Yesterday's gun and ammo prices in today's dollars

[smle-man]

Pardon me if others don't find this as interesting as I do, but I enjoy running the prices for shooting stuff from the past through the Federal Reserve of Minneapolis inflation calculator to see if things were really as cheap back then as we thought. Here are my latest gleanings taken from three ads:

Potomac Arms 1962:
Dewat set of a ground version of the Lewis MG
and a U.S. M3 submachine gun, today's dollars:$542.38

Sporterized (bubba'd) Spanish M93 mauser today's dollars $91.32

Webley Green .455 revolver today's dollars $144.27

Western Military Arms 1964:

Mauser 98K today's dollars $189.82

WW2 German P08 9mm today's dollars $281.45

.30-06 ball non corrosive per 20 today's dollars: $31.70
7.62MM NATO ball per 20 today's dollars: $52.84
7.62x54R per 20 today's dollars: $42.27
.30 carbine per 50 today's dollars: $42.27
.45 non corrosive per 50 today's dollars: $38.75
9mm per 50 today's dollars: $28.18


And the best for last:

1966 A.E. Bechter

Swiss Solothurn 20mm AT gun with wheeled carriage and illuminated telescopic sight all in VG condition, regularly $1,988.52 (today's dollars) but 1/3 off close out price!

Looks like ammo has continued to trend the same cost wise (the 90s were an exception due to the sudden dumping of entire cold war stores) but firearms were indeed less expense than today.

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