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[LawrenceA]

What kind of person only goes to the range three times a year?

wm

I haven't been to a range in decades. Doesn't mean I don't shoot.
Nearest range is 300 miles away and I am not a member.
So the answer to your question is the type of person who lives remote.
Saw some locals chasing wallabies with spears and boomerangs last month!
No kidding.

 

[BJm]

My advice has always been -- stock up on lead, primers, flints & powder as often as & you can, even if you don't neccesesary need them now, place them in dry storage & you will be shooting in years to come at today's prices when everyone else is whineing about the price. Set a target amount of each item & replace them as you use them. Bulk buying is the cheapest way to go.

 

[William Lincoln]

Hey Graf's powder(available here) house brand is now GOEX. Used to be WANO/Schutzen.
At $16/lb its a deal. To answer, I need to know the gun you are shooting? Shotguns eat up
powder. So can certain revolvers. If you are only shooting 3 times a year then it depends as to
what you are shooting. As general advice, buy what you can get--up to a point. With only
3 lbs you are light. My personal red light is 7lbs- when I hit that I switch to pyrodex
or lately Black MZ and reserve my powder. There used to be powder deals like $5 bucks
a pound if you take 20 pounds etc. Haven't seen that for some years. Inflation is eating
everything. Most of my powder is shot up by loved ones when we go out to shoot.
Hunting you don't use hardly anything. I lived for awhile in Aussie land. Loved it and
the people are very pro American--or were when I was there. Best to you.

 

[Josephg]

You have three pounds of Goex at home. You go to the range three times a year. While cruising your gun store you spot a new shipment of Goex. Price $30/#. How many if any would you buy?

I'd buy a case. I have not purchased powder by the pound since the 1980s.

That's what I would do. Well, that's what I would do normally. 30 bucks a can? I'd look to buy a case at less than 30 bucks a pound.

 

[Silky921]

In this day and age, I would buy as much as I could comfortably afford. I have a Muzzeloading shop that’s about 40 miles from me one way, he has everything that everybody else is out of.I’ve made a few trips there and spent a lot of money there in the last few weeks..

You're not that far from me. Which shop are you talking about?

 

[Loyalist Dave]

You have three pounds of Goex at home. You go to the range three times a year. While cruising your gun store you spot a new shipment of Goex. Price $30/#. How many if any would you buy?

None.

I buy in bulk, and because of battle reenactment blanks, I shot (preCOVID) about 6 lbs. a year in blanks alone. A pound or two in target shooting and hunting. As I'm part of a group, there are always people that want a pound or two of powder, and as most powder merchants online allow one to mix and match a case, it's easy for me to assemble a group order for an organization. One chap has a light field piece, and sometimes is half the order.

LD

 

[Timber Wolf]

None at that price, but then a buddy and I went in on a bulk order last year before the election. I occasionally shoot a little straight Black, but when I am plinking I am more likely to just use a dab as a “kicker” for some old Pyrodex. I have several cans of Pyrodex RS sitting around from ChinaMart closeouts over the years. I hate myself but can’t pass on $5 a pound powder, even if it is fake.

 

[Critter Getter]

at less than 5 go pick up a 25# sack of Schutzen 3Fg at 14 dollars a pound and fill all the cans back up

https://www.addictedtoblackpowder.com/back-powder/

Thanks for this information. This is close and I had no idea there was a black powder supplier anywhere around here!! Greg

 

[S.Kenton]

You're not that far from me. Which shop are you talking about?

S&S Muzzeloading in Rockford Ohio ... well it’s a Rockford address.. it’s actually in Chat
He travels all around the state of Ohio to shows, goes to friendship , shipshawana, gun shows ect. I just go to his shop since the monthly gun shows have been cancelled all this year and last year. Look at his google page, he normally opens at 4 pm... he has a day job

 

[Treestalker]

at less than 5 go pick up a 25# sack of Schutzen 3Fg at 14 dollars a pound and fill all the cans back up

https://www.addictedtoblackpowder.com/back-powder/

You may be able to find an explosives dealer who will sell you 1FA powder in 25 lb sacks at a really good price for your cannons. We used the stuff in Oklahoma, don't know where the brass got it from, but it worked great in everything from a smaller Blakeley rifles and Mountain Howitzers to 12 pdr smoothbores. Maybe it was 2FA, one is smaller, that's what you want. I can't remember which.

 

[N.Y. Yankee]

Well 3 pounds will kill that extra $100 bill tucked behind your driver's license but that's what it's for, an emergency. True you could order it cheaper but it's right there and no Hazmat charges. It's better to overpay a bit and have something to shoot than go cheap have nothing while wishing you had paid the price. YMMV

Funny what some people would call an emergency! My emergency money is for if I lose my bank card and I need gas to get home or we're out somewhere and need just a little more money. Took my Mom out to dinner one night. Get up to pay and she says "We dont take cards sir." OK.

So, to the OPs question, 1. It's there, in front of me. 2. It's what I would normally buy. 3. I don't have to fumble with an online order. 4. There would be no back-orders. 5. I can afford it. 6. It's only a few bucks more. 7. Never know how much I will be shooting in the future. 8. NO WAITING FOR SHIPMENT! Yes, I would pay it, no problem.

 

[olskool]

i have always paid to much like i do for everything! i have 5 more pounds on the to add to my stockpile, as far as going to the range, i live on the range, it is behind my cabin. 110yds long,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[SemperFiHunter]

So, I’m a noob and have never bought real black powder. Heck, DGW hasn’t even shipped my Pedersoli Kentucky Flint kit yet, so powder is not really a pressing need yet. But with shipping being what it is these days, I want to be proactive.
Can anyone tell me where I can buy some fffg in person in N/E Texas?
I saw the one link above and may go that route. But would prefer in person.
Thanks,
SFH

 

[smoothshooter]

You have three pounds of Goex at home. You go to the range three times a year. While cruising your gun store you spot a new shipment of Goex. Price $30/#. How many if any would you buy?

Buy at least

You have three pounds of Goex at home. You go to the range three times a year. While cruising your gun store you spot a new shipment of Goex. Price $30/#. How many if any would you buy?

Wherever you get it, buy a lot of it.
Buy local, help keep a local BP supplier supplying.
Buy mail order, save money.
Or, you can do a little of both, and average it out.
I suspect BP and caps are going to be very hard to find and expensive to get from now on.
Stock up now, or live to regret it.

 

[Woody Morgan]

I was poking around the internet a few weeks ago and found some FFg Olde Eynsford. I didn't know the difference between that and regular Goex at the time but it wasn't much more expensive so I bought 10 pounds of it.

As my sister would say, "Smooth move, Ex-Lax".

wm

 

[Grenadier1758]

@Woody Morgan, Olde Eynsford is made by GOEX. It is formulated to be more energetic than the standard GOEX powders and to perhaps burn a bit cleaner. GOEX wanted to offer a US made powder to compete with Swiss Powder.

This old Grenadier thinks you did good too.

 

[FishDFly]

"Can anyone tell me where I can buy some fffg in person in N/E Texas?"

Where are you in N/E Texas?

HiMag in Whitehouse did have some.

 

[Zonie]

So, I’m a noob and have never bought real black powder. Heck, DGW hasn’t even shipped my Pedersoli Kentucky Flint kit yet, so powder is not really a pressing need yet. But with shipping being what it is these days, I want to be proactive.
Can anyone tell me where I can buy some fffg in person in N/E Texas?
I saw the one link above and may go that route. But would prefer in person.
Thanks,
SFH

If someone tells you where to buy real black powder, be sure to call the place before you go.
This is important because in these times, some places will be sold out.
Also, give a call to any gun store in your area or in nearby towns. Ask to speak to the manager or owner of the store and then ask him if they have real black powder. It's important to talk to the manager or owner because the gun store cannot place black powder out on the shelves with the other powders. Federal regulations require that real black powder is locked in a special storage box until it is being sold to a customer. Because of this, many of the regular clerks who work at gun stores don't even know they have it. The manager or owner will know.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

A full charge is 1 pound of powder per shot. I usually only shoot about 3/4 of a pound though. Cannons are pricy to shoot.

Yeah, but what a hoot!!!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

at less than 5 go pick up a 25# sack of Schutzen 3Fg at 14 dollars a pound and fill all the cans back up

https://www.addictedtoblackpowder.com/back-powder/

OMG...awesome source, thank you