Black Powder prices...

shurshot · April 14, 2019, 07:37 PM

I was into BP pretty heavy in the early 90's, until 2010 or so (very expensive Divorce). Unfortunately sold off most of them under duress. Dust has settled and I have my life back. Getting back into it and checking out my stock, I had a METAL can, 1 pound of Goex FFFG, purchased new at Kittery Trading post around 1992, sticker said $9.49. Today, I was at the Trading post again checking out used BP rifles and I decided to pick up a new can. What a wake up call!! First off, same powder, one pound of Goex, FFFG, but the container was PLASTIC. Yup, plastic. 2nd, the price? $29.99!!! I feel like Rip van Winkle waking up to a new world. What are you guys paying for a pound of GOEX FFFG where you live???

Oliver Sudden · April 14, 2019, 07:46 PM

Welcome to the world of $16 minimum wage! Last place I checked a pound was $27 but throwing in with a couple of buddy’s we bought a case at just shy of $10 a pound. It keeps fine and if I needed money I’m sure I could sell it years from now.

noelf2 · April 14, 2019, 08:16 PM

Making my own bp, and using subs like 777 and pyrodex.

darkgael · April 15, 2019, 06:15 AM

Oliver: Where did you find a case price of just shy of $10 a pound? inquiring minds want to know.
Pete

Oliver Sudden · April 15, 2019, 10:57 AM

Powder Inc. about a year ago. We bought two cases.

HillBilly Willy · April 15, 2019, 06:38 PM

I feel fortunate to have gotten a half full 16 oz. can of 3F for free from my neighbor, manufacture date of 03-91, so i could shoot my "wall hanger".

44 Dave · April 15, 2019, 09:17 PM

In the '60s was paying $2/lb. at the local sport shop. Was 17 years old and ordered a 15 lb. drum, delivered to our door and cost about $1/lb.
Think min. wage was about $1.75/hr, but the recent price jump in powder and ammo doesn't seem justified/

bedbugbilly · April 16, 2019, 12:55 AM

In the early 60s, I bought my powder and caps from an old gunsmith who had a small shop. The price of a pound of 2 or 3 F DuPont was 75 cents and a tm pf 100 Remington caps was 25 cents. I still have one of the cans with the price asked on it with a grease pencil as well as some of the cap tins. Yep - prices are a bit more now but let's face it . . . . so are the wages. I think the last that I bought of Goex was around $19 / pound - I can see why some have gotten interested in making their own.

44 Dave · April 16, 2019, 09:57 AM

I don't remember having cap jams on my Replica Arms 1860 Army with those brass Italian caps either.

NavyVet1959 · April 16, 2019, 02:39 PM

As we get older and find that we have more time for our hobbies, we learn that our hobbies have gotten more expensive.

Still, the most expensive hobby is collecting ex-wives...

Hanshi · April 16, 2019, 04:14 PM

I used to buy Dupont at $1.00 a pound. Now, the only way I buy powder is to order it by the case for a "savings". The stuff seems to go up in price yearly.

April 14, 2019, 07:37 PM	#1
shurshot Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2006 Posts: 1,819	Black Powder prices... I was into BP pretty heavy in the early 90's, until 2010 or so (very expensive Divorce). Unfortunately sold off most of them under duress. Dust has settled and I have my life back. Getting back into it and checking out my stock, I had a METAL can, 1 pound of Goex FFFG, purchased new at Kittery Trading post around 1992, sticker said $9.49. Today, I was at the Trading post again checking out used BP rifles and I decided to pick up a new can. What a wake up call!! First off, same powder, one pound of Goex, FFFG, but the container was PLASTIC. Yup, plastic. 2nd, the price? $29.99!!! I feel like Rip van Winkle waking up to a new world. What are you guys paying for a pound of GOEX FFFG where you live???

April 14, 2019, 08:16 PM	#3
noelf2 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: Stuart, VA Posts: 2,473	Making my own bp, and using subs like 777 and pyrodex. __________________ Liberty and freedom often offends those who understand neither.

April 15, 2019, 06:15 AM	#4
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	$ Oliver: Where did you find a case price of just shy of $10 a pound? inquiring minds want to know. Pete __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member

April 16, 2019, 12:55 AM	#8
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,290	In the early 60s, I bought my powder and caps from an old gunsmith who had a small shop. The price of a pound of 2 or 3 F DuPont was 75 cents and a tm pf 100 Remington caps was 25 cents. I still have one of the cans with the price asked on it with a grease pencil as well as some of the cap tins. Yep - prices are a bit more now but let's face it . . . . so are the wages. I think the last that I bought of Goex was around $19 / pound - I can see why some have gotten interested in making their own. __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

April 16, 2019, 04:14 PM	#11
Hanshi Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2017 Posts: 239	I used to buy Dupont at $1.00 a pound. Now, the only way I buy powder is to order it by the case for a "savings". The stuff seems to go up in price yearly. __________________ Young guys should hang out with old guys; old guys know stuff.

April 14, 2019, 07:46 PM	#2
Oliver Sudden Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 283	Welcome to the world of $16 minimum wage! Last place I checked a pound was $27 but throwing in with a couple of buddy’s we bought a case at just shy of $10 a pound. It keeps fine and if I needed money I’m sure I could sell it years from now.

April 15, 2019, 10:57 AM	#5
Oliver Sudden Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 283	Powder Inc. about a year ago. We bought two cases.

April 15, 2019, 06:38 PM	#6
HillBilly Willy Member Join Date: March 10, 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 54	I feel fortunate to have gotten a half full 16 oz. can of 3F for free from my neighbor, manufacture date of 03-91, so i could shoot my "wall hanger".

April 15, 2019, 09:17 PM	#7
44 Dave Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Posts: 590	In the '60s was paying $2/lb. at the local sport shop. Was 17 years old and ordered a 15 lb. drum, delivered to our door and cost about $1/lb. Think min. wage was about $1.75/hr, but the recent price jump in powder and ammo doesn't seem justified/

April 16, 2019, 09:57 AM	#9
44 Dave Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Posts: 590	I don't remember having cap jams on my Replica Arms 1860 Army with those brass Italian caps either.

April 16, 2019, 02:39 PM	#10
NavyVet1959 Senior Member Join Date: April 27, 2014 Location: Texas, ya'll Posts: 166	As we get older and find that we have more time for our hobbies, we learn that our hobbies have gotten more expensive. Still, the most expensive hobby is collecting ex-wives...