If you ordered 25 lbs from Grafs today it would cost you $25 + tax delivered to your door, not $60. What is "poor" about my attitude. I'm just stating reality. If someone is to too poor to buy powder what am I supposed to do? Start a "go fund me " account for him? Maybe petition Congress to start a new gov't assistance program for "new BP shooters that live below the poverty level" so you can feel all warm & fuzzy about helping the "underprivileged". Maybe we could make it legal to buy BP with Food Stamps. This is the REAL world & the market place sets the price. Whining constantly about it will not change anything. I was taught that if you wanted something you did what it took to reach your goal through hard work & enterprise, not by whining & complaining. I'll say it again, "If you can't afford to pay, you don't get to play". Sometimes the truth hurts!
I bought powder, 1075s, and musket caps from Grafs last year (hazmat was $19.95 then and powder prices were a little lower). Great to deal with. I see they do have their (new version) house powder (it used to be Goex, now I think it is Schützen), and Schuetzen, in stock, but are completely out of Swiss. Yes, if you search, and if powder has come in, you can find it online from various sources, at various per pound prices (some with minimum or maximum required purchase quantities), and with varying hazmat fees (Grafs is pretty low). However, I can tell you that Grafs was out of everything until fairly recently, and when they or any other dealer has got supply in in the past year, it went quickly. Also, if the shortage is truly over, even with inflation prices, that would be a great thing.
I have started seeing #11 CCI caps ($9.99 per 100, I think) back in store at Academy Sports in NC, and occasionally powder has been available for brief periods online, but that has been about it. Felt pretty real to me…
9 bucks per hundred isn’t horrible considering the rampant inflation in every other sector of the economy. Four years ago I paid 4.00 per hundred and they were available everywhere.
Spot on. There is a shortage.I don’t know that I would refer to the black powder/caps/primers, etc. shortage as “alleged.” Whether it was artificially or purposely created or not, stuff was not generally available online or in any local retailers, and if it was it was at gouged prices. Goex ceasing production wasn’t made up. If you had a different or better experience and/or have had a local place to constantly obtain these items, well then you have been one lucky b@st@rd.
Agree. All the social media sites are like that. Constant whining.
Wow ! Okay, you totally missed my point, but that's fine; hopefully you feel better getting that all out . Apparently I hit a nerve judging by this rambling off the rails post about Congress, go fund me, and the "underprivileged". I didn't mean to offend you , rather I was offering a different viewpoint in a as professional and respectful manner as I could, yet I failed to convey that viewpoint. Yes the truth hurts, all truths. Good day and may God bless you.
We all pay it. Whether we’re buying directly from grafs or from the local gun store. It may not be itemized but you’re paying it nonetheless.
I don't worry about paying the Hazmat fee....it is what it is. If I want it, if it's available, and if I can afford it.......I'll buy it.
"End of Line......"
When you hit the Woods during the season and are successful ...yeah its like going out to dinner!
