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Posted: 8/2/2009 11:29:23 AM EDT
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They used to sell these in hardware stores.
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Posted: 8/2/2009 11:49:16 AM EDT
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Terrific catalog advertisements!
Thanks for sharing guys. |
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Posted: 8/2/2009 11:51:20 AM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911.  In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? I think most people could at least buy a polymer pistol. |
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Posted: 8/2/2009 11:56:44 AM EDT
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Quoted: What's with the stigma on suppressors today? Wouldn't it make sense to quiet the report as much as possible on a rifle? I mean, the local motocross track damn near got shut down due to noise pollution. How did it come about that I needed to jump through my ass, rub my tummy and pat my head and the same time, and send 200 bones to the BATFE in order to get the cans I have? The problem they are still seen of as 'evil' by the general population is because of Hollywood...its always the bad guy that has a silencer to slide on his gun, and all you hear is 'ping ping ping' when they shoot...so if you have a supressor, people think you are an assassin or something... |
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Posted: 8/2/2009 11:58:51 AM EDT
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Did anyone else see this on the Savage ad "To explode the cartridge the trigger must be pulled"
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Posted: 8/3/2009 1:53:27 AM EDT
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per requests, I started scanning and uploading pages beginning with the first page of the firearm section.
It is a little sporadic, going from guns, to cabinets, to guns, to game cleaning, to guns....... I'll be adding them as I can get them uploaded. Pages 118 through 225 seem relevant to our interests. I find it interesting how a Colt pistol sells for $22.00, but some shotguns listed sell for more than $500. I'd love to know what those shotguns are worth today. PAGE 118 PAGE 119 PAGE 120 PAGE 121 PAGE 122 PAGE 123 PAGE 124 PAGE 125 PAGE 126 PAGE 127 |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 2:05:39 AM EDT
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cool!
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Posted: 8/3/2009 2:18:17 AM EDT
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Tag for home viewing.... no pics at work.
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Posted: 8/3/2009 2:51:22 AM EDT
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Rate of fire of 1,500............................... |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 2:59:16 AM EDT
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Hmm compensating for inflation i see 1911s and Lugers at around 500$ Use purchasing power, not inflation. We have more purchasing power now. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 6:45:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2009 6:54:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2009 6:58:38 AM EDT
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It is funny you posted this. Last week I was visiting some family and my uncle says look at this shot gun I have. He was looking online about this shotgun and found one online similar to his for $150,000. I am almost 100% sure it is one of the guns listed on page 119. The only markings on the gun was the make and also something about London. Does anyone know if that is where they were made? His is not really in that good of condition so I doubt it is worth $150,000.
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Posted: 8/3/2009 7:32:40 AM EDT
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Well, what's the point in having such cheap handguns when you can only buy one per month!?
Oh, wait. Gun laws weren't gay back then...I forgot. Ah, the good old days. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 7:52:00 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: 22 dollars for a 1911. In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? My Sig 1911 cost me ~ $1,100 out the door... About a weeks pay. I can buy a Wilson Combat CQB 1911 on a week's pay. If it's a good week that is. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 7:58:28 AM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911. that's a little under $500 bucks today. Not too bad. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 8:10:59 AM EDT
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tag
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Posted: 8/3/2009 8:17:11 AM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911. In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? 1 EBR.........
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Posted: 8/3/2009 8:22:35 AM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911. In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? More than that for the average man. My grandpa told me of his fathers friend who worked pullin stumps for dollar a day. This was in the 20's |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 8:41:55 AM EDT
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It must have been nice to experience freedom. +10,000 Our children shall never know how it feels.
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Posted: 8/3/2009 8:51:07 AM EDT
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OH what I wouldnt give to have a time machine for 24 hours.
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Posted: 8/3/2009 2:34:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2009 2:37:20 PM EDT
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If you want to get an idea of how much money was worth back then.... watch "Grapes of Wrath".
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Posted: 8/3/2009 4:48:19 PM EDT
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A time machine, $1000, and a shit ton of cosmolene and you could be a millionaire. or felons
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:00:44 PM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911. In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? Two 1911's 
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:06:54 PM EDT
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wow, fantastic! thanks for the uploads.
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:07:28 PM EDT
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I would love to see the terms of "mail order" from that era. Something tells me you likely paid your money, and the postman sent it right to your door.
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:15:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:16:43 PM EDT
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I would love to see the terms of "mail order" from that era. Something tells me you likely paid your money, and the postman sent it right to your door. That's exactly what it meant. To your door shipping. No FFLs needed. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:21:48 PM EDT
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This also goes to show just how much of a de facto ban the NFA was back in 1934.
The cheapest silencer listed is only $3 in 1914, which according to the BLS is adjusted to $4.02 by 1934. The $200 tax stamp then imposed on the $4 silencer with the NFA (in 1934) was an effective tax of 5000%. If the rate were used, a stamp these days on a cheap $200 can would run you $10k. If you just adjust the original tax to 2009 dollars, the cost would still be over $3k. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:25:26 PM EDT
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We need time MACHINE!. Buy up all the AMMO and Guns. Store it in a building called ARFCOM!. Current date. We pass out weapons to all team members.
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:26:37 PM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911. In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? according to purchasingpower.com , 22.00 in 1914 is the same as 488.12 now. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:33:01 PM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911. In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? according to purchasingpower.com , 22.00 in 1914 is the same as 488.12 now. we got the hint lol. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:36:41 PM EDT
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What's with the stigma on suppressors today? Wouldn't it make sense to quiet the report as much as possible on a rifle? I mean, the local motocross track damn near got shut down due to noise pollution. How did it come about that I needed to jump through my ass, rub my tummy and pat my head and the same time, and send 200 bones to the BATFE in order to get the cans I have? During the depression people where using silencers to illegally hunt game and thats why they are "special" now because they needed to eat
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Posted: 8/3/2009 5:38:07 PM EDT
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I've mentioned it before, but y'all should Google (or find a reprint or an original) of Francis Bannerman's Catalogue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollepel_Island http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/bannerman/bannerman.html http://www.bannermancastle.org/ 
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Posted: 8/3/2009 8:59:10 PM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911. In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? according to purchasingpower.com , 22.00 in 1914 is the same as 488.12 now. we got the hint lol. |
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Posted: 8/3/2009 9:36:50 PM EDT
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So much better craftsmanship in the guns of that era...
My colt police postive was made in that era....you can't buy any mass production revolver with that much quality these days... Modern guns are not bad...but they lack attention to detail.... There is simply no comparison...look at a 100 year old Winchester sometime....the rollmarks, the bluing, the wood to metal fit...no comparison to the modern guns...none whatsoever. Entirely different level of craftsmanship.... This is why I consider old guns in good condition a bargain.... |
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Posted: 8/4/2009 7:09:46 AM EDT
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So much better craftsmanship in the guns of that era... My colt police postive was made in that era....you can't buy any mass production revolver with that much quality these days... Modern guns are not bad...but they lack attention to detail.... There is simply no comparison...look at a 100 year old Winchester sometime....the rollmarks, the bluing, the wood to metal fit...no comparison to the modern guns...none whatsoever. Entirely different level of craftsmanship.... This is why I consider old guns in good condition a bargain.... It isn't often I see a good old firearm, but those that I have seen, I would agree. Craftsmanship has sure changed since they can be mass produced. |
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Posted: 8/4/2009 9:25:49 AM EDT
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22 dollars for a 1911. In 1914, that was about a week's pay. What can you buy on a week's pay today? HALF OF A 1911!!!!! |
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Posted: 8/4/2009 9:43:43 AM EDT
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those guns seem so cheap to us because it only relative to how much a person made back then. You know why there is so much wood in old houses back then? because labor was cheap.
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Posted: 8/4/2009 9:50:08 AM EDT
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The prices are irrelevant. It's the freedoms we have sacrificed that bother me.
At that time, you could just send them the money and they'd mail you the gun. |
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Posted: 8/4/2009 10:10:53 AM EDT
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I want the Luger its powerful enough to take large game!!! And has a range of 1900 yards
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Posted: 8/4/2009 10:17:01 AM EDT
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Thanks for taking the time to post the pages!
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Posted: 8/5/2009 6:43:22 AM EDT
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Absolutely amazing stuff. The good old days.........
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