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Old gun ads...from when we really had a free country.
- Thread starter rodbender
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elixin77
Regular Member
$6 for a colt peacemaker... if only....
Tawnos
Regular Member
From what year? I'd like to do an inflation comparison to see how much the modern price is.
GLOCK21GB
Campaign Veteran
back when the Thompson Sub Machine gun came out you could order it through the mail for $ 100.00 ( alot of cash back then )..but anyone could buy them. yes, truely back in the days when America was free..now ????
GLOCK21GB
Campaign Veteran
if you made 6.00 every 2 weeks, it was like getting minimum wage now. the 1870's ish...
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sultan62
Regular Member
I'm normally not one to point out typos, but...
...this one was too funny to pass up
I'm imagining a giant on a massive toilet, straining.
:shocker:
...this one was too funny to pass up
I'm imagining a giant on a massive toilet, straining.
:shocker:
Tawnos
Regular Member
That advertisement is not likely from 1870
daddy4count
Regular Member
Considering the average cost of a US made car in 1938 was over $760 that Benjamin may not sound like much... but back then it was quite a chunk of change!
Dreamer
Regular Member
Actually the actual COST of these firearms (with the exception of the Class III units) hasn't gone up much.
If you figure in inflation and the devaluation of the dollar (about 92% since 1941 when we signed onto the Bretton Woods standard), these prices are actually a little HIGHER than today's market prices for similar firearms.
If you figure in inflation and the devaluation of the dollar (about 92% since 1941 when we signed onto the Bretton Woods standard), these prices are actually a little HIGHER than today's market prices for similar firearms.
