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Thursday, January 17, 2008
8 comments:
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Grumpyunk said...
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That makes me think of all the WWII surplus things that were dirt cheap in mail order catalogs when I was a kid. I still have an Army overcoat I purchased in 1970 for $2.00. 1943 issue and like new. Like most kids, I lost all of the other stuff. The 1903 Springfield I wanted cost $25 or $30 bucks but my Dad had to order it as I wasn't 18 yet. He thought it was a waste of money.
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1/17/08, 10:42 AM
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Anonymous said...
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It's like reading that cut diamonds littered the earth 100 years ago and they had to pay people to cart them off ... Just heartbreaking to think what a warehouse of those would be worth now ... Pvt Cpl Boone
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1/17/08, 10:47 AM
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Anonymous said...
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I can remember going to the local
(WT Grant) drug/variety store with my uncle in the early '60s. They had a guns/ammo dept. and were selling "artillery" Lugers for 90 bucks!
To Ride..
Shoot Straight..
And Speak The Truth! J. Cooper -
1/17/08, 11:13 AM
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Anonymous said...
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in 20 years we will look ack on under 200.00 SKS's and wish we had bought a few. OK, that's a stretch, I wish I had bought a dozen police trade in S&W M-10s at 79.00 each instead of just 1 back in 1980.
Bannerman "sporterized" mil surp are achieving a collector status of their own. -
1/17/08, 11:24 AM
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Peter said...
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Guns were not cheaper back then. Money is cheaper today. In the 1880s a twenty Dollar gold piece would buy a Colt Single Action Army revolver, along with a holster and box of cartridges. A Twenty Dollar gold piece still will.
A dollar a day was a normal wage back then, a lot of new guns cost half or two thirds of a month's wages. So, what is a half a month's wages for a skilled worker these days? What does a new Remington or S&W cost? Or a new Colt? -
1/17/08, 12:28 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Bannerman Island, just up the river a wee bit from West Point.
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1/17/08, 5:43 PM
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Anonymous said...
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It's hard to believe but NYC was the home of many fine gun stores. Chambers St., downtown Manhattan right net to city hall, was littered with them. I bought my first rifle there in 1962. JimB
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1/18/08, 7:42 AM
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closed said...
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Abercrombie & Fitch used to be the best place in Manhattan to buy firearms ....
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1/18/08, 1:33 PM
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