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[Hoss]

Saw this on FB. < $300 for a new one! 
 

 

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

$300.00 in 1965 is $3,085.00 today.

[John Barleycorn, SASS #76982]

9 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

$300.00 in 1965 is $3,085.00 today.

Wow!

[Badlands Bob #61228]

I'm thankful for all those people who bought them 30+ years ago and just put them back in the closet.  I've been told that the street price was just under $200.00.  

[Krazy Kajun]

9 minutes ago, Badlands Bob #61228 said:

I'm thankful for all those people who bought them 30+ years ago and just put them back in the closet.  I've been told that the street price was just under $200.00.  

Must be nice to be able to buy a street for just under $200,00, 😎

 

Kajun

[watab kid]

my father left me a double 

[Badlands Bob #61228]

8 hours ago, Krazy Kajun said:

Must be nice to be able to buy a street for just under $200,00, 😎

 

Kajun

I've got a bridge for sale for just a little more.

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

1 hour ago, Badlands Bob #61228 said:

I've got a bridge for sale for just a little more.

Is it in Brooklyn?

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

I remember buying a new Colt SAA for $135.00 in 1967.  But I was only making $1.10 an hour.  Those old prices LOOK good until you apply inflation and wage increases.

[Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator]

8 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

I remember buying a new Colt SAA for $135.00 in 1967.  But I was only making $1.10 an hour.  Those old prices LOOK good until you apply inflation and wage increases.

I remember taking money I made drumming a few nights to buy gun.  I was fresh out of college, just got married, and had hooked up with band out of Paris.  We were doing after rodeo dances up in Antler, OK.  I took that money and bought one of them new Ruger 10/22 at gun shop in Paris.  I was not factoring the gas money getting to the three night gigs all the way up to Antlers, OK (about 140 miles round trip times three).  

However, I questioned about this particular 10/22 on a 10/22 forum a couple years ago and seems it is a bit rare.  It has a Monte Carlo stock with beautiful wide hand checkered forearm.  Maybe our late 60s deals were not that bad after all.

I still have my Dad's Winchester 74 and 12 Ga L C Smith  long guns.  They may not be collector prices now but probably far more than purchase prices back then.  Meat on table and plinking fun was worth a lot though.

[Jackrabbit Joe #414]

Yeeeh Haa pilgrims. 

 

IF WE COULD JUST TURN BACK TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boomstick Bruce]

My Dad gave me a cheap Montgomery Wards single shot 16ga his father gave him when he was 8 or 9 and 3 boxes of shells from the 60s. One day i'm going to shoot it in a match

[Jack Spade]

I believe it was 1974, my dad had got into quail hunting and decided he wanted an O/U shotgun.  At the time in Missouri THE place to buy a gun was John Walls in Blairstown, MO.  I was about 9 and I remember going in that store and there were just guns everywhere.  John showed dad a few different options, I believe a browning and one other then showed him the Ithaca/SKB 600 with the nickel engraved receiver.  My dad fell in love with it.  John took him upstairs and there were literally stacks of them in their boxes and he opened a half a dozen and let my dad pick which gun he wanted.  My dad still has the gun and the receipt.  He bought the gun, a nice leather case and a case of shotgun shells, which was 20 or 25 boxes then not 10, and it was $400 out the door.  

[SHOOTIN FOX]

I have an original Winchester 1897 that my grandfather bought new in 1902. Still shoots. 
 

[SouthwestShooter]

On 11/3/2025 at 9:03 PM, watab kid said:

my father left me a double 

My father left me his same hairline. 

[watab kid]

30 minutes ago, SouthwestShooter said:

My father left me his same hairline. 

mine left me his white hair it was my grandfathers hairline that has been my misfortune 

[Blackwater 53393]

9 hours ago, watab kid said:

mine left me his white hair it was my grandfathers hairline that has been my misfortune 

I have the same amount of hair that I had when I was seventeen!!  
 

Unfortunately, it has migrated to places where I don’t need hair!!

 

My dad bought a new Sweet Sixteen when we moved back to Tennessee in 1964!!  My brother has it now.

 

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

My dad picked up this Browning Auto 5 in 1962 at the Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia.  It still has the original owner's manual.  $80.00.

 

[Mezcal Charlie]

$300 for a shotgun when a Ford Falcon was $2,650, a Datsun was $1,500 and the average home was $20,000. Lot of money. 

[Blackwater 53393]

9 hours ago, Mezcal Charlie said:

$300 for a shotgun when a Ford Falcon was $2,650, a Datsun was $1,500 and the average home was $20,000. Lot of money. 

I bought a 1975 Chevy Nova SS brand new in December of  ‘74. It retailed for $3,500.00! 
 

A comparably equipped car today, (it was fully equipped and carried the hottest 350 available) would cost around $35,000.00 minimum!!

[watab kid]

13 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

I have the same amount of hair that I had when I was seventeen!!  
 

Unfortunately, it has migrated to places where I don’t need hair!!

 

My dad bought a new Sweet Sixteen when we moved back to Tennessee in 1964!!  My brother has it now.

 

ive found that hair is something folks comment on kindle less as you get older for just that reason 

[Mezcal Charlie]

On 11/5/2025 at 10:07 PM, Blackwater 53393 said:

I bought a 1975 Chevy Nova SS brand new in December of  ‘74. It retailed for $3,500.00! 
 

A comparably equipped car today, (it was fully equipped and carried the hottest 350 available) would cost around $35,000.00 minimum!!

And while you’d be dead in most crashes we survive today, you could actually repair and maintain it at home with a simple craftsman mechanics tool set. A good one was about $29.95

[Mezcal Charlie]

On 11/5/2025 at 10:08 AM, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

My dad picked up this Browning Auto 5 in 1962 at the Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia.  It still has the original owner's manual.  $80.00.

 

How would you like to double your money?😉

[Blackwater 53393]

1 hour ago, Mezcal Charlie said:

And while you’d be dead in most crashes we survive today, you could actually repair and maintain it at home with a simple craftsman mechanics tool set. A good one was about $29.95

Strange that you should broach the accident damage subject when this car was mentioned!  I was literally run over by a flatbed semi hauling bagged sand on the Interstate Highway in downtown Nashville on a rainy morning!

 

The car was leveled to the bottom of the trunk from the back bumper to the base of the rear window!! The passenger compartment maintained its integrity and after unjamming the doors, I got out and walked away!!

 

I actually drove the car for three more days until the insurance company declared it totaled and paid it off.

 

There’s a lot said about “modern” automobiles and their ability to protect the occupants, but there is much to be said for building them with durability in mind!

 

YOU CAN DO BOTH!!

[Mezcal Charlie]

2 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

Strange that you should broach the accident damage subject when this car was mentioned!  I was literally run over by a flatbed semi hauling bagged sand on the Interstate Highway in downtown Nashville on a rainy morning!

 

The car was leveled to the bottom of the trunk from the back bumper to the base of the rear window!! The passenger compartment maintained its integrity and after unjamming the doors, I got out and walked away!!

 

I actually drove the car for three more days until the insurance company declared it totaled and paid it off.

 

There’s a lot said about “modern” automobiles and their ability to protect the occupants, but there is much to be said for building them with durability in mind!

 

YOU CAN DO BOTH!!

I graduated in 1980. I lost several friends in muscle car accidents. They were sturdy and could take tremendous abuse. But the human body doesn’t do well against a steel dash at 90. I miss the sturdiness some but I drive a Tundra so I get the big blocky powerful vehicle with crap MPG and air bags so I manage😎