pistol powder still hard to find?

sloppy joe · Jul 23, 2015

haven't reloaded in a long time. midway does not have any. is it like .22lr, never gonna see it anytime i want some?

also, i have this old winchester 38-40 rifle. does that use pistol powder? what size primers?

Jmfox3 · Jul 23, 2015

I wasn't able to locate Accurate 7 and 9 powder for almost 2 years; Pittsburgh, Houston, Pensacola, Memphis, Virginia. Finally found some this past June at a Houston gun show. A sign that things are possibly improving.

hunter5567 · Jul 23, 2015

The 38-40 uses .40cal bullets and probably lead in an old Winchester rifle. It uses large pistol primers and lower pressure pistol powder. Depends on if it's a '73 or '92 Winchester as to the power levels you can load to and what kind of shape it is in. the '73 is the weaker action.

bryanbag · Jul 23, 2015

Check with (Site Sponsors) Advanced Weapon Systems & Security Concepts on Airline in Baton Rouge. I have been getting my power from them lately. Usually have a good selection and reasonable prices.

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RockingORanch · Jul 23, 2015

Check Spillway Sportsman had power pistol and CFE

enutees · Jul 23, 2015

Louisiana Gun & Reloading has a decent selection now. It's definitely getting better.

isntitabeauty · Jul 23, 2015

Cabela's has a decent selection. The only place I saw that had 700x

gwpercle · Jul 24, 2015

Three months ago, Cabela's only handgun powder was 700X. Lots of rifle powder, but just 700X was available. I bought one, Thinking now maybe I should have bought more. But I didn't want to be a hoader.
Still have a gift card if/when they get more . Did they have anything besides 700X ????

Doctor481 · Jul 25, 2015

Bass Pro in Memphis has a bunch of powder on the shelf, even several cans of Unique.

sloppy joe · Jul 25, 2015

hunter5567 said:
The 38-40 uses .40cal bullets and probably lead in an old Winchester rifle. It uses large pistol primers and lower pressure pistol powder. Depends on if it's a '73 or '92 Winchester as to the power levels you can load to and what kind of shape it is in. the '73 is the weaker action.

i have some hercules bullseye powder from the 90s. is it the same as the alliant bullseye powder of today? i found this at their site but it only shows max load. i have the weaker 1873 model. link to load:

http://www.alliantpowder.com/reload...=180&shellid=10&bulletid=13&bdid=32&oal=1.575

and i should use hard cast 180 gr. bullets like this?

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/20...180-grain-lead-flat-nose?cm_vc=ProductFinding

any suggestions on a reloading guide? there are a bunch of them. i would like to go lowest powder load from a guide reloaders trust.

large pistol primers right?

beauxdog · Jul 25, 2015

That Bullseye powder should be good to use as long as it's not clumpy or have a racid odor. Be careful using it for a very light loading in a large case. It's not easy to explain on here but you could run into a detanation problem with a very light charge in a large case. You would be better off finding a powder that takes up more room than Bullseye.

Beauxdog

DIXIEDOG · Jul 27, 2015

I've seen a bit of it locally lately. HS6, Titegroup, HP38,2400 and Auto Comp seems the most plentiful.

LSUSMC · Jul 27, 2015

Jim's had HS-6 and H110 today along with a lot of rifle powders.

I've still yet to see Varget anywhere save Thompson Creek a few months ago.

beauxdog · Jul 27, 2015

Louisiana Gun has HS-6 in 1# bottles and H-110 but only 8# containers. We've had Varget for the last month. You looking in the wrong place. We also have several Ramshot, Winchester & Accurate pistol powders.

Bryan

LSUSMC · Jul 28, 2015

beauxdog said:
Louisiana Gun has HS-6 in 1# bottles and H-110 but only 8# containers. We've had Varget for the last month. You looking in the wrong place. We also have several Ramshot, Winchester & Accurate pistol powders.

Bryan

Can you PM me a price on the Varget please.

Bayou52 · Jul 28, 2015

I've only been able to find 700-X this past year. So, I picked up 20 pounds while it was available. That was several months ago.......haven't seen it since.....

Geauxfish · Aug 1, 2015

Cabelas has been much better with the powder availability, but it still goes fast. They had HP38, H110, 4227 and other popular powders when I was there at different times but it's not always predictable what will be on the shelf.

sloppy joe · Aug 1, 2015

is louisiana gun at the gun show? how much is pistol powder going for? i just read about haz mat charges at online stores.

beauxdog · Aug 1, 2015

SJ,

We don't go to the shows. Big waste of time for both of us. We have plenty of powder, primers and bullets at the store. You check our listing in the site sponsor section to see what we have.

Thanks,

Bryan
Louisiana Gun

jquinnett · Aug 4, 2015

Just in BassPro in Shreveport....lots of powder. Dave-Tac and Clarks also in NW LA

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