Read and Weep.... the good old days...
- Thread starter Bojangles
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Turkeyslayer 1300
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Russell, Ontario
Johnson's are only 49.50, times have sure changed.
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
It is, over $1000
Pistol Pete
CGN Regular
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- Coming around for another attack...
I was just going to say that back in those days that was a heck of a lot of money...
gunplumberr
Regular
the sporter No.4 was a rip off at that price back then......in 2008 bucks thats 472.66 dollars
Old prices?
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Now you know why us old guys have all the neatest stuff.
That may sound like it is cheap, but when I bought a Remington 513-S in 1955, the price was $49.95. That was well over ONE WEEKS PAY.
However, just to make you drool a bit, I bought the following firearms during the 1950-1960s.
Cased Lewis Machine gun, wood chest, 8 drums, drum loader, spare barrel and parts, anti-aircraft sights................$60.00
New Savage made Thompson Sub-machine gun.....never fired.. with Cutts compensator and Lyman rear sights..........$125.00
Winchester Model 70 Super Grade in .257 Roberts............$80.00
TWO Lee Enfield No.4T Sniper rifles with wood case, and spotting scopes.................$44.95 each
25mm Puteaux....French anti-tank gun on wheels..............$149.00
Brand new Triumph Despatch Rider motorcycles.....crated........assemble it yourself.........$129.00
A Piper J2 Cub. ( Yes, a J-TWO) with 40 hp. motor..........$750.00
TWO Browning 12 Ga. Superposed o/u shotguns.......one Skeet and one a Field model..............$325.00 each.
Winchester 52C Sporter.............new..........$129.95
Lee Enfields.....$9.95........Small Martini Cadets.....$9.95.........8mm Mauser 98s.......$12.95...............Moisin-Nagants...........$9.95......... Italian Carcanos........$9.95........and a lot of others.
ONLY TROUBLE...............I SOLD, TRADED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF THEM ALL.
We figured because there was so many of them around, the supply would last. It didn't.
So, I kept the best, and sold the rest. 50 years later, who would have thought the prices would be like this. But, I learned a lot, had a lot of fun, and would do it all over again.
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Now you know why us old guys have all the neatest stuff.
That may sound like it is cheap, but when I bought a Remington 513-S in 1955, the price was $49.95. That was well over ONE WEEKS PAY.
However, just to make you drool a bit, I bought the following firearms during the 1950-1960s.
Cased Lewis Machine gun, wood chest, 8 drums, drum loader, spare barrel and parts, anti-aircraft sights................$60.00
New Savage made Thompson Sub-machine gun.....never fired.. with Cutts compensator and Lyman rear sights..........$125.00
Winchester Model 70 Super Grade in .257 Roberts............$80.00
TWO Lee Enfield No.4T Sniper rifles with wood case, and spotting scopes.................$44.95 each
25mm Puteaux....French anti-tank gun on wheels..............$149.00
Brand new Triumph Despatch Rider motorcycles.....crated........assemble it yourself.........$129.00
A Piper J2 Cub. ( Yes, a J-TWO) with 40 hp. motor..........$750.00
TWO Browning 12 Ga. Superposed o/u shotguns.......one Skeet and one a Field model..............$325.00 each.
Winchester 52C Sporter.............new..........$129.95
Lee Enfields.....$9.95........Small Martini Cadets.....$9.95.........8mm Mauser 98s.......$12.95...............Moisin-Nagants...........$9.95......... Italian Carcanos........$9.95........and a lot of others.
ONLY TROUBLE...............I SOLD, TRADED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF THEM ALL.
We figured because there was so many of them around, the supply would last. It didn't.
So, I kept the best, and sold the rest. 50 years later, who would have thought the prices would be like this. But, I learned a lot, had a lot of fun, and would do it all over again.
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- Location
- Pile of Bones, SK
Ahhhhhh, to have a time machine eh?
Still worth close to $2000 even in that shape.
A guy should have bought a dozen...though at wage back then it would have been a months wages.
I remember my father buying a bunch of stuff from them back in those days, plus the first Bud Hayne's auctions in the Creative Arts Building at the fair grounds. Saw the first Henry I ever saw sell for $1500 and we were all amazing at that.
Nostalgia is depressing at times.
Cheers
A guy should have bought a dozen...though at wage back then it would have been a months wages.
I remember my father buying a bunch of stuff from them back in those days, plus the first Bud Hayne's auctions in the Creative Arts Building at the fair grounds. Saw the first Henry I ever saw sell for $1500 and we were all amazing at that.
Nostalgia is depressing at times.
Cheers
buff dog you must have either been single or a wealthy man in those days. In 1955, my father was a certified by Du Pont, explosives expert. I forget his actual title. Needless to say, along with the drillers, he was at the top of the food chain in the mining industry. He made a lot of money for the times. His bonuses were sometimes twice his monthly wages. In 1955 he bought a brand new 4 door 55 chevy sedan. $450, taxes in, delivered to Copper Mountain. He was a frugal man and was careful with his money. He was also very anti hunting and firearms. Go figure.
You could buy a 5 acre plot of raw land at the same time for $200, on the outskirts of Kelowna.
The money you spent on those fireams was a lot of money in those days. I'm happy for you that you had the money and the opportunity to do so. Thanks for sharing those prices.
You could buy a 5 acre plot of raw land at the same time for $200, on the outskirts of Kelowna.
The money you spent on those fireams was a lot of money in those days. I'm happy for you that you had the money and the opportunity to do so. Thanks for sharing those prices.
