Varget Price

[Dale264]

How much is too much? What would you be willing to spend per pound if you found Varget in stock somewhere. Recently I stopped by a local gunshop that had 8lb jugs of varget for $507 after tax ($63.37/lb)

I passed but I'm wondering if I messed up.

 

[Ccrider]

42 a pound plus tax and shipping seems fair.

 

[Evan]

I won't be buying any powder for more than $45/lb to my door. I also have the luxury of having enough on hand to hold out for a little while. I'm just looking to backfill what I consume regularly.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I'd find an alternative. Old 4064 is hard to beat but meters like dirt clods.

 

[newbieshooter]

Last month paid $323 for 8 pounds from PV (includes shipping/Hazmat)

 

[hoz53]

42 a pound plus tax and shipping seems fair.

not to me when theres a 2# limit and shipping/hazmat cost $20.00 a pound

 

[newbieshooter]

not to me when theres a 2# limit and shipping/hazmat cost $20.00 a pound

MidSouth - you can order up to 10 1-pounders or 2 8-pounders. That spreads out the shipping/hazmat ($35).

 

[JEFFPPC]

How much is too much? What would you be willing to spend per pound if you found Varget in stock somewhere. Recently I stopped by a local gunshop that had 8lb jugs of varget for $507 after tax ($63.37/lb)

I passed but I'm wondering if I messed up.

If you pay that, you are messed up.

 

[Ned Ludd]

How much is too much? What would you be willing to spend per pound if you found Varget in stock somewhere. Recently I stopped by a local gunshop that had 8lb jugs of varget for $507 after tax ($63.37/lb)

I passed but I'm wondering if I messed up.

Only you can answer this question. That's a pretty steep price for Varget, but not having at all any is also associated with a certain amount of suffering. You will have to decide for yourself how much an 8 lb jug of Varget is worth to you. If you decide you are unwilling to pay that much, then you will have to look elsewhere until you find it for a price you can accept. Varget has been around lately, so with a little diligence you ought to be able to find some for a little less $$$ than that.

 

[rijndael]

It may be worth a premium price if you can stop trying to beat 40K other people, on some vendor's website that can't handle the capacity, to get what you need to shoot.

I'm not paying it, but I don't need it either. I'll change powders if I can save $150 on a jug.

I'm secretly glad the prices have reached a point where people are pausing before blindly buying whatever they can get their hands on. This is how the stupidity slows/stops.

 

[timeout]

I'd find an alternative. Old 4064 is hard to beat but meters like dirt clods.

I'm with you on the metering for sure!

 

[Ccrider]

not to me when theres a 2# limit and shipping/hazmat cost $20.00 a pound

I would not order if I could not order enough to balance out the shipping.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

I got an 8 for 279.99 last month at a farm store, April I passed on one, couldn't leave it the 2nd time.

 

[M-61]

I dropped out of the varget craze during the last ‘panic’
I found some good substitutes especially for my 30BR that at least as good and certainly cleaner.
Just mentioning as theirs is not the only powder. Of course lots of powers this time around are equally difficult to get. Glad I bought a lot of 4198 before this new difficulty came about.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I dropped out of the varget craze during the last ‘panic’
I found some good substitutes especially for my 30BR that at least as good and certainly cleaner.
Just mentioning as theirs is not the only powder. Of course lots of powers this time around are equally difficult to get. Glad I bought a lot of 4198 before this new difficulty came about.

It's definitely nice to have options. I test lots of different powders for any given load rather than just going with what's most popular. It comes in handy during times like now, knowing you can fall back on something. I recently found a load that may be my best yet like this.

 

[dusterdave173]

I am new to this game and had never used Varget but could not miss all the internet hype--so walk into LGS and scored 3 lbs $49 each--well came home loaded some 69g SMK for my 223--and Wow! Shot some great groups at 100 right off the bat--most were .500-.600 but one powder load 24.4 shot a Winner! Not sure how that will help as I will probably never see any again

 

[JimPag]

It's definitely nice to have options. I test lots of different powders for any given load rather than just going with what's most popular. It comes in handy during times like now, knowing you can fall back on something. I recently found a load that may be my best yet like this.

The key is Mike is to buy a ton of the powder that is best in each caliber that you compete with then you don't have to fiddley fk around with powder that will work in a pinch. That just makes more sense to me. Yes I have a half dozen powders that will work in a 30BR like RL7, 2015BR, H322, LT30, Tubal 2000, N201, but I bought enough H4198 and N130 to last me 2 lifetimes, so why am I going to try to reinvent the wheel. Ya I like screwing around with the other stuff at home but when I travel hundreds of miles I sure as Hell ain't going to use anything but H4198 or N130 in that order because I know they work and work better than those 6 powders that I mentioned.

 

[divingin]

How much is too much? What would you be willing to spend per pound if you found Varget in stock somewhere. Recently I stopped by a local gunshop that had 8lb jugs of varget for $507 after tax ($63.37/lb)

I passed but I'm wondering if I messed up.

Just saw someplace online that had 8# jugs at $547. Another had 1# at $104.

I passed on both.

 

[JB10]

If we all stop paying high prices supply will back up and prices will come down. I got some cci #41 primers the other day. Was $6.64 per 100. Could only have 2 boxes. Thats $66.40 for a thousand. Theres a shop in phoenix charging $120 cash. I will not buy from them anymore. Robbery is going on there. Just saw there price for 300 and 6.5 prc lapua brass... nuts. For anyone needing 300 prc lapua go to blue collar first. Way cheeper and in stock. I planned way ahead and stocked up before all this happened. I will not pay that high. I know supplies have increased and im okay with that just not robbery.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

The key is Mike is to buy a ton of the powder that is best in each caliber that you compete with then you don't have to fiddley fk around with powder that will work in a pinch. That just makes more sense to me. Yes I have a half dozen powders that will work in a 30BR like RL7, 2015BR, H322, LT30, Tubal 2000, N201, but I bought enough H4198 and N130 to last me 2 lifetimes, so why am I going to try to reinvent the wheel. Ya I like screwing around with the other stuff at home but when I travel hundreds of miles I sure as Hell ain't going to use anything but H4198 or N130 in that order because I know they work and work better than those 6 powders that I mentioned.

Fiddle fkn around at home, makes sure I don't have to drive hundreds of miles to do it at a match, Jim. You can call it whatever but I call it testing. You might've missed where I said that it may be my best load ever.
Nothing wrong with spending a few grand buying powder if you can do it and you want to, though.