Don't forget that even back in those distant dark ages, we had the Gunrunner and Access to Firearms, we weren't completely cut off from outside information...
Seems people make more now and there's more money available for toys.
What a difference 10 years makes :( Warning: Depressing picture for milsurp fans)
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Don't forget that even back in those distant dark ages, we had the Gunrunner and Access to Firearms, we weren't completely cut off from outside information...
Seems people make more now and there's more money available for toys.
- Location
- New Brunswick
Well I going to make your day....
A five digit serial number Springfield or Winchester is worth a s**tload of money in the US, (too bad you can't sell it there). Now oddy enough the low digit serial numbers also are starting to demand a good price in Canada so...
I'd say your gun would be a $1,000 plus firearm now. Glad you sold it?
That serial number makes it prewar. Of course condition, matching manufacturer name and year parts, (all springfield) make a huge difference in price.
If it is any consolation, I paid $220 for my six digit Winchester in 2002.
What Winchester are you referring to?
Prices were very depressed in the mid to late 1990s because the gun registry was being introduced. Few people were buying and the market was flooded by others who were trying to sell off/give away their guns to avoid getting a licence. Lots of businesses were going under.
I wouldn't think that most people in the firearms community would look back at that period as "the good old days".
I wouldn't think that most people in the firearms community would look back at that period as "the good old days".
MauserMike
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Gobles is still using those same receipts!
Where to begin? You want a HK94/CA MP5? can do. How bout CA FN Mag 58, M60 or BAR? Have that too. Want more? Real AR10, HK91/G3, FAL, AK, Uzi... anything black & evil can be had by charging to your plastic and they would be in the mail. Good old days? Hell yes, they sure were.
Yup, stood in a store one sunny afternoon with a Galil in one hand and an AUG sitting on the counter - my buddy was trying to decide which one he wanted, he ended up buying a SPAS instead. Pulled out the plastic, slapped down the FAC, signed the book and walked out onto Grandview in Vancouver. All I bought was a 20 (25?) round mag for my CZ and 2 .223 AK mags (under $100). I passed on the collector pack of M14's at Lever about the same time - one of each, take your pick. Yes, those were the good old days.
WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH 
'snif I feel like I've been discriminated against because of my age...first no 12.6 and then missing those prices...I need therapy. I'm going to take my $400 Glock 19 (+$230 106mm barrel) and go to the range and shoot some 9mm ($13 per 50) and mope about being born too late.
'snif I feel like I've been discriminated against because of my age...first no 12.6 and then missing those prices...I need therapy. I'm going to take my $400 Glock 19 (+$230 106mm barrel) and go to the range and shoot some 9mm ($13 per 50) and mope about being born too late.
Alan Lever let me pick out the nicest he had and sold it to me for $99.00.
I really regret not buying ten of them.
Same with the Egyptian rolling blocks he was selling for $69.95 in the early '80s. Martinis were $79.95....
