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Just got an Email saying 15% off powders, free shipping and Hazmat. $180/8 lbs delivered on the W780 equivalent. Hard to beat.

Not too long ago various bulk powders were relatively commonplace. A
good assortment of burn rates and at discount. I had been considering pickling up a caddy. But they seem to be disappearing.
Sign of the times. I will have a look at the gun show this weekend. Last chance locally to plug a few gaps in my reloading.

Yes, I knew an old man that bought H4350 in a 50lb. keg. He still had some left in 1988. He likely paid $1 lb.?

I know a guy that we were discussing powder about a month back and he told me they used to buy pulled 4831 powder in wooden 50 lb kegs, they would get 100 lbs of powder for $60. They shot a lot of 264 WM and 25-06 and it worked perfect for that.

Powder for 60 cents a lb that was used by a guy just 20 yrs or so older than I am. Seems hard to imagine.

I got my Midwest Powders 655 from American Reloading today.St Marks Powder is supposed to be it's producer. https://www.bing.com/search?q=st+ma...rm=S1GDNO&ptag=N29308&showconv=1 It's supposed to be Supreme 780 equivalent.I had bought a pound of Supreme 780 back around 2010 and still had some left.The grains of powder look the same other than my Supreme 780 has a black sooty color and the MP 655 has a very shiny bright graphite color like what I see on MagPro powder.I took an empty Winchester 30-06 case and filled it to the top,tapping the side as I filled so I could get as much powder as possible in the case and weighed the powder comparing the two powders.Both powders were equal at 72.0gr per full case.I took a picture to show the difference.I have some loads made up to compare the two once the winds die down a little and I can get a chance to get back to the range to compare the two both loaded the same a few grains below max for the cartridge and bullet weight.

I ran into a little bit of the same problem but it all worked out fine. I ordered 8lbs of the MP 570 Accurate 2700 equivalent & 500 of .308 jacketed soft point/w cannelure which I believe are 150 Hornady Interlocks. Great deal.......$210 for the powder, $67.49 for the 500 bullets.

Got an email with the order confirmation and a tracking number tied to that order on the same printout. The order showed both items, the tracking number when I checked it, showed 8 lbs total. Wasn't sure how 8 lbs of powder plus 500 bullets just weighed 8 lbs, but waited until things played out.

Sure enough, order came and it was just the powder. No way to get ahold of them by phone. So on their website I contacted them with their order number and tracking number and explained the situation, as well as did the same in a reply to the email they sent me with all that info in it.

Never heard back from them directly but the next day I had a tracking number for the bullets and the next day it arrived by Fed-Ex Express, so likely overnighted. All's well that ends well. I'll do business with them again when the right deal arises.

Received my MP600 on Monday. It looked good so they said to use N204 data and reduce the load by 10%. I am going to increase the load by 0.5 grains from the bottom till I see pressure signs and establish a range.

I am going to start with the 6.5 Creed. And 140gr Speer Hot Cores, Rem.9 1/2 primers.