triplesinglestack Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 is there ever going to be powder again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 ETR7 at Expansion Industries - $85 for 4 lbs - good for .380, 9mm, .40 and .45 (similar to TG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummm Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I hear you. December of 2012 / Jan 2013 was when I was going to get into reloading. Sandy Hook happened, powder disappeared (along with everything else). Everything else came back, and I've been telling myself, "As soon as powder becomes kind of available, I'll get into reloading." 2 years and still waiting. My guess is that most of the major powder companies figured, "Yeah, but if we invest in increased powder production, in X years everything will be back to normal, and we'll be left holding the bag, because we need X + Y years to get a decent ROI". Maybe they were wrong, and X & Y were .5, they're kicking themselves, but afraid that "normal" levels of demand are still just around the corner. Maybe X & Y are 3, and so they're still thinking they made a great decision. I don't know the economics of the industry. Maybe there's tons of money dying to invest in the space, but there's too much government regulation. Maybe there's someone tooling up right now to start making the next great powder by the metric ton, and they'll make a killing because everyone else is too conservative and / or too stupid. Maybe our sport is just so puny that the economics don't scale, so we'll always be an underserved market, having to get powder as a byproduct of companies mainly concerned about meeting military or LEO contracts. Maybe reloading is a dinosaur, soon to go extinct. There are a zillion variables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowfin Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 There was a fire at one of Hodgdon's factories, that much I know. As for the rest, yeah there's some attempts to avoid getting stuck with a glut, some of it being a tight credit market so it's hard to borrow $xx million to buy materials in anticipation of sales, some of it being market tied up from a decade of foreign wars, and a lot of it simply being demand from the biggest firearms sale boom in history coupled with higher round consumption shooting sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplesinglestack Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Guess I get to work on my golf game this summer, since I am about out of powder..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I have been watching for 3n38 for over a year. Powder Valley had some last week and it was gone before I could even add it to my cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 hmmm .... just scored 15 lbs of WST from PV 1 min ago ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmj3 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I have been watching for 3n38 for over a year. Powder Valley had some last week and it was gone before I could even add it to my cart. They had some 3n38 today, I was hoping for 3n37 tho. Was able to get an 8lber of HS-6 to try for 9mm major - would have grabbed more if I had any previous experience with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oskino Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) I'm lucky PSA and Cabelas just a few miles away, now I just by 1 lb at a time instead of 8 to 12 Edited January 17, 2015 by Oskino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echotango Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I hate having to pay auction prices for powder. No other options around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablodawg Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 It's out there if you stay on top of the market. I've gotten 20lbs of TAC and 10lbs of WST in the last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 just picked up 2# each of RL-15 and IMR4166 and 8# of 8202XBR. its available sparingly but you see it, you have to act fast. (doesn't mean hoard up tho ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echotango Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 just got a notification that autocomp was in stock. Put it in my cart and when I went to enter my credit card number it said error as no longer in stock. All this was done in less than 2 minutes. Pisses me off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick238 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I would love to find some powder. How is this stuff made any way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 This Hate rant has turned into a discussion, which is beyond the bounds of the rules for the Hate Forum. Thus, it must be closed. Please review the Hate Forum Rules: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8097 [note: this is a generic response] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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