Real Black Powder in East Tennessee?

[Sparkybond007]

Hello all,

I’m having a hard time locating real black powder in East Tennessee near Knoxville. I would prefer to buy in person to avoid paying the high hazmat fee.

I’ve tried the Bass Pro in Sevierville, but the 2 employees I talked to at the gun counter seemed to think that they only carried substitutes.

Does anyone know where I could get some close to Knoxville?

 

[Ames]

No.
Your best bet is to order 10 lbs. to make the hazmat fee more acceptable per pound. Plenty of threads on here show shooters are scrambling for any powder they can get. It wont get any better for a while so grab it and be glad you did. Next month you may not even find what you see today.
Try Travelers in Texas. Good folks, low prices, fast shipping, and its in stock. At least for now.

 

[Stykbow]

@Sparkybond007 I ran into the same issue. You can forget finding it locally. I checked everywhere. There are no local clubs that I can find that would make it easier. I said to heck with it and just went with Pyrodex. Shoots good and reliable for me and is much easier to come by. If you gotta have real black your best option is ordering it as Ames suggested above.

 

[RobWheeler]

Do you have the url for Travelers?

rob

 

[user 48702]

Do you have the url for Travelers?

rob

http://www.travelersantiquesandtrading.com/product/must-contact-black-powder/

 

[rp77469]

I have looked in east Tennessee for muzzle loading supplies too and have found nothing outside of some round ball at Cabellas/BassShop. Anything available near Ashville or Bristol?

I ordered a case of Goex from Coonies in May at 22.04 a pound delivered. NMLRA sells powder to members at the spring and fall shoots, but you have to go to Friendship, Indiana to get it. No idea what the cost per pound is or if there is a limit. I hope to be moved by then and can go to the shoots to compete, and buy some needed plunder.

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

I have looked in east Tennessee for muzzle loading supplies too and have found nothing outside of some round ball at Cabellas/BassShop. Anything available near Ashville or Bristol?

I ordered a case of Goex from Coonies in May at 22.04 a pound delivered. NMLRA sells powder to members at the spring and fall shoots, but you have to go to Friendship, Indiana to get it. No idea what the cost per pound is or if there is a limit. I hope to be moved by then and can go to the shoots to compete, and buy some needed plunder.

How often you in Asheville brother?

 

[Nameless Hunter]

There's a place north of Cookeville that might have some.
It's a bit of a drive from Knoxville but they did have GOEX a few weeks ago for $25 / pound.
I'll send you a PM with the tel number. Might be worth a call.

 

[BrantWW]

Frontier Firearms USA in Kingston has applied for a low explosive license to sell blackpowder.

 

[Woody Morgan]

Frontier Firearms USA in Kingston has applied for a low explosive license to sell blackpowder.

Gonna buy them out too?

wm

 

[user 49399]

Frontier Firearms USA in Kingston has applied for a low explosive license to sell blackpowder.

I’ll be making the short trip down to Kingston when you get it

 

[BrantWW]

Gonna buy them out too?

wm

Already did twenty-one years ago.

 

[TNBandit]

Hearthstone Guns in Greeneville if you're up for a road trip. About an hour & a half up I-81 from Knoxville

 

[Eric Krewson]

I bought 10# from Crater Fireworks, Blasting and Black Powder, it ended up costing $30 a pound to my door but this was cheaper than taking a road trip to find some. They seemed to be well stocked. The were low on Goex, which was what I bought, but had plenty of Shutzen and Swiss.

 

[Sparkybond007]

Hearthstone Guns in Greeneville if you're up for a road trip. About an hour & a half up I-81 from Knoxville

I’ll actually be heading up to Greeneville this weekend to visit family. I may just have to stop by there. How are their prices?

 

[Captndan]

I get mine from Hearthstone. Only open Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri.

 

[BrantWW]

I have looked in east Tennessee for muzzle loading supplies too and have found nothing outside of some round ball at Cabellas/BassShop. Anything available near Ashville or Bristol?

I ordered a case of Goex from Coonies in May at 22.04 a pound delivered. NMLRA sells powder to members at the spring and fall shoots, but you have to go to Friendship, Indiana to get it. No idea what the cost per pound is or if there is a limit. I hope to be moved by then and can go to the shoots to compete, and buy some needed plunder.

Frontier Firearms in Kingston has loads of BP supplies and accessories including flints.

 

[Ponderosaman]

I was able to get some Schuetzen from my local distributor. I think the closest one to you is in Bardstown KY, which is 3 1/2 hours from Knoxville and I can’t say what their inventory looks like, but if you and a few friends want to make a road trip, it might be worth it depending on how desperate you are and availability.

 

[smo]

From Goex distributors web site.

Good Luck

 

[Sparkybond007]

Frontier Firearms in Kingston has loads of BP supplies and accessories including flints.

Do they also have black powder or is it just accessories?