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Member Section => Reloading => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on October 20, 2017, 10:16:06 PM

Title: Powder Score
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 20, 2017, 10:16:06 PM
The Big Brown Truck of Happiness dropped off a box yesterday from bullets.com.

I got the tip from a fb group (so maybe fb ain't so bad for some things) about a sale on powder.

I picked up three 1 pound cans of TiteGroup for $17 and change each and two cans of Universal  for $14 and change each. With hazmat and shipping fees it was only $111 for five pounds of powder that will load thousands of rounds (TiteGroup goes a looooong way).

I've never used Universal, but wanted to try it ever since a friend recommended it.

Hopefully just the first of many......
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: Majer on October 21, 2017, 09:22:06 AM
Nice score.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: Rastus on October 21, 2017, 09:30:33 AM
Since I have no idea....what kind of savings was this?
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 21, 2017, 09:38:47 AM
I figure an average of $22 per pound is a great deal. The last time I bought TiteGroup, it was $32 a pound.

With the $20 hazmat fee, it's best to buy as many cans as I can to spread it out.

I can load close to 1400 rounds of .45 ACP with one pound of TiteGroup (a little goes a long way), so a few more pounds (with what I have on hand) and I'll be good for years to come.

Next order will be rifle powder.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: Rastus on October 21, 2017, 09:41:00 AM
Good deal.  I have the "stuff" to reload but I don't because I don't have any place to really do it.  I do, however, want to "freshen up" my powder just in case SHTF visits.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 21, 2017, 10:14:17 AM
Good deal.  I have the "stuff" to reload but I don't because I don't have any place to really do it.  I do, however, want to "freshen up" my powder just in case SHTF visits.

It'll store forever. I know folks loading with powder that belonged to their grandfather.

I buy supplies for future use. I don't load in large batches yet. I do have a Dillon 550 press that is still in the box that I bought back when they were under $300 for the full kit with dies.

I just load what I shoot on a couple of Lee presses that I can mount and unmount as I need to use them.

Check out a website called T&B Bullets. It's a small operation, but he ships hardcast lead bullets that are as good as Oregon Trail & Lazercast. You can get 500 .45 ACP 200gr SWC for less than $60 shipped.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: alfsauve on October 21, 2017, 10:24:34 AM
LGS/R has Titegroup in #1 bottles for $19.95.   They seem to have plenty and nobody appears to be in a rush to buy them out.

No Federal Small Pistol Primers.   There's what's hard to find.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: Rastus on October 21, 2017, 10:31:02 AM
LGS/R?
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 21, 2017, 07:23:22 PM
LGS/R?

Maybe local gun store/range??


LGS/R has Titegroup in #1 bottles for $19.95.   They seem to have plenty and nobody appears to be in a rush to buy them out.

No Federal Small Pistol Primers.   There's what's hard to find.


That is a good price for a brick and mortar place indeed. I haven't found it that cheap down here (full-blown shooting supply stores are few, and not many gun stores carry much reloading stuff). Only one local gun store in our town carries reloading stuff, but not a wide range of powder, and what they do have is higher priced.
By the time I drive to places with cheaper powder the gas cost puts me over the cost to just buy it online and pay the hazmat, especially at $17 per pound and $15 per pound for some.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: alfsauve on October 21, 2017, 08:01:00 PM
Just getting carried away with the AARP acronyms.  Local Gun Store/Range. 


LOL (Living on Lipitor)
ROFL....CGU    Rolling On Floor Laughing...Can't Get Up.

 
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: TAB on October 21, 2017, 08:09:36 PM
I wish I had time too shoot let alone reload.   I have 2 more weeks worth of work, then I am off for a month.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: alfsauve on October 22, 2017, 08:25:57 PM
 Titegroup $62.99 for 4#.


 https://reloadingunlimited.com/product/hodgdon-titegroup/?ct=t(This_Weekend_at_Reloading_Unlimited_Hodg9_15_2017)&mc_cid=94d61d564f&mc_eid=390fd585b8
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 22, 2017, 08:52:50 PM
Titegroup $62.99 for 4#.


 https://reloadingunlimited.com/product/hodgdon-titegroup/?ct=t(This_Weekend_at_Reloading_Unlimited_Hodg9_15_2017)&mc_cid=94d61d564f&mc_eid=390fd585b8


Funny, the 4 pound is the better deal averaging $15 +change per pound, and the eight pound jug jumps back up to $18 +change per pound before shipping and hazmat.

Hazmat is the same as bullets.com, but the shipping is $7 higher. Total for the four pound jug shipped is $99.48 or $24.87 per pound........still not bad at all.

I've bookmarked the site and can check it when shopping.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: alfsauve on October 23, 2017, 06:49:41 PM
You could sign up for their emails, but they're a little too prolific.  I may unsubscribe.  I just want the primers which they never seem to have.
Title: Re: Powder Score
Post by: PegLeg45 on October 24, 2017, 06:46:27 PM
You could sign up for their emails, but they're a little too prolific.  I may unsubscribe.  I just want the primers which they never seem to have.

Primers are next on my list.