Who sells Surplus Powder? Do you have any Names or web sights?

thanks,

urdubob

http://www.gibrass.com/

I got mine from Hi-Tech

http://www.iidbs.com/hitech

I'm sure there are some others.

I've dealt with both of the above with good satisfaction. The third major vendor is Pat's Reloading. http://www.patsreloading.com/

One right in TN...http://www.wideners.com

They're right down the road from me, and I like them, but surplus powder isn't a big item for them. They carry a pretty limited selection and their prices are higher than Hi-Tech's, generally.

NotRicochet....They are right up the road from me. You're right they don't have alot of surplus and maybe that will change, dunno. Anyways I bought a jug of 844, which is shooting fine for my purposes, for $49 with no shipping or hazard fees. Hi Tech wants $64 plus shipping and hazard fees for the same powder. So wideners beat them on that one and who knows if they stocked more.

Joe

BEWARE!!!!!!!!
Got 8pounds of surplus 4895 (a fovorite) and it was nothing more than granular NITRIC acid. It did a serious rust number on my 47 year old powder measure and screwed up a lot of ammo. there were 50% miss fires and no fires. When I pulled the bullets the rear ends were a pretty green color. I than opened the 8 pound container and witnessed a brownish yellow haze. I safely wiffed this gas and It was nitric or nitrous take your pick.I mixed this devils powder with 10 gals. of water and spread it on my lawn for firtilizer. Yes it was to rich and burned the lawn. Iwrote every magazine that I get hoping they would advise the shooting public. Nada. I ordered this stuff from someone who advertises in the Shotgun News. Sadly I know not who. Roger

I've bought stuff off and on from Jeff Bartlett for 20 years or more with total satisfaction. The one batch I bought recently from Pat's Reloading was fine.

I do stay away from pulldown powder as much as possible. Rather pay the few extra bucks for the never loaded stuff. It's far more likely that the bulk powder has been properly stored.

OTOH, the never-loaded powder was often rejected because it didn't meet specs. The pulldown stuff got loaded because it did, and probably still does. All powder will eventually deteriorate, though. Jeff Bartlett and Hi-Tech sell good stuff. I'm sure Pat does, too. BTW, when powder is giving off red fumes it's in grave danger of self-igniting. Ideally the stuff should be stored in a cool place, outside the house, in a container that won't hold pressure if it does catch fire. Someone recently mentioned storing powder in an old refrigerator, and that's an EXCELLENT idea! The rate of deterioration goes up pretty much exponentially with temperature, and the usual accelerated aging tests are done at 65 degrees C. A hot shed or attic could approach that. Those hot tests will cause powders to deteriorate in a matter of weeks.