Powder Availability Info

[Cerberus Group]

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[Cerberus Group]

Just got off the phone with Hodgdon, no powder to sell to us OEMs.

They will be finishing up retail powder orders with what they have.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Wow, wonder if this is a secrete back door disarmament tactic by the gun haters?
Or just a shortage?

 

[Cerberus Group]

I keep hearing a shortage of nitrocellulose is the cause...which might be planned...don't know.

 

[TTSX]

Well crap. Gotta go buy some powder.

 

[Cerberus Group]

What you guys seeing for prices locally?

 

[TTSX]

About $35-$45/pound

 

[msgriff]

China and Russia are two of the top producers and exporters of nitrocellulose in the world. US production is limited, and mostly high grade for the pharmaceutical, paint, and other non-munitions industries. This issue has been talked about for a while now, specifically since the start of the Ukraine war and our current relations with China.

 

[oremike]

Well I was going to retire from the ammo business in a few years any way, I guess I better make sure my ammo cans are full before I do.

 

[Xmark1]

What you guys seeing for prices locally?

$39 to $80 a pound

 

[ilostmypswrd]

I keep hearing a shortage of nitrocellulose is the cause...which might be planned...don't know.

of course its planned, surprise surprise, thanks Gomer

 

[Xmark1]

of course its planned, surprise surprise, thanks Gomer

It would follow that the massive stash of powder I have buried in the backyard, is gonna act as my retirement fund.

 

[ma96782]

Aloha, Mark

 

[Quirt Evans]

The demand for nitrocellulose right now is off the charts.
What the West thought would be a quick little war has now slapped them in the face.
After 3 years of the Nato countries giving Ukraine their ammo stocks now their stocks are rock bottom.
In case anybody hasn't been paying attention the Nato countries are gearing-up for war.
Ammo production in those countries is now running almost 24/7.
Artillery and tank ammo uses LOTS of nitrocellulose.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Nice. Another fifteen years of "what powder should I get!?" threads from the clueless.

 

[DB is Here]

"what powder should I get!?"

What is Talcum.

 

[crossbow5]

What is Talcum.

You cannot get that anymore either.

 

[Cerberus Group]

"what powder should I get!?"

Well, to spice you up a bit...there's onion, garlic, and ginger powder

 

[JuglansRegia]

What are all those people that have been hoarding primers going to do.

 

[gmerkt]

What you guys seeing for prices locally?

For stick powders, $55 for Accurate, $55 to $65 for Hodgdon, $65-75 for IMR. When it can be found. Alliant powders have been absent for a long time. I saw one pound of one of the slower RL powders about two months ago, it was $70.

Ball powders still seem to be around. If you shoot .30-06 in M1 Rifles, you can make replicant M2 rounds with BL(C)-2 which is $44 the pound and often available.

There is bound to be some unemployment coming about from this shortage. Places like Powder Valley. They won't need as many people to ship fewer powders.

Get out the old reloading books. I found a pound of Herco for $10 at a local gun show last month. It wasn't very old, either.

A few years ago, a guy gave me a couple of pounds of Hercules Hi-Vel No. 2, I had to go back in older books for that.