where to get best price on powder? - The Firearms Forum

shawncanclimb · 02-08-2011, 05:20 PM

I'm just getting into reloading, and was wondering where I can get the best prices on powders and other supplies. I read, somewhere, of a website that had great prices even with the hazard fee. I forgot which site it was though. Where do you all buy your powder?

woolleyworm · 02-08-2011, 05:27 PM

Graf's has always seemed to be the best for powder shipments. If you can get a large order together, that will be the best bargain no matter where you order from. 3 guys and 8# each and then you've got a decent order going and the hazmat fee is manageable. Last shipment of powder I got was from Midway because of sale prices and the other guy was placing the order. I still buy some locally too, it's usually around $21-23 per lb around here, so it's not too bad in a pinch.

BTW - Welcome to TFF and Reloading Shawn !!

shawncanclimb · 02-08-2011, 09:02 PM

Thanks, midway sounds familiar. I just priced blue dot at $17/# at sportsmans warehouse.

accident · 02-09-2011, 09:12 AM

I am lucky enough to have a small reloading shop 30miles away.He sells me H380 and IMR4350 for around $20.00/lb.I also get my primers from him so I don't pay the Hazmat fee.If I reloaded on a larger scale and bought powder in larger quantities as a lot of guys do, I could justify getting it online and pay the hazmat fee. Joe

dammitman · 02-10-2011, 08:48 AM

i also have several good places to buy locally. that hazmat fee is such a bad deal unless you buy a lot!
Gamaliel Shooting Supply
is a small drive

carver · 02-10-2011, 09:33 AM

The last time I looked the Hazmat Fee was around $35 on powder, no matter how much you order. For that reason I buy my powder at a local shop. For me that's a round trip of 100 miles!

02-08-2011, 05:20 PM	#1
shawncanclimb Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2	where to get best price on powder? I'm just getting into reloading, and was wondering where I can get the best prices on powders and other supplies. I read, somewhere, of a website that had great prices even with the hazard fee. I forgot which site it was though. Where do you all buy your powder? -->

02-08-2011, 05:27 PM	#2
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,887	Re: where to get best price on powder? Graf's has always seemed to be the best for powder shipments. If you can get a large order together, that will be the best bargain no matter where you order from. 3 guys and 8# each and then you've got a decent order going and the hazmat fee is manageable. Last shipment of powder I got was from Midway because of sale prices and the other guy was placing the order. I still buy some locally too, it's usually around $21-23 per lb around here, so it's not too bad in a pinch. BTW - Welcome to TFF and Reloading Shawn !! __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

02-08-2011, 09:02 PM	#3
shawncanclimb Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2	Re: where to get best price on powder? Thanks, midway sounds familiar. I just priced blue dot at $17/# at sportsmans warehouse.

02-09-2011, 09:12 AM	#4
accident V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: middle GA Posts: 373	Re: where to get best price on powder? I am lucky enough to have a small reloading shop 30miles away.He sells me H380 and IMR4350 for around $20.00/lb.I also get my primers from him so I don't pay the Hazmat fee.If I reloaded on a larger scale and bought powder in larger quantities as a lot of guys do, I could justify getting it online and pay the hazmat fee. Joe __________________ "The strongest reason for the people to retain the Right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government." Thomas Jefferson

02-10-2011, 08:48 AM	#5
dammitman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 247	Re: where to get best price on powder? i also have several good places to buy locally. that hazmat fee is such a bad deal unless you buy a lot! Gamaliel Shooting Supply is a small drive

02-10-2011, 09:33 AM	#6
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,538	Re: where to get best price on powder? The last time I looked the Hazmat Fee was around $35 on powder, no matter how much you order. For that reason I buy my powder at a local shop. For me that's a round trip of 100 miles! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.