An idea occurred to me yesterday: has anyone tried to establish a North Idaho "powder library"? I don't know about you all, but I always run into the issue of having to buy a full container of any powder I want to try in a rifle, and half the time, it doesn't work well for my purpose, and ends up just sitting on the shelf.
The solution to this would be hosting a "powder library" where you could 'check-out' powders for load development. The purpose is NOT to restock your own supply when it's down, but to give others access to a variety of powders FOR LOAD DEVELOPMENT ONLY. They're able to figure out what performs best in their rifle without buying a ton of powders they won't end up using.
It'd be facilitated by some method like this: you can 'check-out' up to 3 containers for 30 days and upfront pay $45/actual pound as a deposit. Each container is weighed and recorded at checkout. When you bring them back, they are again weighed and the total weight difference calculated. The charge would be $3/ounce of powder used, and the deposit balance minus powder used refunded to the "customer" upon returning the powders. The goal of this is not to make money off of other shooters, but to provide the convenience of having a library of options available.
If this is something that appeals to you or have ideas of how to improve it, PM me. If there's enough interest, I'll start a designated thread in the Reloading section so we don't bog down this one in the classifieds.
