Buffalo Arms Confirms Blackpowder Delays Through 2025, January 2026

We heard whispers of this earlier in the summer, but now have public confirmation of a delay in imported black powder through the end of 2025. Buffalo Arms Co. sent out an email Friday, August 15th, strongly advising enthusiasts to place their orders now for the best chance to get some powder from the next shipment.

The word is that Schuetzen lost one of their corning presses this year, and that has limited their output. I’ve not received confirmation from the company verifying this at the time of writing.

Above: a screen capture of the email sent by Buffalo Arms Co.

It’s very common for these issues to be spread across black powder retailers. I expect to see similar announcements from other distributors in the coming weeks. Powder Valley recently suffered a devastating warehouse fire. Expect them to be out of the powder business for a while as they rebuild.

As far as the calendar goes, this shipment lines up with years past as the “hunting/fall/winter” shipment. If that is the case, don’t expect any more powder to be imported after this shipment until early in the next year, as Buffalo Arms Co. states.

Muzzleloading enthusiasts are no strangers to these frustrations. Blackpowder has been in “short” supply for a solid 5 years now, if not a little more. American producer GOEX has been down for 10 months now after an explosion affected the Minden, Louisiana, facility in October 2024.