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Natchez free hazmat


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fyi
Midway's been getting some 215M's in stock, on the rare day.
Catch is, 110 (limit 1) + shipping + hazmat, puts you right at 150
If they let you order 2.. it's not near the pucker factor of having to order 1
 
Was IMR4895.. And Benchmark was still in stock 5-10min ago..

Check daily and/or sign up for their email blast. They drop powder 1-2 times per week.
Man! That is so weird. When I checked, both h4895 and benchmark showed OOS for me.

Now I know that h4895 was never in stock because I got confused and it was imr4895 instead. But still, benchmark wasn't showing in stock for me.

I did set up alerts so hopefully next time I can be quicker.

I know it's been mentioned before, these powders "are like" so and so and are usually from pulled ammo.

Are they saying these powders are like certain powders because they are from pulled ammo and have no way to 100% confirm but that's the best guess and it's somewhat obvious?

Or are they 100% sure and have confirmed its like a certain powder but for sure it's not that exact powder, just something very close to it?
 
For those of you asking how similar these AR powders are that say similar to "4451" or "Benchmark" etc..

I did a direct comparison today between AR MP579 (IMR4451) and a never opened 1lb can of actual IMR 4451 in 6.5cm..

Everything else was exactly the same. Same batch of 100pc of virgin Norma 6.5cm brass. Same 130smk, same coal, same gun.

Accuracy wise, MP579 shot lights out.. imr4451 shot like complete doesn't. Velocity was very similar with MP579 having slightly better SD's

MP579 (4451)
5 shots each

42.0 - 2795.0 es 20.8 SD 6.9
42.5 - 2828.8 es 56.8 SD 18.9
43.0 - 2862.8 es 36.3 SD 13.2
43.5 - 2908.7 es 32.6 SD 13.8

IMR 4451
5 shots each

42.0 - 2780.4 es 40.7 sd 13.8
42.5 - 2830.9 es 66.2 SD 24.9
43.0 - 2873.8 es 44.5 SD 19.1
43.5 - 2905.7 es 40.4 SD 13.7
 
For those of you asking how similar these AR powders are that say similar to "4451" or "Benchmark" etc..

I did a direct comparison today between AR MP579 (IMR4451) and a never opened 1lb can of actual IMR 4451 in 6.5cm..

Everything else was exactly the same. Same batch of 100pc of virgin Norma 6.5cm brass. Same 130smk, same coal, same gun.

Accuracy wise, MP579 shot lights out.. imr4451 shot like complete doesn't. Velocity was very similar with MP579 having slightly better SD's

MP579 (4451)
5 shots each

42.0 - 2795.0 es 20.8 SD 6.9
42.5 - 2828.8 es 56.8 SD 18.9
43.0 - 2862.8 es 36.3 SD 13.2
43.5 - 2908.7 es 32.6 SD 13.8

IMR 4451
5 shots each

42.0 - 2780.4 es 40.7 sd 13.8
42.5 - 2830.9 es 66.2 SD 24.9
43.0 - 2873.8 es 44.5 SD 19.1
43.5 - 2905.7 es 40.4 SD 13.7
What is MP579? Never heard of this. I have a rifle that likes 4451. Only have an 8lb keg for it though.
 
They haven't had any MP450 / "TAC " in a while. My plan was to get a bunch next time they had it but I'm down to my last 8lb jug of reg tac and I may have to go ahead and get another. I wish there was somewhere it could be had for under 300
 
They haven't had any MP450 / "TAC " in a while. My plan was to get a bunch next time they had it but I'm down to my last 8lb jug of reg tac and I may have to go ahead and get another. I wish there was somewhere it could be had for under 300
Just barely, not when hazmat, shipping, tax:

 
Just barely, not when hazmat, shipping, tax:

Yeah I mean with all the fees and crazy shipping. You can't find it under about $330
 
There was IMR4064, 2230, H335 Staball at American when I looked a little bit ago

I saw that. When I filtered for rifle powders you get a list of what they have. Some say out of stock (I didn't filter for in stock only) and some didn't say out of stock.

I clicked on staball match because it did not say out of stock but when I tried adding to cart it prompted a message saying out of stock.

Idk what I'm doing wrong or if I'm late to the party or how I can successfully shop at AR lol. I never have luck. This was hours ago.
 
AR has website issues often. I've ordered stuff before & then get an email from a person it's been OOS for weeks. They have to be manually entering inventory, because they get random items and inconsistently
 
They haven't had any MP450 / "TAC " in a while. My plan was to get a bunch next time they had it but I'm down to my last 8lb jug of reg tac and I may have to go ahead and get another. I wish there was somewhere it could be had for under 300
Graf's has Tac 8 # for $294.00 W/ free hazmat & shipping is $12.95 right now for hazmat orders over $150.00. Probably the closest you're going to find under $330.00.

 
Graf's has Tac 8 # for $294.00 W/ free hazmat & shipping is $12.95 right now for hazmat orders over $150.00. Probably the closest you're going to find under $330.00.

I picked up some TAC from Powder Valley for quite a bit cheaper last week. I bought (2)8lb for $533 shipped. Funny thing is, look at what they said they weigh - 7.26lbs. I weighed them and came up with 8.49/8.52 per jug. 🤷‍♂️

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for those looking for an expensive Varget-substitute; I got an in-stock notification from Grafs.com for 8lbers of Shooter's World Precision powder for $495 + $12.95 shipping + $23.50 hazmat. Equals too rich from my blood.
There's a reason why Shooter's World powders are always available, even during the dark-years of the pandemic. In my experience, it's just barely OK. YMMV of course.
 
Drifter’s Gear has LRPs

GM210

CCI LRP

CCI #34
 
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