Powder Price

[ZaksGod]

just bought some n133 of our clubs rfd at £70 but the shops are charging £80+ and that is going up another £5 at least.looks like i will be selling the .223 as it is not a pleasure to shoot when i think about being shafted like that.looks like i will get a .22magnum/7.63x39 and use factory ammo and shoot a lot less after all of my supplies have run out

[Marlin Mans Son]

I am now priced out, so trying to make my own Black Powder.

Starting with making the Nitrate the old way, pissing on an old hessian mattress for the next 3 years....

;-)

[223AI]

just bought some n133 of our clubs rfd at £70 but the shops are charging £80+ and that is going up another £5 at least.looks like i will be selling the .223 as it is not a pleasure to shoot when i think about being shafted like that.looks like i will get a .22magnum/7.63x39 and use factory ammo and shoot a lot less after all of my supplies have run out

What twist is the .223? If it will stabilise 69 gr bullets switch to n140 and buy in bulk. Or switch to .22 hornet instead of .22 mag, a lb of powder will do 500 plus rounds and it will knock spots off a .22 mag for about 5p more a round.

[ZaksGod]

What twist is the .223? If it will stabilise 69 gr bullets switch to n140 and buy in bulk. Or switch to .22 hornet instead of .22 mag, a lb of powder will do 500 plus rounds and it will knock spots off a .22 mag for about 5p more a round.

my rem 700 has a 1 in 12 and does not like 69gr.just getting out of shooting prone as i prefer to shoot standing.the .22mag/7.62x39 will be used to shoot steel plate

[kennyc]

my rem 700 has a 1 in 12 and does not like 69gr.just getting out of shooting prone as i prefer to shoot standing.the .22mag/7.62x39 will be used to shoot steel plate

my .223 will stabilise 55grn Vmax and I can use N140 with them, its also a 1 in 12

[enigma]

i know its a pain that the powder has gone up but its still a lot cheaper than factory ammo and more accurate loading my own.

Also if the powder goes up, does the factory rounds not increase in line with the powder??

[223AI]

i know its a pain that the powder has gone up but its still a lot cheaper than factory ammo and more accurate loading my own.

Also if the powder goes up, does the factory rounds not increase in line with the powder??

No idea, I can't remember the last time I bought factory CF, I was in a local fairly well known gunshop before Christmas and they were telling someone that all ammo inc. cartridges were going up 15% in January!

[223AI]

my rem 700 has a 1 in 12 and does not like 69gr.just getting out of shooting prone as i prefer to shoot standing.the .22mag/7.62x39 will be used to shoot steel plate

Well if that's the case a semi auto .22 mag and adamant's 7.62x39 straight pull AK up for grabs in the sales section will be spot on. I'm buying S&B WMR FMJ for £22/100 at the moment

[SandyB]

Just been to my favourite reloading RFD and seen that this side of Christmas / New year that the price of Viht has gone up another £5 per tub, typically now £81.20 It was only £65 a tub last summer, I wonder what the price will be Christmas 2017?

Not sure what deals will be had on anything come the shooting show 2017 in 4 weeks time.

[223AI]

Just been to my favourite reloading RFD and seen that this side of Christmas / New year that the price of Viht has gone up another £5 per tub, typically now £81.20 It was only £65 a tub last summer, I wonder what the price will be Christmas 2017?

Not sure what deals will be had on anything come the shooting show 2017 in 4 weeks time.

£65 is pretty cheap, its been £74 / kg locally for ages its now gone up to £84.00 ouch! Glad I bought 3.5 kg before Christmas, I can definitely see me shooting the .223 over the .308 for target use that's for sure!!

[amc577]

Maxom powder seems to be quite cheap...if you can find it. Why no powder production in the uk....

amc577

[Hunter_zero]

Just returned to Reloading after a 5 year break, set my bench up as weekend and checked my supplies. X2 tubs of H380 and x1 box of SGK. Thought to myself "I've powder for my. 243, and bullets for my. 308", so need to get some powder for the. 308 and bullets for the. 243. After checking prices I'm tempted to sell off the Reloading kit and buy factory ammo! What's happened in five years? The tubs of H380 have price tags of £23 and 165 SGK £19.99, good God I almost fainted with the price of powder and bullets.

John

[Randy Bohannon]

Well if that's the case a semi auto .22 mag and adamant's 7.62x39 straight pull AK up for grabs in the sales section will be spot on. I'm buying S&B WMR FMJ for £22/100 at the moment

Where are you getting that FMJ from Scott, I could do with a couple of hundred?

[dodgyrog]

The price of powder is NEVER going to go down is it!!! So instead of moaning about it find cheaper ways to shoot.
Cast boolits are as accurate as FMJ and take 1/2 the powder loads and will easily achieve 600 yard accuracy and more.

[223AI]

The price of powder is NEVER going to go down is it!!! So instead of moaning about it find cheaper ways to shoot.
Cast boolits are as accurate as FMJ and take 1/2 the powder loads and will easily achieve 600 yard accuracy and more.

At 1/2 - 1/3 the speed of the jacketed counterpart with a lower BC, plus theyre not that cheap when you consider the cost of equipment and time to cast I'm sure, there are some pretty cheap manufacturers of FMJ (PPU / S&B) so can't see the benefit personally