Holy crap powder prices

[gbflyer]

It's to the point where it's not really worthwhile to reload common cartridges.

 

[waspocrew]

Yeah… been this way for a while now unfortunately. Best thing is to wait for a sale and stock up. My local scheels has sales on reloading components at least twice a year, so that’s when I’ll usually add to the supply.

 

[S.Clancy]

I can only imagine the people complaining most about reloading components bought their house with 2 sacks of apples.....

 

[hickswr]

Powder and primer prices have actually decreased some lately.

But yeah, it still sucks!

 

[Jason Snyder]

I’m routinely seeing primers for 55-60 dollars per brick, down from 100-120 a couple of years ago.

Wish I would have bought about 16 pounds of H4350 and Varget before it jumped.

 

[tstowater]

Last major haul on primers was $125/5000 with $25 mail in rebate. The only problem was how many cases could I buy with the wife along. Ended up with 4 cases. One each of large rifle, small rifle, shotgun and a mixed of small and large pistol. This was 2019. Buy powder and primers in volume when prices are right.

 

[nm.otter]

Midsouth had CCI BR's at $0.05 last BF.
Patience is a virtue.

 

[PanhandlinPat]

I usually wait for Midways birthday pricing to buy a bunch of powder. Shoulda checked my RL23 bottle before it passed, that $300 8 pound keg is getting light.

 

[Dmoua]

I make one big purchase a year when there is free hazmat. Started reloading in 2017 and I don’t think I ever saved any money. With prices so high now it does seem to eliminate the hoarders from hoarding.

 

[Castle Rock]

I make one big purchase a year when there is free hazmat. Started reloading in 2017 and I don’t think I ever saved any money. With prices so high now it does seem to eliminate the hoarders from hoarding.

I bought a crate of 450s just as the market peaked.
The upshot of that is I have a crate of 450s

 

[Weldor]

This will hurt your feelings.

 

[Bobby Bailey]

The funny thing is, I've be reading some American rifleman magazines from the 70's. There's quite a few articles on reduced loads because guys were complaining about the high cost of components then. If them old boys saw what we pay now they'd probably choke...

I was loading back then .
But, it doesn't really bother me, everything has gone up. My first public job paid 1.30/hr., first car was 2800.00.
So, powder ain't that bad.

 

[DonE911]

For years I was after some trail boss.... almost 4 years. I was finally able to grab 3 of the 9oz cans, price was almost double the tag on my last remaining one.
I got lucky to be at the LGS the day the powder shipment arrived.... I grabbed the only 8lb container of Varget that they recieved... after tax it was just short of $450.... ouch. I asked them to put me on the "call list" if they get H4350 in. Luckily that will fill out my needs for a long time, but any new rifle will be sacrificed for powder for the foreseeable future.

 

[A382DWDZQ]

I traded my neighbor a sleeve of primers for a dozen eggs on Saturday.

 

[PKR]

After an 8 or so year break from reloading I was shocked and remembered the $15-20 per pound stuff I used to buy ….

 

[DeerTurtle]

I can't believe that its now cheaper to buy H1000 and Retumbo than it is 4350!

 

[wind gypsy]

I make one big purchase a year when there is free hazmat. Started reloading in 2017 and I don’t think I ever saved any money. With prices so high now it does seem to eliminate the hoarders from hoarding.

There was supply scares for a decade and all the hoarders are already hoarded up! Throw price escalation on top and its hard to go too crazy.

 

[Andouille]

This discussion seems funny to me as powder and primer prices in AK seem to finally have come back to pre-pandemic prices, with sales on several brands at our large box stores. Im stocked up!

 

[waspocrew]

This discussion seems funny to me as powder prices in AK seem to finally have come back to pre-pandemic prices, with sales on several brands at our large box stores. Im stocked up!

Buy cheap and stack it deep!

I’m set for a long time.