Ken,

When I buy powder (mostly from Black Hills Shooter Supply or at gun shows) it depends on what the powder is. Some powders (most often those with slower burning rates and some ball types) tend to display more variation in burning rate from lot to lot than others, and with these I like 5 or 8 pounds so I don't have to adjust loads as often to compensate for this difference. If the powder is one that I have found not to have this kind of variation, then I am happy to buy 1 pounders.

M. Bell

Last edited by Ten_Sleep; 03/24/08.
"You are so equipment conscious...you carry heavy millimeter cannon with you into the field. The American's sense of sportmanship is equated with his ability to master the sport with his purchases, not his skill." --Scottish author unknown--