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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:12:23 AM EDT
keep in mind that yes the new Colt costs $189.50 but minimum wage is $1.25 an hour |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:13:49 AM EDT
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I'd probably buy two, because Retro Rifle is Best Rifle.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:14:00 AM EDT
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I would get the Mattel version
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:15:06 AM EDT
[#3]
No. I just got an unfired M1 carbine from the DCM for $11.00. I don't want no plastic piece of crap.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:17:59 AM EDT
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I remember working for $1.25 an hour working in a warehouse in 1966, hard work for little money!
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:18:31 AM EDT
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No. I just got an unfired M1 carbine from the DCM for $11.00. I don't want no plastic piece of crap. Sad cat is sad because it's true. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:18:35 AM EDT
[#6]
.223? Can't hunt deer with that. And all that plastic, probably made in Japan.
What the hell has happened to Colt?! |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:20:49 AM EDT
[#7]
Looks like I would be working 151.6 hours that week
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:21:26 AM EDT
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only if it was full auto
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:22:53 AM EDT
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What does $189.50 translate into today dollars? More or less than a PS-90 or Tavor?
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:23:02 AM EDT
[#10]
My Grandfather had to relocate his home in 1964. Portage, Alaska had sunk a few feet below sea level after the earthquake. His home was put onto a trailer and moved towards Anchorage.
I helped doing some renovations while growing up. You could see silt stains in the wood from where the water line was. If I were in his boots, I doubt I would have bought a rifle at that time. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:23:52 AM EDT
[#11]
I would be too busy exchanging my $189.50 for silver change at the bank.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:24:15 AM EDT
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What does $189.50 translate into today dollars? More or less than a PS-90 or Tavor? roughly $1400 per measuringworth.com in 2013 dollars |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:25:24 AM EDT
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I would probably be buying up and hoarding pre '64 Winchester model 70' that were new in box.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:27:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: roughly $1400 per measuringworth.com in 2013 dollars Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What does $189.50 translate into today dollars? More or less than a PS-90 or Tavor? roughly $1400 per measuringworth.com in 2013 dollars So about the same price as a PS-90 then. I'd probably pass on that range toy. It's nothing but a supped up .22LR  Any clue on what .223 ammo cost back then compared to more mainstream calibers? |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:28:35 AM EDT
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So about the same price as a PS-90 then. I'd probably pass on that range toy.
Any clue on what .223 ammo cost back then compared to more mainstream calibers? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What does $189.50 translate into today dollars? More or less than a PS-90 or Tavor? roughly $1400 per measuringworth.com in 2013 dollars So about the same price as a PS-90 then. I'd probably pass on that range toy.
Any clue on what .223 ammo cost back then compared to more mainstream calibers? good question |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:29:00 AM EDT
[#16]
In 1986 would you buy this Glock?
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:29:12 AM EDT
[#17]
in Hindsight as many as I could
In reality, probably not. Expensive and its not like there was run and gun courses then (and if there was they would consider you an extremist). If I had to go to Vietnam and made it back, there would be a better chance of me getting it just because of the familiarity Id probably be getting M1 Garand before that. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:35:47 AM EDT
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http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj634/pro2ndam/Retroland/ColtAR15Flyer_zpsc1b34f74.jpg keep in mind that yes the new Colt costs $189.50 but minimum wage is $1.25 an hour I'd buy ten and register them and drill a third hole |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:49:06 AM EDT
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I'd buy ten and register them and drill a third hole Quote HistoryQuoted:
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http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj634/pro2ndam/Retroland/ColtAR15Flyer_zpsc1b34f74.jpg keep in mind that yes the new Colt costs $189.50 but minimum wage is $1.25 an hour I'd buy ten and register them and drill a third hole they already had third holes. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:51:45 AM EDT
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they already had third holes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj634/pro2ndam/Retroland/ColtAR15Flyer_zpsc1b34f74.jpg keep in mind that yes the new Colt costs $189.50 but minimum wage is $1.25 an hour I'd buy ten and register them and drill a third hole they already had third holes. the SP1's didn't |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:03:09 AM EDT
[#21]
They would not have sold it to a 10 year old!
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:03:48 AM EDT
[#22]
NO WAY!
What a fugly plastic POS! Would have gone with some top grade walnut & blued steel bolt gun. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:04:37 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: only if it was full auto Yep... |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:09:59 AM EDT
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They would not have sold it to a 10 year old! No such laws in 1964 |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:23:47 AM EDT
[#25]
Would've been a really interesting thing to own back in the day.
I'd say yes. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:25:45 AM EDT
[#26]
Yeah. It'd look good next to my M1s, and 1911s. (Which I would own in 1964.)
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:28:13 AM EDT
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Hell no! A rifle made of aluminum and plastic?!?!? You cannot make a rifle out of plastic and aluminum! Plus, the round is small and anemic... frigging poodle shooter.
Mark my words boys, this rifle is going nowhere. Certainly no major military will adopt it, and certainly no military on the planet will use that little bullet. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:30:57 AM EDT
[#28]
In 1964 I was excited by puppies and big rubber balls!
AR15's weren't on my radar just then...lol |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:32:48 AM EDT
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But wait--I thought the NRA & NSSF just invented the concept of the "modern sporting rifle" as a ploy to use "assault rifles" for "hunting tools...."
Really! I read it in TIME magazine--now you show me a 50yr old ad? Another thinly veiled attempt!
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:35:27 AM EDT
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What does $189.50 translate into today dollars? More or less than a PS-90 or Tavor? about 1400 dollars |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:37:18 AM EDT
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That'll never amount to anything.....In my grandfathers voice.
How wrong he could be. Old people can be a wealth of information but are not the be all and end all when things are changing. And they really were back then. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:42:20 AM EDT
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I can remember pre Clinton, the SP1s could be had for around $400-600 used. When the AWB went in to effect, you cold sell that same SP1 for about $1k.
Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:49:12 AM EDT
[#33]
The house I live in was purchased for $12,000 in 1964. I'm putting it on the market for $175,000, which is $50,000 less than it was worth 5 years ago. Not sure exactly what my point is, but I guess it's all relative.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:56:35 AM EDT
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.223? Isn't that the same as .22? Not buying it. '30-06 or maybe that new fangled .270 if I want a light bullit.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:56:53 AM EDT
[#35]
Since I desire the cutting edge stuff that is functional, I'd probably want one even in 1964.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 1:58:04 AM EDT
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I would have rather had Colt's piston gun from 1969 with the four position selector and a gas adjustable rate of fire ... purely for the novelty
Any of those parts look familiar? |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:04:51 AM EDT
[#37]
With the prices for a Garands and .30 carbines and surplus ammo... probably not.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:17:00 AM EDT
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With the prices for a Garands and .30 carbines and surplus ammo... probably not. <Mini hijack> When I was a little kid, the patrol rifle in Dad's police cruiser was a Garand. From the second grade on it was my job to clean and lubricate his Garand, his Ithaca shotgun, and his Smith and Wesson revolver. I can say with a fair amount of confidence that I was one of the only eight year old kids in the neighborhood with Garand thumb
They had to cleaned and lubricated every Sunday so they would be ready for the weekly inspection on Monday morning. </Mini hijack> Good to see you Lumpy
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:32:20 AM EDT
[#39]
No.
1) Adjusted for inflation that is over $1000. 2) I can build a superior rifle for less than $1000 3) I wasn't alive in 1964. 4) Fuck Colt |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:40:21 AM EDT
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What does $189.50 translate into today dollars? More or less than a PS-90 or Tavor? Fuck a Tavor. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:50:44 AM EDT
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No. 1) Adjusted for inflation that is over $1000. 2) I can build a superior rifle for less than $1000 3) I wasn't alive in 1964. 4) Fuck Colt You can build a superior rifle ... in 1964? Good luck with that
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:50:56 AM EDT
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I paid $350 in 1979 for one. My second gun purchase. I was 19. Sold it about 6 yrs later and really regretted that decision.
BTW, I still have my first gun. The 10/22 I bought with all.that loot you get in your high school graduation cards. Paid $75 for it. The $50 10x50 binos I bought at the same time finally died in an elk hunt a couple yrs ago. But they were never really right. I think.the barrels weren't perfectly aligned. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:54:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No. I just got an unfired M1 carbine from the DCM for $11.00. I don't want no plastic piece of crap. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 3:00:28 AM EDT
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Probably......would have been more interested in this though......
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Posted: 10/3/2014 3:01:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably......would have been more interested in this though...... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/Falcon007/BrowningFALadv.jpg  |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 3:07:14 AM EDT
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In 1986 would you buy this Glock? its 2014 and I wouldn't buy one. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 3:19:24 AM EDT
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I would have rather had Colt's piston gun from 1969 with the four position selector and a gas adjustable rate of fire ... purely for the novelty
http://home.comcast.net/~cjan99999/colt703a.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~cjan99999/colt703b.jpg Any of those parts look familiar? Reminds me of a Daewoo.....and a Robinson M96.......and an AR |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 3:37:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I would have rather had Colt's piston gun from 1969 with the four position selector and a gas adjustable rate of fire ... purely for the novelty
http://home.comcast.net/~cjan99999/colt703a.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~cjan99999/colt703b.jpg Any of those parts look familiar? That's pretty interesting. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 4:32:52 AM EDT
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I'd be buying more ammo for my MG42.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 4:40:27 AM EDT
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I'd be looking for missing apostrophe.
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