lee enfield commando $19.88

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So it was in Simpson- sears 1960. Never heard of a Commando model.
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I havn't either until now, you can't beat those prices back then, I wonder how many of those Winchester 88's they sold at $135.00?
 
Looks like the No4's(notice the barrel length, overall,.. and sight at 200-1300) cut back to look similar to the No5's. Apparently a popular past time in the US in the sixties when the No5's were harder to come by there.
 
Magellann said:
I havn't either until now, you can't beat those prices back then, I wonder how many of those Winchester 88's they sold at $135.00?
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Not many me think's, the average Canadian deer hunter didn't carry one of those in 1960. A single shot 12 gauge with slug, a bubba'ed 303 or maybe a 94 at best($77). The 88 would be around 1200-1300 in today's dollars approx for inflation??. The 88 never did get a good start considering the Savage 99 had a large head start on it, and if you had a 99F in .300Savage(.308Win) in 1960 for deer, then you were the man.
 
You know....those prices remind me how hard a lot of folks had it back then. I grew up in a pretty small town, not a lot of wealth that's for sure. Families were lucky to have ONE firearm for big game, and maybe a .22 for everything else.
The $2 down, $3 month sounds ridiculous, but was necessary for some people.
Makes me feel retarded for the collection I have going.....lol
OK it passed. It's a hobby/investment....Yeah....that's it!
 
inflation is not a true measure of the 1960 amount as in 1960 these were common as opposed to rarer now, ammo as well as rifle. Hard to say, but id go with a x20 for fair market value today.
 
No. 1 Mk. 3 rifles were stacked like cordwood in Eatons for $9.95 and No. 4 Mk. 1 rifles on the next counter were $14.95 in those days, and the money was damn hard to come by when earning 75 cents an hour.
 
Marketing types were daft then too. What picture they used doesn't mean much. It could be a No. 4, but more likely to be a real No. 5. Lots of 'em around in 1960.
That's $3.59 per box including the shipping. Mind you, in 1960, $3.59 was a lot of money. That was far more than minimum wage. That being around a buck an hour depending on where and what you did.
 
1960 Average Market Prices

Bread $0.16 a loaf
Milk $0.88 a gallon
Butter $0.70 a lb.
New car $2,900.00
Gas $0.28 a GALLON !
New home $14,008.00
Annual income $4,038.00
Gold $33.95 an oz.

Population of Canada 13,648,000
Montreal won the Stanley cup 4 to 0 against Toronto
Ottawa won the Grey cup 16 to 6 against Edmonton

Someone else can compare that to todays numbers :rolleyes:
 
#1bcshooter said:
1960 Average Market Prices

Bread $0.16 a loaf
Milk $0.88 a gallon
Butter $0.70 a lb.
New car $2,900.00
Gas $0.28 a GALLON !
New home $14,008.00
Annual income $4,038.00
Gold $33.95 an oz.

Population of Canada 13,648,000
Montreal won the Stanley cup 4 to 0 against Toronto
Ottawa won the Grey cup 16 to 6 against Edmonton

Someone else can compare that to todays numbers :rolleyes:
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Well, the fate of the Leafs seems to fit todays results.
 
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