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Nice find!
Finding ammo and reloading components (especially bullseye, unique and SPPs) is like an Easter egg hunt, but better. Today, while visiting my local Walmart, I scored a pound of IMR4064 and 1000 CCI LRPs; I was there for Tums and mouthwash.
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DeplorabusUnum
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Good score
Can't find any powder in any gun store here. Stuck with on-line ordering. NO ONE has Bullseye, so you did well. I just bought some Titegroup because it's the closest thing I can find anywhere. I'm actually looking forward to trying it. See how it compares.
Can't find any powder in any gun store here. Stuck with on-line ordering. NO ONE has Bullseye, so you did well. I just bought some Titegroup because it's the closest thing I can find anywhere. I'm actually looking forward to trying it. See how it compares.
Huskerguy
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Sheesh, my local guy has had BE on sale with several other powders for $15. I don't use it but was tempted to start.
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gwpercle
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Sweet find !
Still hard to beat Bullseye for several applications .
During the 2013 shortage Bullseye was nowhere to be found but I spotted 3 - 1 lb. containers of Red Dot on a shelf ... so I bought one , not wanting to be a "hoarder" .
Discovered Red Dot is a very useful powder for a lot of things... the next time I saw Bullseye , I stocked up on it and when more Red Dot hit the shelf ... I became a hoarder !
My thought is if you can't get Bullseye ... Red Dot will stand in very well ... it's great to have both !
Gary
Still hard to beat Bullseye for several applications .
During the 2013 shortage Bullseye was nowhere to be found but I spotted 3 - 1 lb. containers of Red Dot on a shelf ... so I bought one , not wanting to be a "hoarder" .
Discovered Red Dot is a very useful powder for a lot of things... the next time I saw Bullseye , I stocked up on it and when more Red Dot hit the shelf ... I became a hoarder !
My thought is if you can't get Bullseye ... Red Dot will stand in very well ... it's great to have both !
Gary
The Norseman
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Bullseye for Bullseyes
I like Bullseye and Red Dot. Unique is another Powder I like.
Alliant American Select has been good to me too.
I recently found and bought 1 pound bottle of Unique. I think
I took their last one, went back to buy another, their little
sign said "Out".
I use a lot of Red Dot (45Colt, 44Mag, 44Spl), and I'm good
for quite awhile.
The Best to you and your Endeavors.
I like Bullseye and Red Dot. Unique is another Powder I like.
Alliant American Select has been good to me too.
I recently found and bought 1 pound bottle of Unique. I think
I took their last one, went back to buy another, their little
sign said "Out".
I use a lot of Red Dot (45Colt, 44Mag, 44Spl), and I'm good
for quite awhile.
The Best to you and your Endeavors.
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I've been using BE for my .38 Special target loads for nearly 50 years. One of the good things about it is that at 2.8 gr per round (equivalent to about 2500 rounds/pound) it almost doesn't matter what it costs!
nbedford
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Got that beat. I have been loading 32S&W Longs with the ancient - 1930's load of a 98 grain lead swc sitting on 2.0 grains of Bullseye. By my figuring it works out to 3,500 rounds per pound. I cast my own 98 grain SWC's from wheel weights; so it is probably cheaper to shoot them than 22LR.
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STORMINORMAN
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Only bought powder in 8 lb. containers once (EACH) before: WIN 231 & Accurate #5...
Found some 8 lb. BULLSEYE available last month and jumped on it!
Based upon some of the more current threads it looks like my normal 9mm & 38 Special needs are covered for quite a while...?
Cheers!
Found some 8 lb. BULLSEYE available last month and jumped on it!
Based upon some of the more current threads it looks like my normal 9mm & 38 Special needs are covered for quite a while...?
Cheers!
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In my neck of the woods powder is fairly easy to get and fairly cheap, i.e. under $30 per pound. Although right now 231 is not so easy to find. Primers on the other hand.........
I still have one or two of those from the 1970's. I loaded some in .38 wadcutters last April, and it still worked just fine
nbedford
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Until recently I've used both Unique and Bullseye from the early 80's and I agree; all went bang like it was supposed to.
LoboGunLeather
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Over 100 years in production! That says something. Still one of the most useful powders for handgun applications, particularly range and practice ammo with cast bullets in most of the popular calibers.
4barrel
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I still have 3. And still using this one.
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noylj
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I remember back in the Obummer days seeing Bullseye on the shelf for $50/lb and it sold. Be glad those days are over.
After the big one...
...I'm plenty good on powder. Primers no.
...I'm plenty good on powder. Primers no.
lets see what the uncle Joe days bring....
I am truly out to lunch with the current prices of reloading supplies. Last time I reloaded for shotgun I paid $18 for a thousand primers, $12 for a thousand wads, $10 for a 25#bag of shot and $6 for a pound of powder. And that was only 20 years ago. Then I got lazy and started buying cheap gun club shells and let them fly.
I did some loading for 38/357 and used 3 grains of Red Dot for target loads. The charges were so small that I considered the cost of powder negligible as compared to 19 grains for 12 ga.
I did some loading for 38/357 and used 3 grains of Red Dot for target loads. The charges were so small that I considered the cost of powder negligible as compared to 19 grains for 12 ga.
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