Buckshot Bear Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Some ads from recently sold Trailboss on an Aussie used gun site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Good Lord~!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Just loaded up the very last of mine a couple days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Those Prices are Insane !!! Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 That last one says "price reduced" ..... ..... down to $1,000 or from $1,000 ....... ...... either way, I'm looking elsewhere ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 There's a powder shortage like I've never seen in 42 years of reloading and the scalpers are out to gouge as much $$$$ as they can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Yeah, there was gouging going on here, but not to that extent. I still have a nearly full container of Trail Boss (9 Oz). I bought 2 at a gun store over a year ago. Must have been the last 2 containers in the USA. This was the first time I tried Trail Boss and while it is a unique powder (no pun intended) it didn’t impress me enough to go nuts over on wanting to track down more at inflated prices. I did like it in .45 Colt. Light shooting. If I encounter it again I will buy more - at reasonable prices. From what I understand the company in Oz that makes it won’t be producing any for another year and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 There was/is a powder shortage in the US also. Some powders have become available on the market recently but not all. Alliant powders seem to be coming back the slowest but the more popular Alliant brands like Bullseye, Red Dot, etc are still hard to get. Alliant Unique hasn't been seen in years. All brands of powder are now 15 - 25% higher in costs than previous. The scalpers in Australia are having a field day selling old powder, the same thing was (and still is to an extent) happening in the US but as powder is coming back on the market, their days are coming to an end. I stocked up on primers/powder after a shortage years ago. Still have a good stock left, not enough to get me through years but enough to get me through this shortage. I'll restock when prices come down somewhat, but I think that the days of $140 per 5K primers and $160 per 8lb powder are in the past. Don't get me wrong, prices will come down as products returns to the market and people refuse to keep paying ridiculous prices. It's just going to take a while with "a while" undefined as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Hey BB, I understand there is a rumor floating around that ADI might resume TB production in 2023. I still have 4# left, and holding onto it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 9 hours ago, bgavin said: Hey BB, I understand there is a rumor floating around that ADI might resume TB production in 2023. I still have 4# left, and holding onto it. I'm hearing that here but can't have it confirmed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Before I spent that kind of money, I think I'd just wait it out and become a club and posse worker with my friends for a while. The posse attendance might become pretty light, but not the friendship or fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 said: I'm hearing that here but can't have it confirmed.... Now sure if its the bush telegraph or not Mohawk, but its certainly being spread like bushfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 'Scalping'? 'Gouging?' Aw, c'mon -- that's just the market. Supply and demand. Sellers providing something to a buyer at an agreed-on price. Just between the buyer and seller, nobody else's business. Or is there a price mark-up or a pard factor that goes into how it's labeled? As far as I can tell -- if it's a markup on something being bought by me or a pard, it's gouging. If it's a markup on something that someone I don't know is buying, it's just the market at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 The best way to fight gouging is not to participate. Trouble is, there are some people with too much money and very little sense or perhaps that are selfish that will buy that stuff and that perpetuates the problem. When I lived in California I watched lots of dumbassery occur in this regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 I have a couple of small bottles of Trail Boss hoarded back. I'm saving them for subsonic loads in 223 and 308. Otherwise, I would just as soon use Red Dot or Unique as Trail Boss. I'll do without before paying those kind of prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 looks like the small supply , I have is worth a BUNCH of $$$$ BUT , then I could not go out and play figure , I will wait out the stupid CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 13 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: The best way to fight gouging is not to participate. Trouble is, there are some people with too much money and very little sense or perhaps that are selfish that will buy that stuff and that perpetuates the problem. When I lived in California I watched lots of dumbassery occur in this regard. Because there's ZERO pistol powder available (ADI is still making rifle powder and its available everywhere) people paying these scalping prices for pistol powder are causing this.....and I think those prices could get higher yet. More from today - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I shoot soft cast in .358 and .430 at BHN=9 or 11,518 psi. Clays, Clean Shot, No.2, No.5, N32C (tin star), IMR Red, Red Dot, Titegroup, HP38, 231, Universal, Bullseye, N320, N340, N350, Unique All have loads that meet this requirement for handguns. I have some Trail Boss in stock, but am very reluctant to consume it. I recently acquired some Clean Shot, which is favored here. I have not yet tried it out, but I grabbed it when available at an exceptionally low price. The Shooters World powders in most cases, are far less pricey than the others. Lovex is a premium powder manufacturer in the CZ, with a good reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I've always stocked up on powder. I may not be able to load the exact formula I want, but I doubt I run out of powder in my lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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