Ah, the past.

[sable tireur]

I was working on a SR cartridge development and ran across this image from a few years ago:

Just a couple of yucks; Osco Drugs selling primers and the price, of course. Those were the days...

 

[Wedgy]

Ya, I have an old brick of pistol primers with an $18.99 tag

 

[Seabeeken]

When I started handloading in 1974 primers were 1 cent apiece, powder was about $7.99/#.

 

[sable tireur]

From another forum:

Back in the mid 60's, we used to be able to buy 4831 from Hogdens in Shawnee Mission, Ka, in paper bags for under a buck a pound. Think it was about $.50 a pound if you bought 25 lbs. and that came in one of those round cardboard drums. Talk about inflation!

During my apprenticeship, it was my responsibility to break down the 50 lb. cardboard drums of H-4831 into smaller containers. I was told it was $0.50/lb.

 

[Shane Lindsey]

Yah, the good ol days...you know 2019

 

[FireFlyFishing]

Painful indeed. What about the price of a 1 ton diesel pick-up now? Or, how about a house in any western state?

 

[Rosebud]

That's something I regret. Could have bought a 40 acre piece of property with a nice home on it in Salida Colorado in the early 80s very reasonable. Wife had no intention of living where its cold and snow. Wish I'd gotten it and rented it out. $80.000 , probably worth ten or more times that now.

 

[comfisherman]

Yah, the good ol days...you know 2019

Found an old rain jacket in my winter fishing gear with a receipt from November 2019, bought bricks of primers on sale for a smidgen over 20$ and 10 boxes of brass case 9mm for 7.99....

Gold old days should be farther in the rear view mirror...

 

[rewiltshire]

Found an old rain jacket in my winter fishing gear with a receipt from November 2019, bought bricks of primers on sale for a smidgen over 20$ and 10 boxes of brass case 9mm for 7.99....

Gold old days should be farther in the rear view mirror...

It not just affecting the shooting world, it's also going after the American way of life that we all come from.

 

[Knight]

Oh yeah, the good old day's were great but the night's weren't bad either..

 

[Ol' Red]

I remember the good old days. But I also remember $1.45 an hour.

 

[Knight]

$1.45 bought a lot inthe late 1920's

 

[Lenny Foffa]

Sorry, I just turned 20, so I really don't remember any of that.

 

[Knight]

Neither can I but I do remember the late 50's when you could buy a dozen eggs for .50 cents or in 1968 you could buy a 68 big block Corvette convertible for $4900.00. Sorry you missed the best of the old days...
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