Powder Prices Are Shocking

[JayHHI6818]

I used Blackhorn 209 for my muzzleloader and use to buy it at Walmart for $32 for 10 oz! Price has skyrocketed and now its 8 oz’s! . When i use up stash I won’t be buying any more.

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Several old farts like me around here are getting to the point where they can no longer afford to pay their property taxes. In my opinion, taxing a person's home is the absolute most egregious tax ever devise by the government.

Completely agree.

A FYI that may apply to some here......I'm a disabled Veteran, live in my paid-off house but still must pay the dang property tax. BUT.....I found out that the small city I live in offers a substantial discount for disabled Veteran property tax if you apply and qualify, which I'm pleased to say I did.

It substantially reduced my property tax, but with all the damn people moving here from Cali, I'd imagine our taxes would go down with the increased revenue, but nooooooo.

 

[DeerHunter82]

I paid $70/lb at LGS for Rx22. Can't find it anywhere else and I wanted to get a couple pounds for a buffer. Sucked. But, I'd rather have it than not I guess.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

I haven't been to a restaurant in 4 years that includes fast food. Sardine sandwiches are my stable.  I do allow myself one extravagance however, Maker's Mark. However, I may be moving to Jim Beam if things continue to deteriorate.

Varget is still reasonably prices locally at $50 a lbs. at least a couple of weeks ago. I almost exclusively shoot 223 Rem bolt rifles these days. I can get 280 reloads out of a pound of powder. Last year I got back into 22 LR rifle shooting after a very long absence. I purchased a Tikka T1X and enjoy shooting it a lot which give me more range time. CCI Standard Velocity is too expensive, at least at present.

One nice thing about the 223 Rem is that it tolerates a lot of powders for producing good accuracy.

I hope I am wrong, but I see it getting much worse especially if the current administration is re-elected.

Several old farts like me around here are getting to the point where they can no longer afford to pay their property taxes. In my opinion, taxing a person's home is the absolute most egregious tax ever devise by the government.

taxing people out of their homes. and insurance has gone up 4 fold.

 

[jelenko]

It's funny, since we KNOW that inflation has only been like 3.7%. jd

Yeah. Don't understand it either.

 

[Pete Wass]

It's taking a big bite out of we retirees who haven't made wages for 15 years or more. I had to give up Rimfire because there was gonna be too much month at the end of the money

 

[Bill K]

Everything is higher priced now days, have you shopped for eggs, meats, fuel ???

 

[varget204]

Went for a stroll through my LGS. What a shock. 8 lbs. of powder now cost $440.

they have More than Doubled,across the board, Don't think Materials/ Wages to produce them have Doubled or Trippled. leaning toward Greed

 

[hogpatrol]

Avgas is up to $6.75 a gallon. Hundred dollar hamburger runs are now two hundred dollars. My 2¢ is now up to a quarter.

 

[Jsjac]

2 hamburgers 1 fry & 2 drinks = $30.00

I bought 3 cheese burgers for the guy at the job site today. $23 plus tax. Just gas station burgers nothing special.

 

[nakneker]

I don’t think a lot of people realize that taxes didn’t exist not too long ago. Now you get taxed on earnings from work, then when you buy goods with the same money your already paid taxes on and you get taxed again, then you get taxes like property tax. It doesn’t take long for that money to get widdled down to nothing.

 

[Rubberduckie]

2 hamburgers 1 fry & 2 drinks = $30.00

And that's at McDonald's

 

[kris bassett]

Neither have been opened, I got them when my Grandpa gave me his reloading stuff a couple years ago.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

And that's at McDonald's

Yuck!!!

 

[rr2030]

I just paid $68 for 1 lb. H4350, set it next to the bottle I paid $35 a couple of years ago. Down to my last 140 CCI BR-2's None at the Gun store (or anywhere lately). They had Federal 210M for $206/1000, I'll pass.

 

[sdean]

They sell all they can make. Get used to it. I shoot less now. Been spending some money on my boat. At least I can eat the fish.

 

[freebird22/250]

Milk, eggs, gas, paint, meat, veggies, fast food, --- everything seems to have gone up from 30 to 200%. Very few things are at, or even close to what they were a few years ago. It's funny, since we KNOW that inflation has only been like 3.7%. jd

I guess that's part of Build Back Better, according to clueless Joe Biden!!

 

[ckaberna]

Went for a stroll through my LGS. What a shock. 8 lbs. of powder now cost $440.

Keep on “voting” for those “free” $1400 checks you received last time, it shall get worse!
Nothing is free, as much as some try to sell you that information. Lol

 

[brokeasajoke]

Completely agree.

A FYI that may apply to some here......I'm a disabled Veteran, live in my paid-off house but still must pay the dang property tax. BUT.....I found out that the small city I live in offers a substantial discount for disabled Veteran property tax if you apply and qualify, which I'm pleased to say I did.

It substantially reduced my property tax, but with all the damn people moving here from Cali, I'd imagine our taxes would go down with the increased revenue, but nooooooo.

They decided my house was worth 85% more from 2021 to 2024. So now I'm stuck with more taxes because of the mass exodus to rural communities.

 

[brokeasajoke]

Keep on “voting” for those “free” $1400 checks you received last time, it shall get worse!
Nothing is free, as much as some try to sell you that information. Lol

Seems like that's the point inflation really started ramping up.