Post by: jakeweb on February 03, 2020, 09:14:45 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on February 03, 2020, 09:21:29 PM
There aren’t a whole lot of good other options in the south sound, big j’s in Orting carries some limited supplies, welchers’s in Lakewood has a good stock of powders and bullets.
Post by: jakeweb on February 03, 2020, 09:40:05 PM
Post by: HighlandLofts on February 03, 2020, 09:40:52 PM
Give them a call before driving there
I have been buying powder at the Sportsmans Warehouse in Everett.
Post by: full choke on February 03, 2020, 09:43:51 PM
I was there just a few days ago. Literally not a single bottle of powder.. seemed kinda weird. All the other reloading stuff was out, but not a single powder.
I was there the other day ( saturday morning ) and a guy asked a gal at the gun counter where all the powder was. She said all of their powders are locked up in back. She gave him a card with the list of what they had.
Post by: jakeweb on February 03, 2020, 09:46:13 PM
I was there just a few days ago. Literally not a single bottle of powder.. seemed kinda weird. All the other reloading stuff was out, but not a single powder.
I was there the other day ( saturday morning ) and a guy asked a gal at the gun counter where all the powder was. She said all of their powders are locked up in back. She gave him a card with the list of what they had.
Interesting, I wonder why they would do that? I guess I’ll go back and get the list! Also thought about sportco but wasn’t sure if they carried powders
Post by: Alan K on February 03, 2020, 09:47:30 PM
Usually there is a clip board or a packet of papers with their in stock quantities listed for both 1 lb and 8 lbers.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 04, 2020, 06:28:39 AM
Post by: Thehowler on February 04, 2020, 06:40:24 AM
Post by: gutsnthegrass on February 04, 2020, 07:42:26 AM
Post by: syoungs on February 04, 2020, 07:54:47 AM
I was told by an employee at the Federal Way Sportsmans, that the fire department came in, and told them they were only allowed 20 pounds of powder, on the shelf at a time.
I wonder if this is something new, or something that's just started to be enforced.
Ranch and home in Kennewick has pulled all their backstock powder from the shelves, and only has single pounds out. there was a note hung up saying due to regulations, they could only display single items or something along those lines.
Our local sportsmans is a joke for powders. they have lots of other reloading equipment and bullets, but seems they almost never have powder I'm after, and its a real crap shoot on if they have primers.
Post by: Stein on February 04, 2020, 08:07:02 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on February 04, 2020, 08:21:27 AM
Post by: Lincoln4 on February 04, 2020, 10:29:06 AM
Work Sports in Enumclaw sells powder. (next to the dodge dealer)
I haven't checked in a while, but they certainly have in the past.
Post by: Jingles on February 04, 2020, 10:49:40 AM
Post by: kselkhunter on February 04, 2020, 10:57:49 AM
Most of my suppliers have ben told by fire Marshal that they can only have so much on display the remainder has to be in a fire proof vault. If you notice those that do have a large display of powder containers those containers are empty and you have to ask for the powder they go and get it from the vault "Ammo locker" as was th case at Hooked on Toys, Sportsman Warehouse in Wenatchee and the Big R/ North40 store in Omak
That's a new thing then, as I've always bought powder at Sportsmans right off the shelf without having to ask for it from a back room.
Did some new Washington state law go into place on this that I missed?
It's not a federal thing, because I still can buy powder off the shelf in Oregon at Bi-Mart and Sportsmans there just fine (just bought more last week there). I haven't been to a Washington location of Sportsmans in 2020 yet. So just curious.
Post by: Jingles on February 04, 2020, 11:07:20 AM
Most of my suppliers have ben told by fire Marshal that they can only have so much on display the remainder has to be in a fire proof vault. If you notice those that do have a large display of powder containers those containers are empty and you have to ask for the powder they go and get it from the vault "Ammo locker" as was th case at Hooked on Toys, Sportsman Warehouse in Wenatchee and the Big R/ North40 store in Omak
That's a new thing then, as I've always bought powder at Sportsmans right off the shelf without having to ask for it from a back room.
Did some new Washington state law go into place on this that I missed?
It's not a federal thing, because I still can buy powder off the shelf in Oregon at Bi-Mart and Sportsmans there just fine (just bought more last week there). I haven't been to a Washington location of Sportsmans in 2020 yet. So just curious.
Not sure if new or just recently being enforced and was what happened last week when I was at Sportsman's and Hooked on toys and even harder to find 8 pound containers of H335.
Post by: h20hunter on February 04, 2020, 11:17:08 AM
Post by: mountainman on February 04, 2020, 11:58:27 AM
Been a code most places. Only allowed so many pounds on the shelf. Excess goes in powder magazine or vaultMost of my suppliers have ben told by fire Marshal that they can only have so much on display the remainder has to be in a fire proof vault. If you notice those that do have a large display of powder containers those containers are empty and you have to ask for the powder they go and get it from the vault "Ammo locker" as was th case at Hooked on Toys, Sportsman Warehouse in Wenatchee and the Big R/ North40 store in Omak
That's a new thing then, as I've always bought powder at Sportsmans right off the shelf without having to ask for it from a back room.
Did some new Washington state law go into place on this that I missed?
It's not a federal thing, because I still can buy powder off the shelf in Oregon at Bi-Mart and Sportsmans there just fine (just bought more last week there). I haven't been to a Washington location of Sportsmans in 2020 yet. So just curious.
Not sure if new or just recently being enforced and was what happened last week when I was at Sportsman's and Hooked on toys and even harder to find 8 pound containers of H335.
Post by: Rat44 on February 04, 2020, 08:53:35 PM
Sportsman Warehouse in Puyallup seems to have a decent supply the times I have been there.
Post by: dmoua on February 04, 2020, 10:56:20 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on February 05, 2020, 05:37:50 AM
Post by: kselkhunter on February 05, 2020, 07:54:21 AM
Looks like it's been on the books for many years (1969), but not well enforced. As the Puyallup Sportsmans had far more than 75lbs on the shelf when I last went there in 2019. Looks like somebody decided to start enforcing that state law more strictly now.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=70.74&full=true
But that law is just for on the shelf. I'm sure the store has plenty in the vault/storage magazine if somebody were to ask.