'79 Magnum GT
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I still have my loading data for it somewhere around here and I did use Unique. I'd forgotten all about that
Price for Unique Powder?
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'79 Magnum GT
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Well those and the Beef Jerky Bits. They jumped right off the screen at me.Good eye. That is a complete box. I have loaded up another but they are pretty brittle.
For 38sp and 357 I load the speer capsules with #4, then shake in #12 to fill them up.
I have also played with some 72gr SWC cast bullets to cap loose shot.
Always fun to look at what accumulates on or above a bench.
isaactc
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Did the same with 45 Colt 270-SAA @ 1050 fps. I'm running 20 f]grains of IMR4227. Most accurate load I've found. Darn stuff is 50 bucks a pound now.
'79 Magnum GT
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Found it!!!!
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Is it old stock in cardboard containers? Does it say Alliant or Hercules as the manufacturer?
Powder doesn't typically go bad but I'd use the age for a little leverage on the price.
Last LGS they had any Alliant powders had pistol/shotgun around $60 a lb, reloder series $75. And there won't be any for awhile.
If it's too much look into BE86, supposed to be very near to Unique in charge weights and performance. And there it's around and newer production. I got some to try but haven't cracked it open yet.
Powder doesn't typically go bad but I'd use the age for a little leverage on the price.
Last LGS they had any Alliant powders had pistol/shotgun around $60 a lb, reloder series $75. And there won't be any for awhile.
If it's too much look into BE86, supposed to be very near to Unique in charge weights and performance. And there it's around and newer production. I got some to try but haven't cracked it open yet.
EXACTLY......
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Don't know the years, but it was during the Clinton era when primers got real scarce that I started hoarding/stocking up.
Remember a good Boy Scout is always prepared.
When primers were $1.29-$1.49 per hundred they were also being limited to 2 per day (A special Thank You to wild Bill). My wife worked at a retailer so would bring me home a brick box with 2 boxes every day, then 2 more boxes per day as I filled each brick. She also got an employee discount which made them even cheaper. While powder was not being limited, I would buy it on sale and use her employee discount. Figured I would keep buying until I figured I had a lifetime supply. Just a shot in the dark but figured 25 pounds sounded like a nice round number. I still have around 35-38 bricks of primers, and plenty of powder. I also did a large powder group buy about a week before the "hazmat" fee went into effect. Guessing this was in the 90's? I bought a pile of Vihtavuori powders. Just recently found a hidden 4lb bottle of 3N37---love finding stuff like this that were forgotten.
Love it when I open a fresh brick and find the receipt in the box. Check out the price and the date at the bottom.
Around this same time frame I started buying 22 ammo by the case. I thought I had enough to last my lifetime. Then when my son started shooting, we started really going through the supply. The oldest case is marked $88 per 4000 rounds.., and the newest case of the same is marked $149. Now that he is out of the house he buys or loads his own ammo, but I am still sitting on plenty of 22 ammo for when a grandson is ready.
Remember a good Boy Scout is always prepared.
When primers were $1.29-$1.49 per hundred they were also being limited to 2 per day (A special Thank You to wild Bill). My wife worked at a retailer so would bring me home a brick box with 2 boxes every day, then 2 more boxes per day as I filled each brick. She also got an employee discount which made them even cheaper. While powder was not being limited, I would buy it on sale and use her employee discount. Figured I would keep buying until I figured I had a lifetime supply. Just a shot in the dark but figured 25 pounds sounded like a nice round number. I still have around 35-38 bricks of primers, and plenty of powder. I also did a large powder group buy about a week before the "hazmat" fee went into effect. Guessing this was in the 90's? I bought a pile of Vihtavuori powders. Just recently found a hidden 4lb bottle of 3N37---love finding stuff like this that were forgotten.
Love it when I open a fresh brick and find the receipt in the box.
Check out the price and the date at the bottom.
Around this same time frame I started buying 22 ammo by the case. I thought I had enough to last my lifetime. Then when my son started shooting, we started really going through the supply. The oldest case is marked $88 per 4000 rounds.., and the newest case of the same is marked $149. Now that he is out of the house he buys or loads his own ammo, but I am still sitting on plenty of 22 ammo for when a grandson is ready.
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I used Unique for a long while back in the 80s but it sucked in my Dillons progressive power measure, and I came home from the range looking like a coal miner. I changed to Hodgdon's Universal and never looked back.
Love your can collection! I have a number of the similar cans displayed along the top edge of my kitchen cabinets.If the can look like these it is from the 60's. The ones with labels ranged from $1.75 to $3.29
If the cans look like these it is from the 70's to early 90's. The ones I have with prices range from $7 to $12.
If the bottles are black plastic and from Alliant it is mid 90's forward. Alliant bought Hercules in 1995. I have some marked $14 to $18.
If it looks like this 4lb can, it could be 80's to 90's.
Recently picked up this one for $40---yes for the whole unopened 4 pound can!
YES, I'm happily single.
Sucks to get old, I remember spending all day at the range shooting hundreds of magnum handgun rounds.
Now its been a long time since I last fired my S&W 460 V with heavy loads. I look at my stack of loaded ammo boxes and
frown at the fact they're all marked "lite load".
How come after prices go up on this stuff it never comes back down to any reasonable amount?
Seems like I paid $25-35 a thousand for primers for decades. After the dark days of OBama coming in they went right up to $100+ and even now I see $80 as a good deal? Grrrr.
And powder, when will they ever stop all this warring across the ponds and leave each other to live in peace? We have our problems with our neighbors here on the American continent but it's been a couple hundred years since we were shooting at each other.
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Rather than a criticism, a different perspective...
What's money for if you can't enjoy it? I'm sure I didn't pay much for Unique or any other powder in 1965, but I enjoyed handloading then and still do. Some have apparently figured out a way to take your funds with you when you die and that's fine for you, but I'll have no use for my money then...
Sal1950
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Have you seen what even a base pickup truck costs today ?
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No; I finally figured out after five pickups I didn't need one so I don't look up prices on them.
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My wife gives me grief all the time about having 3 old riders in the barn.
One is strictly a parts machine with no engine and a seized transmission. I also keep 4 complete decks---2 on mowers and 2 completely rebuilt and ready to go when needed. I mow about 2 acres with lots of structure---trees, rock piles, roots, rocks, buildings, etc. I should get my 14th and final mow for the season done this weekend. After the 4th of July dry season keeps it plenty short, but in these parts I need to mow every 5 days during growth season. After the dry dormant season come leaf season---a weekly job if/when they are dry enough to be chopped and sucked up.
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Powder is much cheaper.
Sal1950
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And more fun to burn.
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I would be glad just to be able to get more Unique. Glad I stocked up when it was available,
