Anyone use 777 Powde for Revolvers?

[JMinnerath]

Crabby old fart shuffles away.....

I'm with ya this morning! My back is killing me and I gotta get out and split firewood. :haha:
groan!

 

[CaptainKirk]

1) Unavailability :hmm:
2) Unreal HAZMAT charges :surrender:
3) Pyrodex ain't THAT bad.... :shake:

 

[Pete Gaimari]

1) Unavailability :hmm:
2) Unreal HAZMAT charges :surrender:
3) Pyrodex ain't THAT bad.... :shake:

1) No UPS service near you?

2) $20? No fee with larger order. No friends?

3) :rotf:

 

[CaptainKirk]

1) Unavailability :hmm:
2) Unreal HAZMAT charges :surrender:
3) Pyrodex ain't THAT bad.... :shake:

1) No UPS service near you?

2) $20? No fee with larger order. No friends?

3) :rotf:

I see your point, Pete.
I guess if I was to make it economical, I'd have to "buddy up" with a couple other BP shooters and do one big order; spread the HAZMAT charge amongst us. Unfortunately, I only hang with one BP shooter at present; he's still building his GPR and wants to shoot RS in it. I s'pose I could work on him over the next few weeks, though. After all, I talked him into the GPR... :wink:
Guess I need more friends? :idunno:

 

[Pete Gaimari]

The cool part is if you buy a bigger order there's no HazMat or shipping fees.

It comes out to about $13 a lb with no sales tax. :thumbsup:

 

[CaptainKirk]

The cool part is if you buy a bigger order there's no HazMat or shipping fees.

It comes out to about $13 a lb with no sales tax. :thumbsup:

Well, don't want to hijack this thread, but who do you buy yours from? Website info, etc? Thanks! :v

 

[Pete Gaimari]

I buy from here. They always treat me good.
http://www.mainepowderhouse.com/index.php

 

[Zonie]

The cool part is if you buy a bigger order there's no HazMat or shipping fees.

It comes out to about $13 a lb with no sales tax. :thumbsup:

I think you meant to say:

"...if you buy a bigger order there's no additional HazMat fee."

The Haz Mat fee is per shipment and there usually are additional shipping fees for heavier packages.

 

[Pete Gaimari]

The cool part is if you buy a bigger order there's no HazMat or shipping fees.

It comes out to about $13 a lb with no sales tax. :thumbsup:

I think you meant to say:

"...if you buy a bigger order there's no additional HazMat fee."

The Haz Mat fee is per shipment and there usually are additional shipping fees for heavier packages.

Actually, I meant what I said. If you buy 25 lbs you just pay for the powder.

 

[Zonie]

I see what you mean.

If I was selling 25 cans of powder at $13.00 each you would be paying $325.00 for the order.

With an order that large I can see how the seller can afford to pay the Haz Mat fee and the shipping and still make a tidy profit.

On the other hand, some of our members don't want to spend $325 for a supply of powder that will last them 15 years. :hmm:

 

[Pete Gaimari]

I see what you mean.

If I was selling 25 cans of powder at $13.00 each you would be paying $325.00 for the order.

With an order that large I can see how the seller can afford to pay the Haz Mat fee and the shipping and still make a tidy profit.

On the other hand, some of our members don't want to spend $325 for a supply of powder that will last them 15 years. :hmm:

That's true, but anybody who would buy 25 lbs of powder would be a shooter, and not take that long to use it. :wink:

 

[CaptainKirk]

I see what you mean.

If I was selling 25 cans of powder at $13.00 each you would be paying $325.00 for the order.

With an order that large I can see how the seller can afford to pay the Haz Mat fee and the shipping and still make a tidy profit.

On the other hand, some of our members don't want to spend $325 for a supply of powder that will last them 15 years. :hmm:

That's true, but anybody who would buy 25 lbs of powder would be a shooter, and not take that long to use it. :wink:

Oh, I dunno....I bought 500 count .45 cal 405gr FN bullets to load in my .45/70 High Wall, and I still have a bunch left. It's like the box with the bottomless pit.
25 lbs of powder would go a long, long way with me.

 

[Poor Private]

Icivil war reenact besides live firing of all my BP, both long and short. I Roll over a 500 rounds of blank cartridges(60grn) for each upcoming season I can get about 100 rounds per pound of powder-theres 5 pounds right there. and live firing may consume another 3-5 pounds. So on the high side I may go through 10 pounds per year. so why would I want to tie up an additional $2-$300 of my hard earned money just to have the powder sitting around. I would rather have that 2-300 bucks being used(and I do)buying more BP weapons :rotf: . Thats one way how I can afford to buy a couple of guns each year to add to my personal collection. Hey I can resell them if things get desperate, or as my wife says "your guns will pay for your funeral". You can't resell shot BP. And how many pounds of powder do you need for "just in case"--5? 10? 30?

 

[Pete Gaimari]

Shoot CAS if you want to burn some powder. :shocked2:

For just hunting i'm lucky to shoot 1 lb a year.

My plans were to shoot Coyotes with BP too, but it just doesn't work that good. The shots are too long. I had to go back to a .223

 

[JMinnerath]

I like to shoot and all I have to do is walk out the front door.
This time of year I have cattle getting in the way of my long range targets sometimes, but I still go through a lot of powder.
Just with my only muzzle loader, I can burn up a pound in a week easy. But, that's getting spendy for my wallet anymore.

 

[kevthebassman]

Using 777 is like using a 209 primer on a caplock.

If you want more power use Swiss.


I can't understand why anyone would want to use modern powder on a traditional gun? Why not go all the way and use an inxxxx too? Scopes mount on them real easy, and you can shoot those funny plastic bullets.

Bah humbug!

Crabby old fart shuffles away.....

Don't worry Capper, you aren't the only one of your breed. I'm 24 and would just as soon give all my guns away and join hands singing "koom bay yah" as defile my gun cabinet with an inline contraption shooting "substitute" powder.

 

[Pete Gaimari]

Bless you son.