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Old catalog prices, guess the year
Jan 2nd, 2014 at 9:28pm
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I was going through some old records and found the following. Can you guess the year?
  
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Reply #1 - Jan 3rd, 2014 at 12:35am
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1908?
  
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I'd guess closer to 1960.
  
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Reply #3 - Jan 3rd, 2014 at 12:58am
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I'm gonna say close to 1951.
  
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Early 1940's I would think, Oh for a time machine, I'd be a millionaire in a week, if that is, I could bring myself to sell anything. Undecided

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I'm with Harry on the year but, would add after WWII, also.

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Reply #6 - Jan 3rd, 2014 at 2:23am
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My guess 1968
  
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Reply #7 - Jan 3rd, 2014 at 7:37am
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Rustyrelx wins big time. My records show it as 1953.
  
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Reply #8 - Jan 3rd, 2014 at 1:18pm
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You have to remember that $100 was about 125% or more of a weeks wages at that time, still a bargin.

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Reply #9 - Jan 3rd, 2014 at 1:35pm
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I bought a Ballard once upon a time. A Long Range to be exact. When I removed the buttplate there was a note under there. "Unidentified Long Range $150  1953". Yep the times certainly have changed. 
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Reply #10 - Jan 3rd, 2014 at 10:15pm
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Think I bought a Trapdoor in reasonable shape in 1953/55 for $25.00 in a local shop. Looks like I overpaid.
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Reply #11 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 10:10am
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My guess was early 50's as well. I remember those ads in the Rifleman and the lists my father got from Ed Agramonte in Yonkers about that time.

I was at a friend's house when his mother brought him a Trapdoor Springfield to play with. She had bought it for $0.50. It was brand new, in cosmoline or whatever was used then. It was cheap as it was missing the hammer. This is how they were packed for shipping.
  
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Reply #12 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 6:12pm
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I missed that one by a mile!!
  
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Reply #13 - Jan 9th, 2014 at 8:55pm
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Hot Dam .... they were priced well in the 1953 year I was born! As compared to wages and take home, it wasn't too bad - but still premium for the quality guns. Not much has really chasnged ............ eh?
  
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