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Iv heard alot of talk the all reloading stuff and ammo going up 20% next month, hope it's not true!
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Ah, but Grasshopper it is true. In fact it's already happened.
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earlier this past year, they had it at Sportsman's Warehouse, in several 4 pound containers... With a military discount, $113 out the door. No sales tax here in Oregon... On three different trips over 6 weeks or so, I bought 3 or 4 of the four pound jugs. Also loading approximately 9 grains in a bolt action 223, played with it last spring shooting steel at 300 and 400 yds Went thru a little over a pound in 5 months... 750 rounds or so... another
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Was using Unique yesterday. Sticker on it was $23. I have enough.
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Used up the last of my Unique ~$20/lb a couple weeks ago. Have a little Bullseye to use up left but have switched to Titegroup for most of the shooting Unique or Bullseye used to be used in. Meters way better, accuracy & velocity about the same, cleaner burning and $30/lb last time I bought it. Long way of saying No, I will not be paying $60/lb for Unique.
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some other flavors of powder are now at 70
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This morning, Powder Valley had 2400 for $354.99 per 8 lb jug ($44.37 per lb), and Unique for $47.99 per 1 lb bottle. Right as I was getting on their site, they sold their last 8 lb jug of Unique.
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This morning, Powder Valley had 2400 for $354.99 per 8 lb jug ($44.37 per lb), and Unique for $47.99 per 1 lb bottle. Right as I was getting on their site, they sold their last 8 lb jug of Unique. So what is the price to your door?
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Wow……I’ve got almost $500 worth sitting on my powder shelf ! memtb
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No, I won't pay that much for Unique. It's great powder in various cartridges but, not that great. Herco is close in burning rate. Just a little slower.
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No, I won't pay that much for Unique. It's great powder in various cartridges but, not that great. Herco is close in burning rate. Just a little slower. when's the last time you seen Herco ... ? my bet it's just as high when you find it
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Imagine that! Went to the market today ,ain't no different! Plenty of unique on the shelf today.
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Hodgden is starting to out price alliant, even the cheaper hodgden powders like longshot or H335 were $55 at my local academy.
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How many hours of shooting fun will you get out of a pound of Unique? Then calculate the unit cost per hour. Bullets and primers are a bigger per-shot cost anyway.
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Maybe six months ago I was visiting one of my LGS's and found an 8#'r of Bullseye for $210. It's been years since I have used it but it came home.
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Terry Wieland has published a couple of pieces on powders everyone should try to keep on hand. Unique and Bullseye were among them. Just before things started getting tight in 2020, I stumbled onto some stuff I used and snagged it. Since then I’ve only picked up a pound or two of powder and a brick of golden (apparently) CCI41s. With some exceptions, I’m pretty flexible about what I shoot and how I feed them, so I’ll get by very well with what’s on hand, all except shotshells which are an ongoing expense, but not too awful right now.
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No, I won't pay that much for Unique. It's great powder in various cartridges but, not that great. Herco is close in burning rate. Just a little slower. when's the last time you seen Herco ... ? my bet it's just as high when you find it I see what you're saying about availability but, I have some of it and do use it. As far as seeing it in stores or online, I've not looked.
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Universal is Hodgdon's answer to Unique.
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I've used it interchangeably quite a bit, but with a disclaimer: I don't dance around anywhere near max loads in anything I shoot but if I did I would knuckle down to obeying published loads for both powders. Being side by side on a burn rate chart doesn't indicate how closely respective powders behave pressure-wise in hotter loads.
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