Rob96
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Ahhh I forgot about the fire at Hogdon.
Hodgdon didn't have a fire. ADI, who makes many of Hodgdon branded powders, did have a fire around May (I think) of last year. It supposedly only effected the production of Universal Clays and the Australian equivalent. I've seen International Clays and Clays on shelves, although not often, since then. But the one time I've seen Universal was shortly after the fire happened and I have to imagine that it was powder that had been shipped to Hodgdon for packaging shortly before the fire. There's plenty of other ADI made powders still hitting shelves so it obviously didn't effect all of there manufacturing capabilities. They had originally estimated that the problem would be fixed by the start of this year, however, that estimation has been pushed back at least once to my knowledge. I'm not going to dig up all of the links (again) but the information is out there if you care to be informed.I was told by 2 separate gun shops that Hodgon had a fire in their main drier. They didn't tell me when this happened or if it had been fixed. They did tell me to buy what I could when I could as they expect it to get worse before it gets better.
Part of this is due to the reduction in the number of local, family owned stores and the increase in the number of chain stores like Home Depot and Lowes.
We even have some gas stations in then area that carry primers and powder,
I'm not sure why powder is so difficult to get but I do know that sellers are terrified that the next IED is going to be made with powder from their shop, and they won't sell to just anyone who walks in off the street. At least, not the guy that I buy from. Good luck to you.