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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: brew on September 27, 2016, 07:32:48 PM

Title: how "old" school are you ?
Post by: brew on September 27, 2016, 07:32:48 PM: saw bearpaw posted a link to a site that was selling 22 ammo and got me thinking....was out a couple weeks ago shooting and came across a few 50 round boxes of 22 lr ammo i have that are marked 99 cents....probably bought them back in the late 80's. found a sealed box of federal 22 lr in a 550 round box with a sticker price of $11.50---i guess back in the day i should have invested in more precious metals (lead) ! just wondering what ammo you have with the original price stickers on them and any idea of when they were purchased...
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Post by: Special T on September 27, 2016, 07:41:47 PM: I no longer have the box but a brick of 500 22lr for $9.99
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Post by: gotshot on September 27, 2016, 07:47:30 PM: I have 50 rnds 22 lr from K-mart 1.79 ana a box of 30 Springfield 1906 with Lubaloy. 20 rnds marked 1.50 from Sears and Roebuck.
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Post by: Ridgeratt on September 27, 2016, 07:47:37 PM: Would rifle primers marked/dated that I bought in 1994 count or the pistol primers that were .90 a 100.
There are a few bricks of 22's that are 9.99
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Post by: JDHasty on September 27, 2016, 07:50:34 PM: I have boxes of Nosler Partitions that are price marked about five bucks.
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on September 27, 2016, 08:16:23 PM: My parents gave me a Ruger Mark II for my high school graduation in 1981. I still remember the first brick of 500 I bought was $7.99. Ah, the good old days.
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Post by: WildBear on September 27, 2016, 08:50:19 PM: I swear we we're getting them just under 10 bucks at Walmart in the early 2000's then up to 21 or so. Haven't spent today's prices. Just crazy.
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Post by: Ingwe on September 27, 2016, 08:54:33 PM: Have a box of 30-30 ammo western super X silvertips 170 grain for my first rifle. Price was $4.15 in 1967
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on September 27, 2016, 09:01:53 PM: Quote from: NRA4LIFE on September 27, 2016, 08:16:23 PM
My parents gave me a Ruger Mark II for my high school graduation in 1981. I still remember the first brick of 500 I bought was $7.99. Ah, the good old days.
and no questions about your age or if .22 was for a pistol or a rifle.
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Post by: kentrek on September 27, 2016, 09:18:26 PM: I'm not even old and have a few bricks that were only 12 bucks...some of the best money I've ever spent was a flat of those
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Post by: j_h_nimrod on September 27, 2016, 09:59:39 PM: I have a few boxes of 30-30 that are Centennial '76 Silver Tips, also some old Kleenbore 30-30 and 25-35, no prices On them but well under $10 at that time. Also have some 30-06 from 1976-1979 that vary in price from around $8 up to $10. My grandpa would buy a box a year and hunt with it and then put it away. When I inherited his 1917 I got all the old ammo with it. All I have shot still works perfectly and I would like to shoot an elk with it on of these days for sentimental reasons.

Almost all my .22 from the old days has been shot by now :tup:
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Post by: HighlandLofts on October 01, 2016, 01:15:48 AM: Nice thread, I don't have any off the ammo from yester-year. But 22 ammo was 69 cents a box of fifty or $6.99 a brick.

Who would ever think that 22 shorts would cost $10 a hundred.
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Post by: nwwanderer on October 01, 2016, 08:12:59 AM: Probably White Elephant, Spokane
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 01, 2016, 08:35:55 AM: Well not ammo but i was runninh low on h4831 i got some from a friend that bought 100lbs when he got out of the army. They are all in sealed paper bags. Pretty cool to see.
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Post by: hollymaster on October 01, 2016, 08:51:09 AM: Quote from: HighlandLofts on October 01, 2016, 01:15:48 AM
Nice thread, I don't have any off the ammo from yester-year. But 22 ammo was 69 cents a box of fifty or $6.99 a brick.

Who would ever think that 22 shorts would cost $10 a hundred.

It's painful to look at the price tags on .22 ammo. I still have a couple bricks with 6.99 price stickers. :o
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Post by: Bill W on October 01, 2016, 08:55:07 AM: I have a 1903A3 in the gun safe that my uncle paid $20 for from the DCM. I had a $9.99 7.62x54R at one time. I bought that from Sears.

Here's an old school nugget. At age 19 I bought a handgun from Herters thru the mail. Sent a check and the mailman delivered it to the house. Price was $47.95.
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Post by: nwwanderer on October 01, 2016, 12:57:04 PM: One more, old old school
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Post by: ppodpearson on October 01, 2016, 01:13:00 PM: Back in '65 I was getting Remington for .59 a box of long rifle at the Wigwam store in Kent. I was also able to get a brick of Remington long rifle through the Tacoma Police Department for $5.00, if we happen to be in the neighborhood. The big problem was finding work when the beans and berrys were out of season.
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Post by: bb76 on October 01, 2016, 08:33:47 PM: I have a box of 30-30 marked $5.95

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Post by: PolarBear on October 01, 2016, 09:45:55 PM: I remember buying a brick (500) of .22 long rifle at the feed store in Bend Or for $5. Got a box of 30-30 somewhere that still has a price tag on it for $ 3.99
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Post by: Lucky1 on October 01, 2016, 11:10:20 PM: I used to reload with my dad probably 35+ years ago. Here are a couple items he recently gave me when he was cleaning out his stuff.
Target used to sell reloading stuff!
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Post by: jeffitz on October 02, 2016, 07:35:10 AM: Old stuff is cool
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Post by: Jolten on October 02, 2016, 09:17:22 AM: My grandpa used to have a spider monkey that would drink and smoke.