WHAT'S UP WITH 2400?

[TEXVET]

I am also one of those people that if I see a good price on something I buy it, even if I don't need it at the time. I currently have about five different types of handgun power on hand. I have four pounds of 4227 that I yet to use.
The intent of this question was to try and determine if Alliant was having problems with production or if the lack of 2400 is due to hoarding.

I have reloaded everything from shotguns, rifles, handguns and even the 7.62x54R for my Mosin-Nagant. I really like the 2400, but I can't find it anywhere.

 

[DWalt]

The owner of my LGS says that any most Alliant powders are non-existent at his wholesaler. Gonna be a shame when in 15 years, all that powder being hoarded, starts to go bad......

Given any reasonable storage, it will last a lot longer than that. I am still using powders from the 1960s.

 

[Vulcan Bob]

Same here in central Pa. Most other powders yes but not 2400.

 

[moxie]

That's a cool place. The old man was hilarious. I was in there last summer and found some Trail Boss and RX15 that I had been looking for. If you're in that neck of the woods the lgs in gatesville usually has a good selection. I picked up 8lbs of LilGun and some more TB in there about a month ago.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[zelda]

Dad still shoots powder from DuPont. l sell the empty cans on ebay for more than when they were full !

 

[Collo Rosso]

I found a pound of 2400 at a gun show last October. At the same show I also bought some pounds of Accurate #9. Good powder! I've been burning the #9, saving the 2400 but have to say I will not feel bad if all I come across is #9. I would also like to try #7 for lighter loads.

 

[Ahab]

I just use #9 and #7. Haven't used 2400 in a number of years.

 

[TEXVET]

Interesting thing just happened. I learned a gun store/range about 2 1/2 hours from my house just received 100 one pound cans of 2400.
Now I have to decide if I want to drive 2 1/2 hours each way [5 hours total] for powder I can't find anywhere else. The dealer was not interested in shipping any of the powder.

 

[Big Stick]

Interesting thing just happened. I learned a gun store/range about 2 1/2 hours from my house just received 100 one pound cans of 2400.
Now I have to decide if I want to drive 2 1/2 hours each way [5 hours total] for powder I can't find anywhere else. The dealer was not interested in shipping any of the powder.

Between now and the time you get there, 3 or 4 guys will have come in and cleaned the place out, so they have some to shoot in 20 years.....

 

[Nemo288]

My local powder store usually sets a limit on individual purchases like 4 1lb's or 1 8lb when they
have limited supply to try and spread the love around to more of us.
They still get cleaned out when word gets out due to the number of customers they have.
At least they are close enough for me to drive to well within an hour.
That's a lot cheaper than paying stupid hazmat fees.
(And there is a restaurant we really like up there).

===
Nemo

 

[Huskerguy]

I have been blessed through this entire mess. Picked up cases of primers, CCI, for $26/1000 when people couldnt find anything. I was helping others with powder and found 8lb jugs of varget, 231 and lots of H335, titegroup, and more 2400 than I can use. I havent used 2400 in the past but I wanted to start. Cant count how many times I passed on 2400 at a local pawn shop. Now I just need to find time to work up some 357 loads with the 2400 I have. This is from two different sources but both had one thing in common, they kept ordering and eventually things catch up and they had ample supplies on hand.

 

[bbqncigars]

IMHO, if you have enough on hand for at least five years of the most active shooting you imagine you would do, then you're pretty much set, but maintain the five year cushion.

 

[TEXVET]

I am 67 years old.
I may not be here in five years, much less still able to shoot.

My wife does consulting work for hospitals during the week. This requires her to travel. Next week she is working in a town not far from the range that has the 2400 powder. She said she would pick up a few pounds for me on Monday.

 

[mikld]

In today's climate, I disagree. The days of buying 1k primers & a # of powder are pretty much over. Best to wrap your head around that if you want to keep shooting. I buy stuff when a good price presents itself, whether I need it at the moment or not. It's not like it goes bad. If you don't have a 2-3yr supply for your shooting, don't whine when you can't find your # of powder.

This is what Neumann was talking about; Need 1 lb. of powder, buy eight lbs.. Need 1k primers? Buy 5 thousand. "Me, me, me! I want mine!!!"

 

[AveragEd]

Same here in central Pa. Most other powders yes but not 2400.

Bob, try Triple Creek Rod & Gun near Landisburg (on PA850 just east of town). I stumbled upon it earlier this week and found quite a few powders that "nobody" has. He even has 22LR ammo including CCI MiniMags and says he was only out of 22s for a week on two occasions since the "shortage" began.

Ed

 

[oldman10mm]

Went to the gun show in Berea Ohio today. After the show,stopped in at Fin Feather Fur about a mile away. Powder shelves stocked full,the way it was before the 'frenzy'. All varieties of IMR rifle powders in both 1 & 8 lbs. Surprised by the availability of IMR4227 as that's a decent magnum handgun powder. Alliant powder shelves were full. There were 6 one pounders and 4 eight pounders of 2400. Assume there was a lot more in stock as they couldn't fit anymore on the shelves. Grabbed a pounder of 2400 as I did about a month ago. If this secondary FFF store is so well stocked,I can imagine the stores in Canton,Boardman,and their big main store in Ashland have stock too.

 

[bwxmas]

They seem to always have a lot of powder.
They are also the ones that charge a lot on Gunbroker.
They go by honker something.
Have never understood how they get so much, and out west is dry.

 

[oldman10mm]

why do you think/suspect that Fin Feather Fur is selling on gunbroker by 'honker something' ?

 

[Co Th G]

I haven't found ANY handgun powders in the last three years, wish the panic buying and hoarding would ease up.

Funny. I just started reloading about three years ago and I'm already up to 87 lbs of various powders. All without paying ripoff prices. Just today, I picked up two 8 lb jugs of Titegroup and 15,000 Federal SPP from my LGS. $280 for the TG and $450 for the primers. Love my LGS. They are able to get powder and primers in on a consistent basis.

 

[Co Th G]

This is what Neumann was talking about; Need 1 lb. of powder, buy eight lbs.. Need 1k primers? Buy 5 thousand. "Me, me, me! I want mine!!!"

What's your problem with that? If you can afford it and want it, buy as much as you want. I can and I do.

Funny how most gun owners are very pro-capitalism until there is a shortage of something that THEY want. Then they turn into freaking socialists and insist that everyone share.