For the Old Timers -- Old Gun Ads

[GotRDid]

GotRDid.

 

[SPQR70AD]

Was he using the newer inflation tables? They've been altered to reduce inflation adjusted payments for Social Security recipients. No longer take into account for real estate and gasoline prices and way understate inflation compared to older tables. I know, I was all over those table during the changeover.

Here's some real inflationary numbers: New 3 bd room, 2 bath, 2 car garage, 1130 sq ft home 5 miles south of San Francisco Airport (PRIME real estate) in 1955 was $13,000. Dad's wages as a Pan Am mechanic at SFO was $2.40 per hour or $4896 gross per year. That home's price was 2.6 years union wage income. Today that home is worth $1,200,000 and that job pays about $85,000 per year, or 14 years income. Price of McDonalds lunch consisting of Big Mac, fries, and a shake was .99 (no tax back then) and minimum wage was $1.75 in 1970. Price of reg gas was .25 per gal same year.

10 years ago while using the old tables from Dept of labor the 1970 minimum wage inflated forward to 2010 equated to something like $17.00 as I recall.

That is exactly what I am talking about. I am glad you listed those figures

 

[Texas10]

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GotRDid.

I'd be willing to bet that was a Texas specific marketing campaign.

 

[Treerat-sniper]

I had that .35 Marlin, it was a heck of a bear gun, or any critter gun for that matter. I saw one on a website the other day and should have bought it but didn't.

I took one in on trade about 20 years ago, a friend wanted it more than I did so I let it go. Ended up getting a stainless 336 in .35 rem XLR (long barrel version). Not as pretty but I don't have to worry about finish as much.

 

[Treerat-sniper]

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GotRDid.

There was a dealer in NC or SC not too long ago that was giving ARs with new truck sales.

 

[dave@aDave]

no mention of :

Mitchel's Mausers
Markel
Herter's ?

 

[xring]

Here's a Herters story : On our yearly trips to the Western Pdog fields , we always stopped at Herters in MinneZota . I was always trying to find a Stock Refinishing Treatment I liked . On one trip I went into Herters and stopped to talk to a guy who was refinishing a Stock . So he says : how can I help you ? I say : I'm looking for what is called a European or Egg-shell Luster Finish ..... a Goldilocks Finish : not too bright , not to dull ..... just right . He says : we got a lot of Finishes . I say : yeh , you advertise a couple dozen or so . He says : yeh , but only two or three are really good . I say : I really like the Finish you are putting on that Stock . He says : that's Super Satinsilocol ( or something like that ) . I say : can I buy some ? He says : depends ! I say : depends on what ? He says : depends on if the Boss likes you . I say : who's the Boss ? He says : I am . I say : do you like me ? He says : a little ..... and then says : how much do you want ? I say : one or two Gallons . He says : we only sell 50 Gallons ...... I look sad . He says : just pullin yer chain and tells someone to pour out ..... two 1 Gal jugs . I leave happy , it was a great Finish !

 

[nilebartram]

I remember my grandfather telling me he bought a colt woodsman in 1932 for $34. He did not tell grandmaw. When she found out, she would not let him buy a newspaper for one year. nilebartram

 

[Daddymac]

Thanks for the fun memories, I like seeing the old advertisements, especially for guns and sporting equipment, makes me want to grab a couple hundred and find a time machine.

If we had only known then what we know now.