Milsurp prices of yesteryear

[drboompa]

Was looking through the pages of a 1959 issue of American Rifleman magazine and found many ads for milsurps. Here are some of the prices listed:

1. M1917 --$27.95
2. No. 5 303 British jungle carbine-- $24.95
3. No. 1 MK III 303 British-- $14.95
4. M1 Garand bayonet 10"--$4.95
5. M1 Garand rifle-- $97.50
6. Colt 45 ACP 1911--$34.95

These prices will make you weep!

The down side is that I was making $1.10 per hour during that year and taking home abut $35.00 a week after taxes to support my wife and baby. I did not have the money to buy them then. Oh well!

It is not as bad as we might think.

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