Thread: Why can't I get AR2209 in the South Island

Why can't I get AR2209 in the South Island, has it become a prohibited and scary substance in the last two years?

The ferry wont transport powder any more

Steves wholesale does a run on a private boat every few months


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This is probably an out there suggestion do we need a South Island importer?

Originally Posted by xtightg

This is probably an out there suggestion do we need a South Island importer?

Maybe @Kiwi Greg ?

Imagine how much money you would have made over the last 24 months if you had a couple pallet loads of Reloder 26 to sell in the South Island.

I'd be standing on my street corner selling it in dime bags.

They need to save it for Aucklanders bro

Any problem sourcing AR2209 equivalents of H414 / H4350?

I think I saw some in Gun City in Dunedin the other weekend... Could try Elios in Dunedin aswell

Is there a maximum weight of powder allowed to be transported for personal use? Its bloody pricey getting a vehicle over the strait, would need to be carrying a lot or huge profit margins to make it worthwhile

Originally Posted by Cordite

Any problem sourcing AR2209 equivalents of H414 / H4350?

Good point cant say I tried.

Don't want to start again with load development on several calibers when my current recipes are to my liking.

Maybe I am just lazy

Originally Posted by xtightg

Why can't I get AR2209 in the South Island, has it become a prohibited and scary substance in the last two years?

H4350 is the same as 2209

There hasn't been a powder run down here from Steves for a while now

I can understand that, it costs a lot of time & money...much easier to just sell it in the North Island......

Which has been happening with the likes of RL26 being available up there but not down here...by the time they come down here it will be all gone again......

Originally Posted by 223nut

Is there a maximum weight of powder allowed to be transported for personal use? Its bloody pricey getting a vehicle over the strait, would need to be carrying a lot or huge profit margins to make it worthwhile

Pretty sure its 15 kilos.
I dont know what walk on passengers could carry but they have a set oxf requirement and list of stuff they dont like carrying.
It would be interesting to learn how explosives get across the strait as although they arent poeder seems to be lumped in the same basket.

People smuggle meth across the strait, surely someone cann do reloder 26

Once again the South Island getting the hind tit......cut the cable until they send us the good powder

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

H4350 is the same as 2209

There hasn't been a powder run down here from Steves for a while now

I can understand that, it costs a lot of time & money...much easier to just sell it in the North Island......

Which has been happening with the likes of RL26 being available up there but not down here...by the time they come down here it will be all gone again......

@Kiwi Greg , @xtightg It is my understanding that Steve's wholesale is looking to or trying to set up a battery (fancy term for powder warehouse) here in the south island and getting powder shipped directly there. All because the ferry's wont take it on a DG trailer like he used to bring. It has to be more stable than petrol and that comes across quite frequently (think how much there has to be in every car tank on the boat) and diesel (the dam boat runs on the stuff...) .....