Normal for smokeless powder (which is what BH 209 is... the smoke is likely an additive and is just for show). If you handload, and therefore have opened a can of smokeless powder or two, you'll know that the cans the powder comes in are grossly oversized. Even with a full pound (16oz actual weight), the plastic container is rarely more than 2/3 full, but if you weigh it, it's 16 ounces. In the case of BH 209, it's been cleverly sold in 10 ounce cans, so that you can be even further ripped off. $35 for 5/8ths of a pound for what is really nothing more than cleverly marketed smokeless powder that would sell for under $25/lb if it were meant for smokeless arms... genius. I'll stick with AA-5744 at $22/lb in my Savage. MUCH more economical.

Mike