The going rate is what ever someone will pay for it. The problem with small gun shops is they have to pay the haz mat fee too. So they pass all that cost on to the consumer of course. There are also a lot of federal and insurance restrictions that gun shops have to follow in order to even sell the stuff. That is the reason you are seeing more and more stores simply not carry it. Insurance rates are murder for the small gun shop that sells black powder.

I purchase my Goex and Swiss Black Powder by the cae or by the half case through http://www.powderinc.com. The last time I think I paid $8.50 a pound for the Goex but then you tack on the $25.00 haz mat fee which pops another dollar a pound on. So anywhere around $10.00 a pound would be reasonable without any real profit to the store. I think they are making a little profit on you to cover all the other expenses they have.