10 lbs BP Now Or Wait

[SPQR70AD]

Buy buy buy

which causes...shortage shortage shortage

 

[SPQR70AD]

My dad told me the best way he found to double his money was to fold it in half and put it back in his pocket.

a farmer told me best way to double his money was to put up another mailbox

 

[pamtnman]

which causes...shortage shortage shortage

So go without. It’s your choice, based on how much you shoot or don’t shoot. But don’t whine about it. Guys here buying ten pounds of powder to last them the next couple years are planning ahead. Demand and related pricing is the foundation of capitalism.

 

[rocullen]

If I had the extra funds and didn't have a couple extra pounds of 2F, I'd be ordering at least 5# of 3F. I'll just have to shoot the 2F I have until I need more. At the rate I'm going it might be 10-12 years.

 

[Africa58double]

Recently bought 10lbs Swiss. Figured “I’d get it ,while getting is good”

I was thinking this when I read title… before opening thread

Bird in hand...?

 

[pamtnman]

Thing is, some rifles take huge charges and a shooter can burn through a pound of powder pretty quickly. The .62 rifle I shoot burns 120 grains FFG each shot, and one practice session burns 20% of a pound of powder. The antique British double rifles I shoot each take anywhere from 100 to 170 grains of 1.5FG or FFG in each barrel. A practice session with any one of these rifles will easily burn through half a pound of powder. Multiply that by a half dozen rifles (every one of which I do hunt with every year), and Papa needs his powder order filled, now...

 

[Lonewalker]

Buy or cry, how much ya reckon to save on the waiting gamble 10 bucs 20 bucs

 

[Whughett]

A northern buddy bought one pound of Swiss paid $41 for it. Guess that makes $25 for Schutzen a bargain.

 

[Africa58double]

I got Swiss at $25 per lbs

Add shipping cost and Then Hazmat… yet that’s Seperate.

$25 per pound ain’t bad

 

[Wawyasto]

Do it. Do it now.

Estes Energetics has a long row to hoe before you see Goex back on the shelves. They've got a plant to rebuild (I doubt Hodgdon did squat with the plant after the fire), a boatload of hazmat, environmental and labor regulatory issues to address and quite likely a backlog of military and commerical contracts to fill by the ton before they start filling 1 pound cans of 2 and 3f.

 

[Boston Bill]

A quick perusal of your comments on this cool forum indicates an abundance of negativity. Like the other people here, I am here to learn about black powder firearms, and get advice. You bring zero to my experience here, so I am blocking you.

lol, I just did to!

 

[nhmoose]

Wait and you may never have.

ML can be the cheapest known in the gun sports and the biggest complainers when they can not get anything. Easy to research just read the posts here.

Buy now so you have it instead of saving 20 bucks or so.

If you don't expect any sympathy when you cannot get any at any price cause you will get laughed at.

 

[59sharps]

Just do it

Are the white jugs 5 lb wa or is that a new 1lb can. i can read the label.
An another note i by 5 or 10 lbs ever spring and fall from back creek when I’m at the nationals buy caps at the vets skirmish there.

 

[59sharps]

Who did you buy it from????

Let me guess Graft’s

 

[B P Arn]

Panic buying only exacerbate the current shortage. Calm down, don't be greedy, and please don't encourage others to act like a bunch of hogs.

 

[springfield art]

I'm down to my last couple cans of BP. Plus I have about 5 lbs of Pyrodex that I caught on clearance years ago for backup and letting the kids plink with it. At $250 for 10 lbs of Schutzen delivered, would you pull the trigger on it now or wait to see what prices will do.

That's a very reasonable price, you'll not find it again for $25 a can; go for it!!

 

[B P Arn]

That's a very reasonable price, you'll not find it again for $25 a can; go for it!!

Yes: do your part to keep the shortage going!

 

[William Sublette]

You know what, you guys make alot of sense.


I just laid in a sevral years supply of coffee, bourbon, tobacco, and blackpowder.


I think I can manage the looming great Brandon Depression if I have some of the staples on hand.

 

[springfield art]

Yes: do your part to keep the shortage going!

It's not like the seller will just spread it around to ten other guys, necessarily. Plus the buyer could very well sell a few cans locally to fellow club members, friends, etc.

 

[BruceS]

For those of us who shoot skeet and trap, 10 lbs might get us through one year. Some shoot more than others and don’t consider 10 lbs hoarding. I usually buy a 25lb case that might last 2 years.