Blackhorn 209 price "what the hell"

[Supaphly]

What the hell is up with the price of blackhorn 209? I seen an 8oz jug at sportsman's for $80. That is crazy.

 

[ElDiablito]

Yep. Don’t buy it (save it for me)!

 

[Supaphly]

Yep. Don’t buy it (save it for me)!

They had a ton of it haha

 

[JRay]

Pay the piper. Use judiciously. Practice with open sights on a “cheap” to operate rifle with similar accuracy.

Or switch to 777. Abundant and cheaper. My brother kills deer, elk and antelope with it.

 

[Supaphly]

Pay the piper. Use judiciously. Practice with open sights on a “cheap” to operate rifle with similar accuracy.

Or switch to 777. Abundant and cheaper. My brother kills deer, elk and antelope with it.

I have plenty for the next season or two as long as I don't change anything. But I was thinking about switching bullets and sights. I just find it crazy that it went up 60% and all other powders didn't

 

[LookinforDirt]

Yeah. I won’t buy it at that price. I still have 12oz or so. I will make that last and shoot something cheaper if prices are that high when I need more.

 

[EVO6]

It’s outstanding, Hodgdon bought it a couple years ago. Raised the price and cut it back 2 more Oz.

 

[MallardSX2]

It's gotten so expensive that I pull the breech plug and salvage my powder after a hunt and put it in a separate jug for "checking powder" the following year.

Over the summer, we have 100-degree days, so I set it out in the sunshine and leave the lid off of the powder for a couple hours and let the hot air dry it out just to be sure it is nice and dry in case there was any dampness in the powder.

 

[William Sublette]

I saw it in a lgs in NW KS yesterday for $53. Which is ridiculous. But it looks like sportsmans is being a little rapey.

 

[teamwhitebelly]

$99 at my local Thiesens last week!! No I didn't buy any. Retired and on fixed income. Use that money for Bud Light targets.

 

[cornfedkiller]

$79.99 at Scheels a couple weeks ago. Had to do a double-take when I walked by.

 

[87TT]

I thought it was bad when 3F Goex went up to $20 lb. Only shoot real BP in the old flintlock.

 

[5MilesBack]

I seen an 8oz jug at sportsman's for $80. That is crazy.

Yes it is. If folks would just stop paying those prices, they'd have no choice but to lower them. Unfortunately, it's kind of like the car market. Too many people willing to pay MSRP or even higher, so that's ruined the market for those of us that always haggled the price down. There are certain price points for everything I use that I just won't pay, even if I can afford it.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

it was going on gunbroker for $400-500 per 8oz bottle last september.

when my current stash is used up i'm going back to 777, don't need the extra 100 fps bad enough to mess around with the new cost and chronic shortage of BH209.

 

[CMP70306]

Yes it is. If folks would just stop paying those prices, they'd have no choice but to lower them. Unfortunately, it's kind of like the car market. Too many people willing to pay MSRP or even higher, so that's ruined the market for those of us that always haggled the price down. There are certain price points for everything I use that I just won't pay, even if I can afford it.

For those that only shoot 5 times a year to check zero and hunt that works out to around $8 a year and would last a decade. To them the price isn’t a huge concern for the stated reason.

I switched to smokeless, powder is way cheaper.

 

[HNTR918]

I have 3-4 8oz containers available.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I found several jugs at Walmart, $50ish each if I remember.

 

[Bluefish]

All powders have gone up. Was over $250 for a jug of unique. 10 years ago that would have been $130. the 1 lb I have found recently are around 50, they used to be 25-28.

 

[Rich M]

Prices just keep climbing cause there is always someone who will pay. The corporations keep making new record profits while bumping they prices up and up.

 

[Rudebob]

Hopefully, the greed of Hodgdon will inspire some enterprising company to produce an exact competing product in the future. The market seems ripe for competition.