January 10, 2012. More caps -- CCI #10, #11, and the 24% hotter, #11 magnum caps. For revolver, muzzleloader, and muzzleloader hot shooters, respectively, we can pack a few with a small black powder order on our CapsNPowder page. You can place larger caps orders on the caps page on BlackDawgeCartridge.com. And the regular Powder page is still our regular Powder page. For regular black powder orders. Oh, you ought to know what I mean. Really. We just added the new caps types on the same pages where the CCI four-winged Musket caps were. And didn't change the black powder page for the new caps. Because there weren't any caps on the Order Black Powder page, and there still aren't any caps on the Order Black Powder page. Not because we don't want you to order caps and black powder (we do, that is why there is a caps page on BlackDawgeCartidge.com, and a CapsNPowder page on PowderInc.com, after all) but because it would make the OrderBlackPowder page look cluttered. Caps. CCI #10, #11, #11 magnum.

January 3, 2012. (Yes, another update today. It's been busy, OK?) Schuetzen Powder. We have some. 1F, 2F, 3F black powder. Order from the Black Powder Order page. And enjoy another fine black powder from PowderInc.com (Oh, where does this spiel come from? How do we stop it, so early in an otherwise promising year?). According to Schuetzen, Granulation Sizes: 1Fg - 1.7 to 1.18 mm (muskets & Cannons); 2Fg - 1.18 to 0.6 mm (.45 - .68 caliber rifles); 3Fg - 0.85 to 0.3 mm (.32 - .45 caliber rifles). Now, I know that back in the 1970s Congress passed a law that made Metric measurements the law of the land. And on a job one time I learned that there are 25.4 millimeters (mm) per inch. So, if I take one of my shoes off, I can figure that 1.18 mm is about 1.18 / 25.4 or .046 inches, which makes more sense to me than 1.18 mm. So I figure 1F Schuetzen is .046 to .067 inches; 2F is .0236 to .046 inches, and 3F is .012 to .033 inches. Why they couldn't have said that in the first place just baffles me. It is like they weren't speaking strictly American or something. Schuetzen. Made in Germany of Alder Charcoal.

January 3, 2012. GOEX Cowboy granulation was discontinued a while back. We have less than fifty pounds left, so online orders have been ended. We have a few cans remaining, and it is still the same GOEX product. Please call if you want a can or 46 (just picking a number at random ;-).

January 3, 2012. Prices went up. It's done. By the time you read this, it will be too late to buy 2012 powders at 2011 prices. Happy New Year. No, really. Happy New Year! We appreciate your business, and are trying to keep our price adjustments as honest as we can. You made 2011 a good year for us. Our costs went up, though, so we didn't have a lot of choice but to raise prices, too. We strive to provide an honest product at an honest price. Maybe we should change our name to Honest Powder, Inc. Maybe? Oof! Our shipping elf, Aunt Susie, Cousin Kevin, Jerry, and the neighbor down the road where Aunt Susie picked up a snoot full of . . well, they are all opposed to changing names or anything, so Powder, Inc. it stays. At least for this year. Happy New Year!

December 30, 2011. Skirmish #3 (sic) (Just Because) is back. That 'sic' just means it looks like a typographical error, I know it looks like a typo, but it really isn't a typo even though it looks funny. In this case, it cannot look like '3F', because, well, Just Because. Not for Skirmish powder, anyway.

December 20, 2011. *sigh* Well, it seemed like a good notion, a tide-me-over kind of make-do thing that would get us from here to there. See, we ran out of GOEX 4Fg some while back (October 4th), and don't expect more before Feb-Mar of 2012 (next year). And it *seemed* like a good idea to suggest KIK 4Fg as an alternative 4Fg powder, and it seems to have been fine for a number of folks. Only we are running low on KIK 4Fg. Low as in, we don't know when the next boat comes in (from Europe), and we don't have enough left to proudly promote KIK 4Fg as "We gots lots! Buy a bunch!" kind of promise that listing KIK 4Fg implies. So I just now shut off the web page block for KIK 4Fg. *heavy sigh* Jerry doesn't have enough for a big order. If you call, Jerry can sell what he does have without taking anyone's money for something he can't ship. Now, I could say that dropping the online purchase option for that one powder, KIK 4Fg, is to be courteous to you, the customer, but really doing it this way saves Jerry and the crew a bunch of headaches and work, tracking down orders, resolving changes, etc. If you do want 4Fg powder, and you want to see if you can get some of Jerry's last cans (less than 1,000, I am sure, though he hasn't told me how many are left, maybe only 100) give Jerry a call. I might mention, though, we still seem to have a bunch of the Swiss 4Fg, if you don't mind the very high quality for a bit (*cough*) higher price.

December 14, 2011. It's a-coming! The New Year (2012) is a-coming! Now, normally we would expect to raise prices here at the beginning of the new year. . . Oh. I guess we are. . . Shipping is going up generally, and the HazMat fee for shipping black powder jumps from $25 to $27.75 each carton, so that will show up as a price increase. Oh, and GOEX is increasing prices on their powders a few percent. So, I guess it is 'Whoopie' or something. . . But we *will* write “2012” on next year's invoices, so that is something! (Prices will change on January 3rd, 2012, unless something else changes.)

November 21, 2011. GOEX 3F Express! We got 50 pounds! Call now! $19.50 delivered for 25 or 50 pounds! If you want less, we can figure that cost, too! Remember, GOEX withdrew their EXPRESS powders from the market earlier this year, and plan a re-introduced product early in 2012. So this is a real find, for someone. Because of the very limited quantity, we are only taking phone or walkin orders for this FFFg GOEX Express powder.

November 17, 2011. Cranberry time! Upcoming holiday hours. Well, actually, holiday closing hours. Er, days.
Thanksgiving: Closed Thur-Fri, Nov. 24-25, open again Monday, Nov. 28.
Christmas: Closed Monday Dec. 26, reopen Tues. Dec. 27.
New Year: Closed Monday, Jan 2, 2012, re-open Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012.
Gack. Here we are, already talking about this year being done and gone. *sigh*

October 14, 2011. Um, did I mention the truck with GOEX 2F came in last week, just one day later than we expected? I should have mentioned that. Sorry.

October 12, 2011. Diamondback is back. 2F, 3F, knock your socks off, the ship came in! And, now we sit, waiting for orders, waiting, waiting. . .

October 4, 2011. We have lots of KIK 4F! This is good news. Especially since we are now out of GOEX 4F. What is so good, you ask? Why, you can notice that we are (oops!) out of GOEX 4F, and then go right on and order some of the KIK 4F instead. While we wait for real, actual GOEX 4F to come in. Maybe sometime like February or March 2012. Sorry about being out of GOEX 4F for so long. Really. kThnx

August 31, 2011. Caps. We ordered more percussion caps (four winged, CCI) for replica muskets. Price increase. Caps went up about $5 per 1,000 pieces.

June 24, 2011. OK, so yesterday was the big day, and I got the word late. Skirmish -- a good, low cost powder for cannon (#1) and rifle and pistol (#3) use -- is here. Not just here, but shipping, as of today. What this means is that you can order Skirmish powders (#1 or #3 (labelled that way because we had to, Just Because). But, sorry, I dropped the ball, 'cause now it is too late to, like, 'pre-order'. Because pre-orders happen when you take orders before you can ship, and we can ship now, which means you can only order, not pre-order. Unless you order so much we run out, and then you might be able to talk Jerry into pre-ordering for when we get that next shipment in. But pre-ordering after we start shipping just wouldn't be the same thing as like ordering before anyone else got to try it. But now you can try this new Skirmish powder to figure out what it does for you. We figure that re-enactors, cowboy action shooting, and some hunters will enjoy this consistent blackpowder.

May 13, 2011. And, yes, this really is Friday the 13th. Our justly famed and cherished Cap and Ball Cylinder Loader ships with two loading jags. I know we said it ships with three, and it used to, until, ahem, that changed. Sorry for the mis-information.

May 11, 2011. Skirmish powder. Sometime after June -- we promise, we will let you know, we won't keep it secret once it gets here, and we won't know it is here until it arrives. Calling to ask won't get it here any sooner, though I imagine you could buy a "pig in a poke" and order some before it is even made . . (Toll Free (877) 833-1799, during office hours, and all that.) Skirmish powder was popular, back when we had it, and we hated to disappoint those that wanted more. We think this is a decent black powder for shooters, and we are bringing it back, sometime real soon now. A couple of caveats. The price will be similar to before, but not quite as inexpensive. And we cannot give granulations. The reason we cannot state granulations for the new, coming Skirmish powders? Here is the reason: Because, that's why. At least, that is how I understand it. So look for Skirmish #1 for use in cannon, and Skirmish #3 for rifle and pistol.

April 19, 2011. Pinnacle-loaded bullets. Well, here goes a tragic tale. See, when we set up the Black Dawge Cartridge site, we had some rounds loaded with Pinnacle black powder substitute (and a very good substitute it is!). But the Pinnacle makers stopped making it available to us, or something like that, so we stopped loading Black Dawge Cartridge Pinnacle loads. Only we had some still in stock, so we had a page up with those Pinnacle-loaded rounds, and we let people buy them, since it just made good sense to sell what was good and useful, and seemed the courteous thing to do. Anyway, when I (the webmaster or typist or whatever hat I am wearing at the moment) set up the Black Dawge Cartridge web site, and 'moved' all the ammo and bullets and scopes and things, I got lazy. And overlooked a couple of pages. For instance, until this morning, if you went to the Catalog page, and clicked on the bullet ballistics page, Whoa!, you could still get to those older pages, including the Pinnacle loaded ammo. So - the tragic part, or at least a bit discourteous. See, that was a mistake on my part, leaving the ballistics page pointing to 'abandoned' web pages. And I cleaned that up this morning. Sometime after the end-of-April inventory, we hope to list remaining Pinnacle loads and any other odds and ends where they can be ordered by, well, just anyone that is interested. Because finding what you need should be a simple matter, not something you have to dig and work for.

April 14, 2011. GOEX Reenactor black powder. Here, now. Good for low pressure use for recreational shooting, with muzzleloaders - shines for blank fire in carbines, pistols, muskets, and cannon.

March 21, 2011. We have been waiting for GOEX Express. GOEX explained the delay to us - they are withdrawing GOEX Express powders (not the traditional GOEX powders, GOEX powders are in stock and well supported, and a delight for all) from the market as of now, March 2011. GOEX plans are to re-introduce the GOEX Express product in January 2012.

February 21, 2011. The Diamondback Powders web site is moving to a new domain (still the same powders, the same info on the web site), we updated our Links page - and you might want to, as well. The new home is http://www.diamondbackpowders.com.

January 17, 2011. We ran out of the brass powder flasks and measures made here in Arkansas, USA. We don't know when they will be back in stock.

January 10, 2011. GOEX 'Cartridge' granulation of black powder - all gone. GOEX discontinued it, we sold the last we had, no more available, etc. Sorry!

January 3, 2011. Yep. Prices went up. Happy new year. Huzzah!

December 6, 2010. CAPS. Musket caps, the kind that go with muzzle loading and sets off the blackpowder, not the fur kind or Amazon.com toy coonskin kind. We gots 'em on Black Dawge Cartridge.com. And coming here, too. *cough* Working on it. Anyway, the prices dropped on the caps, too, about $5 per order. Check 'em out.

November 17, 2010. GOEX is discontinuing the COWBOY and CARTRIDGE grade powder. We have a limited supply and will ship "first-come, first-serve". Until it is gone. Once it is gone, uh, . . we won't ship any more? Oh, right. When it is gone, it is gone. Cie la vie. Sayonara. Adios. Finit. Caput. Listed on the "extinct" list. "So long, it's been good to know ye" and all that.

September 26, 2010. Safety Fuse. New pricing, with shipping included. Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-eh! Or watch Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-eh!

September 12, 2010. Migrating. We are gathering the Black Dawge products and stuff besides black powder on the BlackDawgeCartridge.com web site. And we added the Safety Fuse page here on PowderInc.com, complete with a real, live, actual scanned copy of the warning blurb on the Safety Fuse package label. Honest! Just keep in mind, that the bullets and cartridges and brass and Cap and Ball Cylinder Loaders and powder flasks and powder measures and HiLux scopes have moved. When you leave the PowderInc.com site now, to look at bullets, etc., you leave your PowderInc.com shopping cart behind. So buy your powder and safety fuse (for those cannon boomers out there), then gander at the Black Dawge pages. And, yes, I know the Black Dawge pages look just like the Powder Inc pages for bullets, etc. They list the same great products, after all, just less brassy yellow and more hunter green colors on the page. Just, you know, don't get lost trying to get the bullets and black powder into the same shopping cart anymore, 'cause we now have separate shopping carts for Black Dawge Cartridge and for Powder, Inc.

August 26, 2010. Cannon fuse - we have safety fuse on hand, Shogun 3.00 mm (3 mm divided by 25.4 mm per inch, would be about 0.118 inches, or 7.5/64^ths of an inch. Ain't metric a hoot?) green safety fuse. This is a vigorous and reliable fuse, timed at 1 foot in 28 seconds. We have 20 foot rolls in stock now.

July 19, 2010. Pinnacle 3F (same as GOEX Pinnacle black powder substitute in FFF grain) is gone. It is official; we are out, and intend to stay that way. Buy 2F Pinnacle, please! We brought it in to sell, too. It is good product, works as great as . . uh, . . Pinnacle FF should! It's just, you know, we can't sell any more Pinnacle FFF, 'cause that would be wrong, since we don't have any to sell, really. . . Thanks!

June 25, 2010. Shelf space! Yeah, we found some shelf space! Umm, I mean, we just sold the last six (6) boxes of Pinnacle loaded 45-70 Govt., 405 gr. ammo. The last of it. No more, unless you ask us really, really nice, 'cause we have been looking for that shelf space, and we aren't planning on loading any more Pinnacle ammo. Not that we wouldn't, for a special occasion, or the right price, if the moon is in the right phase and taxes go down. Just kidding. 45-70 Government loads in 350 gr., 405 gr, and 500 gr., and 405 gr. Trapdoor cartridges, loaded with GOEX black powder, are all available at BlackDawgeCartridge.com. It is just the Pinnacle loaded cartridges we are clearing out. Which we got closer to doing, today. Thanks!

October 23, 2009. Filler. Frusrated with half-full cartridges? Decided that playground sand isn't the safest filler? (Please don't try this. If the kiddies don't complain about losing their sand, it will likely act more like shrapnel when you try to fire it. I can't think sand is recommended for long barrel life, neither.)

Wonder what Black Dawge uses when loading cartridges with less powder than chock-full?

Here it is. Black Dawge Filler. This 3 lb bag full should last a while. The filler is consistent, fine grained, and is completely consumed when the cartidge is fired. And it takes up space.

July 22, 2009. Breaking news. Chamber size on black powder shot shells is 2 3/4" long. This is the same size they have been. We just thought it would be nice to list it, so you don't have to guess.

July 22, 2009. New Winchester '76 cartridge - 45-60 caliber. In two styles, GOEX Black Powder, 350 gr. RNFP, and 45-60 Blackhorn 209, 300 gr. FP. Another new cartridge is the Trapdoor carbine Original Military Load, 45-70 405 Gr RNFP. Order these new cartridges on the Ammo page. We also now carry Jamison 45-60 brass; order that on the Catalog page (a brass page is coming real soon, now).

July 20, 2009. Powder, Inc. is not responsible for delays encountered after your order is picked up by FedEx or UPS.

Ammo Brass Sale. As part of the Overstock Sale, we have several thousand pieces of new cartridge brass for sale, in 44 Cal. - either Russian or Remington Magnum Starline. See the buttons on the Black Dawge Cartridge web site Catalog page.

July 25, 2008. New office hours: Monday - Thursday 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., and Fri. 7:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon, Central Time (like in Chicago).

October 10, 2007. Scopes from Leatherwood Optics! Powder, Inc. is now a distributor for Leatherwood / Hi-Lux Optics Scopes! We now carry the classic Wm. Malcolm scope, as seen in the recent movie “3:10 to Yuma”. The Malcolm scope is built using modern optics to an authentic Wm. Malcolm style. The Short Barrel Malcolm Telescopic Rifle Sight combines superior optics with a 3x shorter form for cowboy and lever action rifles, and other shorter barrel rifles, as well as most longer barrel rifles, too.

We are pleased to carry the Toby Bridges Special Edition scope for Muzzleloaders. This 3x9 by 40mm scope has also been used successfully on shotguns.

We offer ammo cartridges in quality Blackpowder loads.

You may also order by faxing your completed statement of release with your credit card information, including expiration date, 3-digit number on the back of your card at the end of the signature line and what items you would like to order. FAX: 479-754-6281.