CIL 55 years ago...

[Dosing]

From their 1970 catalogue.











I miss the Poly kor, and the smell of them.



They were still loading some now forgotten rounds back then.



The whole catalogue can be downloaded as a pdf for free -> https://archive.org/details/cil-sporting-arms-and-ammunition-january-1970

 

[Thunderhog]

If only those prices could exist today!.....

 

[Rman]

If only those prices could exist today!.....

If only CIL existed today!

R.

 

[Thunderhog]

If only CIL existed today!

R.

Indeed!.....

 

[Fzzzz]

On my 12th birthday my dad took me to the local sporting goods store and bought me a CIL 310, made by Anschutz. That was in 1968 and it cost $60. I still have it and remember my dad fondly. Damn fine rifle and still in great condition!

 

[1899]

If only those prices could exist today!.....

According to the Bank of Canada inflation calculator:

950-C in 7mm RM is $1585.88 in today's money. The model 830 would be $776.88

Inflation Calculator

 

[John Y Cannuck]

Thanks Dosing, a great little trip down memory lane.

 

[B]

If only CIL existed today!

R.

They do. Been out of making guns and ammo for a long time though.

 

[The Kurgan]

They do. Been out of making guns and ammo for a long time though.

I wonder who got tne tooling?

 

[45CAT]

Weren’t they made in Brazil

 

[B]

Savage and Anschutz made guns for CIL among others, I think. They were a distributor on the firearm end not a manufacturer AFAIK.

 

[fingers284]

When I was 8 yrs old (1962), my old man bought a model 180 Target for us to shoot at the local indoor firing range above the lobby in the local skating rink. It had a steel bullet trap with a bit of sand in the bottom of it at the end of the hallway, the only modification to the place to make it usable. I still have that rifle.
I also had a collection of the Mod 310's at one time but have sold them all...tack drivers every one of them.

 

[mikeyb]

Savage and Anschutz made guns for CIL among others, I think. They were a distributor on the firearm end not a manufacturer AFAIK.

Yup, a lot of those are Savage designs. The 830 is a Savage 340, and the 950-C is a Savage 110. I had an early Savage 325 that I wish was a CIL 830, I'd probably still have it. They were neat guns.

 

[old303]

That whole second page looks amazingly like current Anschutz production.

 

[KLS]

Pretty neat. I remember old imperial boxes of ammunition kicking around when I was a kid.

 

[tiriaq]

I do not remember the .22 with the tubular magazine in the butt.

 

[1899]

Yup, a lot of those are Savage designs. The 830 is a Savage 340, and the 950-C is a Savage 110. I had an early Savage 325 that I wish was a CIL 830, I'd probably still have it. They were neat guns.

The good old Savage 340. My friend had one and he made a stock for it in grade 8 woodworking. The idea was good - he laminated a bunch of slabs by gluing them with carpenter's glue and then shaped and inletted it. The end result was....well, let's just say that it could have been used to put a deer out of it's misery if my friend ran out of ammo!

It seems it wasn't that long ago that the woodworking teacher in junior high didn't even bat an eyelash at a project involving a firearm. Hate to use the cliche, but those were the good old days. Man I feel old.

 

[TBCX]

Memories of the .22 Whiz-Bang float through my mind...

 

[Deathrawt]

I still got an old box of those plus a bunch of other ammo and 12 guage shotgun shells
it's too bad no one in Canada makes ammo anymore.
I know IVI makes ammo but we can't buy it

 

[KLS]

I still got an old box of those plus a bunch of other ammo and 12 guage shotgun shells
it's too bad no one in Canada makes ammo anymore.
I know IVI makes ammo but we can't buy it

Score makes Shotgun ammo in Canada. Some ammo is made in QC to.