could buy a kit gun for under a hundred  , colt repros were going for 60 bucks , and leather was affordable even for a young guy who worked a crappy low paying job ! think I`ll hop in the old time machine and take a trip back to stock up  ,if it was only that easy !

[bmtshooter]

Minimum wage was about $1.35 / hr back in the early 70s when I started my first real job .  $100 was a LOT OF MONEY to me back then.  Time machine would only work if I took cash back from the present. 

[beowulf]

in 78 I was making $2.10 an hour , my rent was 30 bucks a week for an actually nice apartment , food was cheap  and my first muzzleloader was bought at a sporting goods store in westminster md, for the price of $19.95 , a colonial pistol kit from markwell arms .  great kit , had instructions in 11 different languages , none of them english !  , so at least some things never change !

[Patocazador]

Since we're now crying about how little we made, I can probably top (bottom?) you all. As an usher in a movie theater in 1960/61 I worked 48 hours a week for $12.50 plus free popcorn. 25 cents/hour wasn't much even then but I was in high school and didn't have any time to spend it between school and work hours. I saved up enough to pay for my first quarter's tuition in college the next year.

Back then the stores closed at 5:00 and were closed on Sundays and there was no on-line shopping.