powder retailer in Knoxville area

[RichardS]

I'm looking to buy some Hodgdon Varget, looking for the 8lb kegs. Saw it at Bass Pro in Sevierville for an outrageous price, way more than it would cost to buy online and ship. But I'd rather buy local and avoid shipping if can find a reasonable price. Anyone have recommendations on other places that might stock Varget in the Knoxville area?

[Garufa]

Good luck.

Pm dlm37015 or go to the next gun show. He always has a reloaders paradise set up at the shows or can help you find what you need.

[R_Bert]

I buy most of mine from David at the shows.

BTW, on some rifle loads yesterday, I tried AA2520 (spherical) for the first time. It meters *very* well. No static cling whatsoever unlike the RL-15 & H4895 (stick) I was also using in my BR-3 powder drop.

Edited February 18, 2012 by R_Bert

[pcrc11]

Fox and Co carries a pretty good supply of reloading components

[Dolomite_supafly]

Walmart in Halls sells Varget, ~$23 a pound.

Gander Mountain genrally has it as well as Bass Pro Shop.

David at the show also carries Varget and he will be at the show this weekend.

Dolomite

[Dolomite_supafly]

Fox and Co carries a pretty good supply of reloading components

Did he get his FFL back?

I know the last time I was in there, about a year ago, he had lost his FFL over paperwork issues. He was still accepting firearms for repair despite not having a valid FFL.

Dolomite

[dlm37015]

yes come and see me at the knoxville show i will have some .but anybody that uses varget needs to try thr new powder i have wc842 same as cfe223 but about half the pricevery clean meters well loads great where you have been using varget

[Guest canebreaker]

David, You have plans to do the Memphis or Southaven shows?

No reloading supplies at either of the last shows.

[dlm37015]

i will be passing through memphis next thursday on my way to okc i can meet you with your needs

[Guest canebreaker]

You have any surplus powder for 38 spl and 9m? What price?

[dlm37015]

not right now tite group is still the best buy on pistol powder

[pcrc11]

Did he get his FFL back?

I know the last time I was in there, about a year ago, he had lost his FFL over paperwork issues. He was still accepting firearms for repair despite not having a valid FFL.

Dolomite

Cant say about the FFL. Must not need it to sell reloading stuff because he has quite a bit of it. Prices were pretty good too.

[RichardS]

Picked up some wc 842 at the show, going to give that a try with the .223 77 grain Noslers I was going to use Varget for. Near half the price so worth a try.

Thanks everyone for the replies.

[dlm37015]

let us know how it does for you

[R_Bert]

David, when is your next visit to Knoxville area ?

[dlm37015]

i will be back in 2 weeks to the expo center thank goodness because the zoo is just that a zoo

[Guest canebreaker]

dlm, pm sent

[Guest phil357]

If you need Varget or any other powder. I can get it if ordered by Wednesday and have it delivered by Thursday.

Email me if interested phendra@tds.net I am in west knoxville.

[R_Bert]

yes come and see me at the knoxville show i will have some .but anybody that uses varget needs to try thr new powder i have wc842 same as cfe223 but about half the pricevery clean meters well loads great where you have been using varget

David, the WC842 I got from you yesterday meters *extremely* well.

No .204 Ruger load data for 34 gr Dogtowns, so I am scaling up from 35 gr Berger data for CFE223.

I have rounds made up at 27.5, 28.0, 28.5, 29.0,29.5, & 30.0 grains @ 2.250" (SAAMI OAL). Running CCI-400s to start with.

Will test (and see how they chrono) tomorrow hopefully.

Nice powder, Thanks.

Bert

[dlm37015]

thanks for your help in unloading friday ^^^

[R_Bert]

thanks for your help in unloading friday ^^^

It was fun, and I learned a few things at the feet of the master.

BTW, I almost ran across Joe today. He lives next door to one of my best friends, and he gave a few of those barrels to yet another. Small world.

It was pretty funny to be able to describe both Joe & the barrels to my firends before they even got started. They said "we got some cool barrels......", and I finished the story for them.

B.

[R_Bert]

David, the WC842 I got from you yesterday meters *extremely* well.

No .204 Ruger load data for 34 gr Dogtowns, so I am scaling up from 35 gr Berger data for CFE223.

I have rounds made up at 27.5, 28.0, 28.5, 29.0,29.5, & 30.0 grains @ 2.250" (SAAMI OAL). Running CCI-400s to start with.

Will test (and see how they chrono) tomorrow hopefully.

Nice powder, Thanks.

Bert

Well, I need to back it off a bit; 27.5 gr WC842 Dogtown ran at 4050 fps, with a hint of cratering on the CCI-400. Did not test the hotter loads, but did run a few 27.0 gr H4895 Dogtown rounds through the chrono again with ~ 3800 fps avg.