Black Powder plant closing

[rollingb]

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GOEX may be closing also,.....

[Bigsmoke]

Well, now, isn't that just ducky.
And a pox be upon them.

John (Bigsmoke)

[Hank in WV]

Shocking news. It just gets tougher every day to enjoy this sport. Now there'll probably be a run on BP.

[RobD]

There are still more than a few USA sources for black powder and mail order is still the way for most of us to get it.

The real question right now isn't BP manufacturing or availability, it's if we will still be able to buy it via mail order.

[Bigsmoke]

I just checked Powder, Inc's website.  According to it, GOEX, Olde Eynsford, Schutzen and Swiss in Ffg granulations, all of them, are out of stock.
Now, it could be that their website is out of date, but if it isn't, that seems to be the name of the problem.  You cannot ship it if you don't have it.

John (Bigsmoke)

[RobD]

I just checked Powder, Inc's website.  According to it, GOEX, Olde Eynsford, Schutzen and Swiss in Ffg granulations, all of them, are out of stock.
Now, it could be that their website is out of date, but if it isn't, that seems to be the name of the problem.  You cannot ship it if you don't have it.

John (Bigsmoke)

You didn't really look far enough - maine powder house is loaded to the brim, powder valley has some but not all - and those are only the first two I checked ....

[BEAVERMAN]

Hope you can get your rock locks to work with pyrodex!

[RobD]

Hope you can get your rock locks to work with pyrodex!

Not gonna happen, ya NEED real black powder.  There's plenty around, too.  Get yers now before the well dries up!

Hard to find 2f or 3f, so go for 1-1/2f or 1f - both will work well and are actually "period correct".  I've been using Swiss 1-1/2f for the last few months with no problem at all, and it helps in pan on damp days,

[KDubs]

 well y'all know how to light a fire under someone..hearing about these closings had me suddenly wanting more BP to up my current supply of 3# so I went on by my favorite supplier for all things ML, Buffalo Arms and sad to say they had no #2 anything and minimal anything else. they stated the same about the manufactures shutting down.
 No #11 caps either but they did have a decent supply of musket caps , no 1/4-28 musket nipples tho in case I wanted to/need to convert my TC
 I bought 300 musket caps for my '64 Springfield and thought about some 1.5F they had but a shipment of 2-3-4 f was coming.
 I was told to be at the door at 8 am Thursday. " phones have been ringing off the hook so be here early".
 looking to buy 10# of 2F hopefully or I will use 1.5F as needed. wont have # 11 caps till later, cant be shipped with powder apparently.
 Kevin
 

[RobD]

The beauty of the flintlock is that ignition starters are easy to acquire, if not found around and about locally.   

[Ohio Joe]

Sadly, I knew this day would come sooner or later... I always figured it would be later...

I sure hope the; NMLRA, NRA, NSSA, and all the clubs and Black Powder related organizations can come together (as well as the weekend plinkers), and do something about this to assure we have a BP Supplier source from somewhere.

I guess only time will tell.

For now I guess it's a bit more bow & arrow and rimfire shooting to satisfy my Range trips. 'course I'm lucky, I got a 25 yard archery lane here at my home in the side yard.

[RobD]

Black powder is used by the military, so it's not going the way of the dodo.

[KDubs]

The beauty of the flintlock is that ignition starters are easy to acquire, if not found around and about locally.   

exactly why I built my Fowler .  might have to build a flint rifle too.
Kevin

[RobD]

The beauty of the flintlock is that ignition starters are easy to acquire, if not found around and about locally.   

exactly why I built my Fowler .  might have to build a flint rifle too.
Kevin

I'm happy with just a smoothie, but I hear ya and approve!   

[Bigsmoke]

When this topic was hot, I wrote a note to Hodgdon expressing my feelings on their shuttering the plant.
Today, I received the following response:

Luke Otte <Luke@hodgdon.com>
2:02 PM (1 hour ago)
to me

We understand your frustration. We hope someone will come forward and continue to offer sporting powder to the public. There are many factors we had to consider here and sporting is a small part of the big overall picture.

So, there you have it, evidently we are just a pimple on the a$$ of the big picture.  Nice to know.

John (Bigsmoke)