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Just about gone...

DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
I bought my RCBS RockChucker press in 1976. Bought some Bullseye and Unique to load handgun ammo. Preferred the Unique so the Bullseye sat on the shelf until recently when I started using it because I have not found any Unique for sale in over 2 years. Price sticker says $4.95, BTW. After loading my last 100 9x19 cases today the powder is almost kaput.

I have cases...I can get bullets...I can even get primers (if I don't mind paying $40 a brick)...but the powders I regularly use have been MIA since right about the time of the Sandy Hook massacre. About 2 months ago I finally found a jug of 4064 (dealer had 1 and that was it) but otherwise I have not been able to buy any. Used up everything I had available...including the odd cans I bought for experimental loads. I'm just about out of the reloading business at this point.

It looks like AA 5 and AA 7 could be used for most of my reloading...but I can't find any of them, either. The good news is that as of right now I am caught up. All of the bags and boxes of fired cases that have stared accusingly have been loaded. The bad news is I don't have enough powder for any additional pistol reloading. I hope I have enough loaded ammo to last the rest of my life...
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Too old to live...too young to die...
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  • TheBrassManTheBrassMan Member Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know the feeling.
    Can not find 4198 or 4350. Shop keeps telling me it is on order.
    No one has Viht. N110, that is my go to for my 44mag.
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wideners has been fairly well stocked up lately for a goodly number of different powders.
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  • westernMDhunterwesternMDhunter Member Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I posted earlier this month when Cabelas had Unique, Bullseye, Vihtavuori N110 in stock. Not sure what they have left but there is no limit on the amount you can buy. Stock up while the getting is good.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Widners..powder.No Unique but...
    https://www.wideners.com/itemview.cfm?dir=278|283
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  • reload999reload999 Member Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I found 8 pound jugs of Unique & Bullseye a while back, but what really shocked me was finding 8 pounds of AA #5 (plus 8# of #7) at a show a couple of months ago. I hadn't seen any #5 in a couple of years, and was amazed to be able to get some :) They also had 8 # of Aliant 2400, and although I don't load much magnum ammo anymore, I grabbed it too.

    Also have a LOT of IMR powders (3031, 4064, 4198, 4350, 4895), Hogdgon 335 & Varget, Blue Dot, AA #7, etc., etc. Along with a lot of brass and tens of thousands of primers (most bought @ $55 per 5000 case) & a good stock of projectiles, I probably don't need anything else in the foreseeable future.

    I could certainly spare a pound of AA #7, Doc, but I don't know of a good way to get it to you. I'm near Pensacola.
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  • TheBrassManTheBrassMan Member Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by westernMDhunter
    I posted earlier this month when Cabelas had Unique, Bullseye, Vihtavuori N110 in stock. Not sure what they have left but there is no limit on the amount you can buy. Stock up while the getting is good.


    Do not have a Cabelas near me. Closest one is in Georgia. SW FL here.
    Wonder if Bass Pro has any. Will have to check. That is only 40 miles away.
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  • reload999reload999 Member Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Widener's is showing 8 pound jugs of 4198 and 4350 in stock. Gotta pay hazmat # shipping, but a big order can make it worthwhile.quote:Originally posted by TheBrassMan
    I know the feeling.
    Can not find 4198 or 4350. Shop keeps telling me it is on order.
    No one has Viht. N110, that is my go to for my 44mag.
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  • westernMDhunterwesternMDhunter Member Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by TheBrassMan
    quote:Originally posted by westernMDhunter
    I posted earlier this month when Cabelas had Unique, Bullseye, Vihtavuori N110 in stock. Not sure what they have left but there is no limit on the amount you can buy. Stock up while the getting is good.


    Do not have a Cabelas near me. Closest one is in Georgia. SW FL here.
    Wonder if Bass Pro has any. Will have to check. That is only 40 miles away.


    The closest Cabela's to me is almost two hours away. It would cost me more in fuel to drive there with the possibility of them not having anything so I pay the $20 hazmat fee and stock up when they have a nice selection of different powders I use in stock online.
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