Oh, The Memories

[harry mac]

Memories of times when we enjoyed a tad more freedom in this Sceptred Isle.
L1A1 SLR...... £245
M1 Garand.... £250
BREN (semi).. £325
SMLE............ £70
P08 Luger...... £150-£325 depending on condition and accessories present.
No4 Mk1....... £70
7.62 NATO.... £12/100
.303 HXP...... £17.50/100
Just been to my dad's for the weekend and found an old copy of Guns Review Magazine from 1987 in the loft.
At the time, to put it in perspective, the SLR or Garand would have cost me a whole month's take-home pay, so today's equivalent (for the same rank), would be about £1600.
I know some of our US cousins can remember Barrels of Lee Enfields for $9.00 in their local hardware stores, but this is a magazine from when I applied for my first Firearm Certificate, so these are my "hardware store" prices.
Merry Christmas.

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[Alan de Enfield]

Memories of times when we enjoyed a tad more freedom in this Sceptred Isle.

SMLE............ ?70

No4 Mk1....... ?707.62 NATO.... ?12/00
.303 HXP...... ?17.50/100
Just been to my dad's for the weekend and found an old copy of Guns Review Magazine from 1987 in the loft.

Around the same time a SMLE or No4 in 410 shotgun were GBP ?80 in Exchange & Mart magazine

Edit - I guess the forum glitch may only be recognising US$ and doesn't want GBP

[harry mac]

Around the same time a SMLE or No4 in 410 shotgun were GBP £80 in Exchange & Mart magazine

In the same magazine W. Parr (Firearms) International is advertising "Military Rifles Bored to .410". Several flavours of Mauser from £75-£80, SMLE & No4 for £90 and £85, and just for good measure, a .410 Bren for £350.

[Alan de Enfield]

In the same magazine W. Parr (Firearms) International is advertising "Military Rifles Bored to .410". Several flavours of Mauser from ?75-?80, SMLE & No4 for 90 and 85, and just for good measure, a .410 Bren for ?350.

But thinking back - it was probably more like the late 60's / early 70's. I was married with kids by 1980

Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end ..........................

[harry mac]

But thinking back - it was probably more like the late 60's / early 70's. I was married with kids by 1980

Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end ..........................

Funnily enough, the year before this, a friend of my dad's had been made redundant and was selling stuff hand over fist to tide him over 'til he could find another job, and he asked my dad if I'd be interested in a semi auto Bren for £100. Unfortunately, at that time I only had a shotgun certificate so had to pass on it. I did buy a Russian semi-auto 12b shotgun off him though for £40, which I used for years. Probably the best £40 I ever spent.

[Simon P]

Purchased my first No4 in 1983 from Tom Collins New Kent Road London for ?35 & a year later a L1A1 Unissued Lithgow for ?300, Still have the No4, but lost the SLR after Hungerford

[Warren]

Does Tom Collins ever bring back memories of greasy fish and chips in newspaper, the bog in the back yard and shooting pistols in the basement.
THOSE were the days!!!!
Airfare over the pond with a hotel for a week for $350.00 dollars and London tube pass for 6 zones included.

[Salt Flat]

Yea, Those were the days. I bought my first No 1 Mk III in about 1963 at a big dept store in William's Lake B.C.. It was in a barrel full of rifles.I think the price was 15 dollars. I was only thirteen and I don't remember any paperwork or hassle at all.

[CINDERS]

I remember when K-Mart in Bunbury was selling rifles and ammunition!

[Roger Payne]

Like many others in the UK I started collecting old service rifles in 1975 as 'smoothbores' as they could be had on an easily obtained shotgun certificate. Of course, my first acquisition just had to be a 1918 SMLE, for the princely sum of 17.50 GBP!