FOR SALE Good news from Friendship

[Robin Henderson]

Saw this at Friendship today. Was told it would be back on the shelf come January.

 

[SDSmlf]

Yep, the sign makes it official……

 

[Robin Henderson]

The sign was in a former Goex distributors booth. Deer Creek Products, also a distributor, was displaying the same sign. Reps for Estes, I'm told, will be at the fall shoot to promote their new product.

 

[Fly Navy]

Yes, this is good news.

 

[granth]

Awesome news. I've been fortunate to been able to buy powder through my club, but I'm afraid when that dries up I'll be SOL!

 

[Robin Henderson]

I don't know how I posted this here....meant to place it in general muzzle loading.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

The sign was in a former Goex distributors booth. Deer Creek Products, also a distributor, was displaying the same sign. Reps for Estes, I'm told, will be at the fall shoot to promote their new product.

Let's hope the new owners are interested in promoting the sport this time instead of just selling the product.

Vern Estes is a kind of a celebrity and pioneer in the model rocket community. His family was in the business of fireworks, so I guess you can say he's been knee deep in BP since his beginning.

I was a model rocket nerd when I was a pup. I have no idea how many of his kits I put together and launched off. 100 maybe. Neat to see the same company that gave me joy as a kid end up doing it again in a little different arena as an adult.

 

[vibraphonusrex]

My Estes Vostok rocket was awesome! Until it got stuck on top of the town’s water tower!

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

How’s the shoot? Good turnout?

 

[Diogenes454]

Good news, I hope it's cheaper than my last Goex purchase.. 30 a LB

 

[harleynut]

Now if the percussion caps would catch up !

 

[Tenring]

When you think about all of us that bought BP during these crazy days we really did not see the Price of it get to the point that it was out of reach for most of us, yes it took a big jump but we all could still enjoy our sport. When looking at that Goex sign all I can say is come on 2023 and hopefully Estes keeps it in reach $………

 

[William O.]

Let's hope the new owners are interested in promoting the sport this
I was a model rocket nerd when I was a pup. I have no idea how many of his kits I put together and launched off. 100 maybe. Neat to see the same company that gave me joy as a kid end up doing it again in a little different arena as an adult.

Same here, not quite as many but great fun.

 

[smoothshooter]

Saw this at Friendship today. Was told it would be back on the shelf come January. View attachment 143865

Not knowing the inflation rate anytime in the future I assume Goex is not even going to guess at what their powder will be retailing for.

 

[Tenring]

If they have any sense they will price it under what we’re paying now from other vendors or what the use. Right…

 

[Bad Karma]

If they have any sense they will price it under what we’re paying now from other vendors or what the use. Right…

If they have sense they’ll price it based on the cost of bringing a high quality product to market. At a reasonable price point.