The Good Old Days

[centermass40]

Found these in one of my old ammo cans the other day and just wanted to share. Bought from Target in the 70's when they sold guns and ammo. $ 1.77 for a 100 round box. I miss the Good Old Days !!

[OldmanFCSA]

Yes - I pulled some primers out of an ammo can that were marked $8.69 - that was for 1000.
Some other were $16.99 from 1994 primer scare, all the others I have were purchased for $21 per thousand average in Oct 2008.

Two choices - the good old days will return - or primers will be outlawed for civilians.

[ranger]

These are from the 70's also. Can't remember the price though.

[340PD]

I remember buying bricks of 500 (10 boxes of 50) .22LR shells for between $5-$10. I can't believe what I've seen them going for at some places.

I also remember a deal I got at a store that was clearing out their last case of .223 many years ago. It was a case of cheap Wolf .223 and their last one. I asked the guy the price as it wasn't marked. He came up with some ridiculously low price per box and I asked what he wanted for the entire case. He did some quick work on the calculator and came up with like $40 or $50 for the entire case! I said, "I'LL TAKE IT! " I asked if they had any more at that price. He said no. I asked if any other stores had more at that price. He looked on the computer and said no. I couldn't believe even on clearance they were getting rid of it that cheap. When I got home, I looked at the receipt and found out why I got an even better deal than I think they intended. Instead of charging X amount per box x 50 boxes of 20 rounds (1,000 rounds) he charged me x mount for 20 boxes of 50 rounds each. He must have been thinking of hand gun ammo which is commonly sold in 50 round boxes which would then be 20 boxes of 50 instead of rifle rounds at 50 boxes of 20 rounds each (as the Wolf ammo was packaged). One could make a pretty penny reselling that case right now at today's prices.

[river_boater]

I remember buying cases (500 rounds) of XM193 from ammoman for $89.99 shipped. Around the the same time, I was buying Q3131A from Impact Guns for $79.99 a case. This was only 7-8 years ago.

Fortunately for me, I bought quite a bit back then. Unfortunately, I wasted a lot of it.

[MJY65]

Found these in one of my old ammo cans the other day and just wanted to share. Bought from Target in the 70's when they sold guns and ammo. $ 1.77 for a 100 round box. I miss the Good Old Days !!

I haven't bought any since the panic, but $1.77 in 1970 is the equivalent of $10.66 in inflation adjusted dollars.

[GoBerserk]

$1.77 was 5 gallons of gas in 1970. I'd probably sell 100 rounds of .22LR for 5 gallons of gas (around $18 today).

[XDM45]

$1.77 was 5 gallons of gas in 1970. I'd probably sell 100 rounds of .22LR for 5 gallons of gas (around $18 today).

heh.. when I placed an add selling .22LR for close to that, it caused quite a s-storm on here.

[greenfarmer]

I remember deer hunting as a kid... Buying a box of slugs was 1.99-2.59 depending on the slugs.

Inflation has made prices seem high over the years, but this scare has made it crazy. Starting to think that some of these places (cheaper than dirt, lucky gunner, and others) should be felons. They are "insane" charging these prices. Insane and handling ammo and weapons?

Typical supply and demand though.

[grousemaster]

$1.77 was 5 gallons of gas in 1970. I'd probably sell 100 rounds of .22LR for 5 gallons of gas (around $18 today).

heh.. when I placed an add selling .22LR for close to that, it caused quite a s-storm on here.

Well, you were slightly more expensive than gunbroker or gun show prices

[Hoot]

I remember my youth, spending a month each summer on my grandparent's farm in West Virginia. They had a bounty on crows and I could trade 6 pairs of crow's feet for a box of Super-X 22 LR at the Texaco station down the road. I brought my Marlin Glenfield and one box of shells with me on Memorial Day weekend. Didn't buy anymore before going back home to Baltimore after the 4th of July. The trick was to only wing one in a tree and let it lay on the ground beneath, screeching. Brought 'em in better than an owl after that.

Hoot

[Dave Timm]

I just found some old boxes of ammo and laughed. .45 was 9.99 a box, 20 rounds of American eagle 223 was 2.99. I miss them too.

[peckerhead]

A 50 rd. box of 9mm WWB went for $5.99 back in 2007. Even before the current nonsense, it was up to what, $11.99?

I wonder where prices will stabilize this time?