Grampa tell me ‘bout the Good Old Days

[Moonpie]

Ooooof……..

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Yep I have a few of those too.
And a couple boxes of 270 and 30-06 ammo that was less than $5

 

[CharlieWH2O]

In the future we are living in someone’s good ole’ days...

 

[innominate]

Yep I have a few of those too.
And a couple boxes of 270 and 30-06 ammo that was less than $5

 

[deemus]

 

[TexMex247]

Here's another for the collection...Can't get these for ten times that now.

 

[Vaquero]

I started out buying primers for $1.00 per hundred.
Powder was $12 a pound.
Bullets were the "expensive" part.
I went through a ton of .38 special at less than a nickel a round.

 

[striker55]

I started out buying primers for $1.00 per hundred.
Powder was $12 a pound.
Bullets were the "expensive" part.
I went through a ton of .38 special at less than a nickel a round.

In the 80's I was buying powder in I believe 10 lbs bags.

 

[Moonpie]

Back in the mid-1990's I was buying 8lb jugs of powder for ~$40.

 

[baboon]

Life before UPC codes, where the price gun ruled. I have some Western brand .38’s & .357 that came from Oshman’s that were priced like $3.55 on the 357’s for a box of 50.

I figure the guy that bought a pristine pistol from that era would pony up for the antique ammo to build a display. I add pictures but I have posted them before and I ain’t got out of bed yet.

 

[Coon]

Back in the mid-1990's I was buying 8lb jugs of powder for ~$40.

In the mid 1990s $40 was a little more significant than it is now.

 

[deemus]

I recall paying $80 during late 90’s early 2000’s.

 

[xkon]

In the mid 1990s $40 was a little more significant than it is now.

$40 in 1990 is roughly $95 in today's dollars. Still think we are getting the shaft on component prices today

 

[Coon]

$40 in 1990 is roughly $95 in today's dollars. Still think we are getting the shaft on component prices today

Agreed

 

[paknheat]

Haven’t bought primers in a while, last time I did I paid $30.00 for 1k Winchester LRP’s


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[single stack]

The last 209 primers I bought were $55 a thousand if you bought 5 thousand, the whole sleeve. Plus shipping and hazmat.

 

[crashdummy38]

I remember $11 a thousand, CCIs came in wooden trays with the cardboard slip cover, All hunting cartridges were $3.75 to $5 for 20., Model 94s were $83 and Model 70 were $139, but didn't have the money for the factory guns.

 

[hornetguy]

Here's another for the collection...Can't get these for ten times that now. View attachment 442131

First liar doesn't stand a chance.... LOL

 

[popper]

13 cents/gallon gas - until the 'gas war' then 12 cents.

 

[no2gates]

13 cents/gallon gas - until the 'gas war' then 12 cents.

But remember in the 70s when the oil embargo happened and prices shot up.
A lot of gas stations had to sell gas by the liter since the price wouldn't go over 99.9 cents per unit of measure.