Varget and H4350 Price Trends

[Xerothermic]

I was at my local Ace Hardware a few days ago and H4350 has overtaken Varget (pricewise) which I've never seen before. $61 and some change vs. $59.99 respectively. Both were in stock. Not a huge price difference, but it got me thinking about the H4350. Not enough to stop me from buying 2# of Staball 6.5 at about fifteen dollars less per pound.

Anyways, I thought Varget being dethroned by H4350 was interesting in that I've never seen that before.

 

[pintopete]

Midway USA has Varget for $67.99. Other powders including some IMR, same price. Too greedy for me!

 

[Eagle Six]

H4350 has been $54 and change for many months. I don't stock a lot of powder but someone posted recently about the price going up on Hodgdon powders, so today I snapped up another pound, same lot, and the price went down to $49 and change!

 

[Xerothermic]

H4350 has been $54 and change for many months. I don't stock a lot of powder but someone posted recently about the price going up on Hodgdon powders, so today I snapped up another pound, same lot, and the price went down to $49 and change!

Usually, my Ace is pretty tight on price. Manager is a shooter, I'm told. I need to get out more. Are your prices online or local?

 

[Eagle Six]

Usually, my Ace is pretty tight on price. Manager is a shooter, I'm told. I need to get out more. Are your prices online or local?

Yeah I missed that in my post. Local shop, no addition for hazmat or shipping. In addition they offer a small veterans discount which is about half of our state sales tax. The dealer is a drug store in a small town of about 5K country cowboy Redneck folks (I'm more on the Redneck side!).

 

[Xerothermic]

Yeah I missed that in my post. Local shop, no addition for hazmat or shipping. In addition they offer a small veterans discount which is about half of our state sales tax. The dealer is a drug store in a small town of about 5K country cowboy Redneck folks (I'm more on the Redneck side!).

So, apples to apples.

 

[padom]

Wow. My LGS has had 8# of both H4350 and Varget in stock for a year or so now at $309.00. I just grabbed another 8# 2 weeks ago.. Comes out to $38.75/lb

 

[Straightshooter1]

I was at my local Ace Hardware a few days ago and H4350 has overtaken Varget (pricewise) which I've never seen before. $61 and some change vs. $59.99 respectively. Both were in stock. Not a huge price difference, but it got me thinking about the H4350. Not enough to stop me from buying 2# of Staball 6.5 at about fifteen dollars less per pound.

Anyways, I thought Varget being dethroned by H4350 was interesting in that I've never seen that before.

I used to like Varget for my .308 and the price used to be reasonable compared to other powders, but for some time now I find AR-Comp doing just as well. . . maybe a hair better. Picked up a jug of AR-Comp a few weeks ago that came to $51 lb. That's sure better than $60-$61.

 

[Ranger188]

Funny, a year or two ago you couldn't find many powders at all and the prices stayed lower.
Now the inventory is better and now the prices go up.

 

[SecondsCount]

Funny, a year or two ago you couldn't find many powders at all and the prices stayed lower.
Now the inventory is better and now the prices go up.

It's trying to stabilize but if these wars continue, it isn't going to get any better.

 

[STOMP442]

My distributer rep called me this morning saying she had 1lb bottles of R16 in stock that I have had on my wants list. After haz mat and tax they came out to about $84 dollars a piece. She told me powder took a big jump January 1. My wallet tends to agree.

 

[brokeasajoke]

My LGS wants $449 for 8lb of Varget.

 

[jmkasza]

Both are $52.99/lb at Cabelas right now (they had a Varget 8-pounder for $380). If you live near one they will ship to store at no charge for shipping or Hazmat.

Got a Brownells email earlier today and both were $60+ but I don't recall if they were the same or $1 apart.

 

[1K6BRA]

Now listen guys, what we have here is just a small technical glitch in the system that should only last for 6 to 9 months. We predict that everything will get back to normal probably sooner rather than later. Next question…

Heck, I’d be happy with the new Norm but he keeps changing his name 45.99- 52.99-61.99 etc. etc. etc.

 

[DLT]

Been lucky here in nc. 45 and 49 a lb

 

[K22]

My local shot had Varget a few months ago at about $50 / lbs. They didn't have a lot of it, but I was able to get a 1 lbs. They have a two lbs. limit, but guys are finding ways around it, having wifey buy some or a friend.

I missed the last shipment of H4895, my bad, I procrastinated and bingo, it was gone a few days later.

The only good news on my front is that these days I almost exclusively shoot 223 Rem bolt rifles in slow measured precision fire, so I get about 280 rounds out of a 1 lbs. of powder which is a lot of shooting in a precision slow fire manner.

 

[MUP]

I just wish our Ace Hardware carried powder!

 

[Lance21]

I'm not naming names, but I took delivery of 24 lbs of Varget last month for $600...total. Hazmat and delivery included. Don't bother asking me where, it's part of our sponsorship. 5000 primers were $400, also in the deal.

 

[Bill Clifton]

I'm not naming names, but I took delivery of 24 lbs of Varget last month for $600...total. Hazmat and delivery included. Don't bother asking me where, it's part of our sponsorship. 5000 primers were $400, also in the deal.

Which is still double of what was paying before the inflation and price gouging all started.

 

[jxb]

Cabelas has some of the weirdest sales I've ever seen and like said above, if you live close ship to store to avoid shipping and hazmat. Mid Dec they had Accurate 2700 8# for $209.98, simply too good to pass up.

Primers same way, they almost never have them in store but when they do many times they are way less than other places and again, no shipping/hazmat. I needed some 41's, they were at the other store but not mine so they shipped em to the store but it was taking stupid long so I was talking to Utah and they said that store doesn't carry them. I of course said that was simply idiotic given this one is near the metro. In the meantime they went on sale so she credited me the difference. When I picked them up at the store they had a nice stock on the shelf so guess someone listened but what was shocking was the 3 boxes of 205M's for $105/ea. If I hadn't been well stocked I'd have grabbed them. Had to go back the next day for another pickup and sure enough everything was cleaned out except pistol.