Old Powder Prices

[itchyTF]

I worked at Micky D’s somewhere in the ‘62 - ‘65 time frame and I can’t remember what anything cost!

 

[lefty222]

Primers.

For what l payed for primers today back in the late 60s l was able to buy a Winchester 22 all steel model 61 and still have change, power $3.50 pr lb Sierra heads about the same.
My first chuck rifle Savage 112J single shot 22-250 26" [1976] l have the bill not going to look for it, about 160.00, Back then l could of bought a new Chevy for what they want for a good rifle today.
Thank god l had a lot of doubles of reloading stuff my son after 50 years wanted to get into shooting and reloading so all he had to do was buy a target rifle $1500 close to what l had in the 70s and l payed $160 now he hade to buy primers power cases heads, he said when does it end l said never in todays world.

 

[lefty222]

I have two pounds of this from the mid 1960’s.
I hope to have the Way-Back machine fired up this weekend so I can grab a couple more pounds, can’t beat that price…

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Nice, l'm using IMR 3031 in my 222 Rem. Mag and 223 great power. and also IMR 4198
Thats about $60 pr lb today and it's not getting any better as time goes on.
Tough for the younger generation getting into shooting.

 

[6MMsteve]

my first reloading prices were $8.95 for 1000 fed 210 match, $7.95 for powder 63.00 for 8 lbs 220 smk's were 8.99 a box I think gas was 89 pennies a gallon, when I first started driving gas was 61 cents a gallon pack of smokes 70 cents beer was 7 dollars case or Old Milwaukee for 4.50 drink a lot of Old Milwaukee

 

[SKWERLZ]

When I started reloading I could get WST for 16.99 a pound.

 

[itchyTF]

Primers.
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What l payed for primers in the 70s. l was able to buy a Winchester 22 all steel model 61 and still have change, power $3.50 pr lb Sierra heads about the same.
My first chuck rifle Savage 112J single shot 22-250 26" [1976] l have the bill not going to look for it, about 160.00, Back then l could of bought a new Chevy for what they want for a good rifle today.
Thank god l had a lot of doubles of reloading stuff my son after 50 years wanted to get into shooting and reloading so all he had to do was buy a target rifle $1500 close to what l had in the 70s and l payed $160 now he hade to buy primers power cases heads, he said when does it end l said never in todays world.

I remember Edelman’s, if that was the place in eastern PA. Good prices as I recall. They had their own “brand” of bullets in gray boxes which looked like Sierras.

 

[358WCF]

I remember Edelman’s, if that was the place in eastern PA. Good prices as I recall. They had their own “brand” of bullets in gray boxes which looked like Sierras.

Bought a couple used Sako varmint rifles there. A 243 & a 308. Maybe a 700V in 6mm Remington too. Memory's getting too full & may have purged some older data.

 

[lefty222]

I remember Edelman’s, if that was the place in eastern PA. Good prices as I recall. They had their own “brand” of bullets in gray boxes which looked like Sierras.

No, the Edelman's l used was either in NJ on rt 23 or out in Long lsland on rt 110 l knew the store manager on rt 110 l got an extra discount.
l still have 2 of there catalogs.

 

[ISS]

In 1965 my brother and I used to go to Godfrey's Reloading north of Alton, IL, and buy surplus Hodgdons 4831 in pint metal paint cans for 95-cents + a nickel tax. Primers were from the Winchester ammo plant there for the same price.
In August of 1970 I came home from my first tour or RVN and bought a 1968 Blood Red Hemi Torqueflite Road Runner for $1650 +6% sales tax...

 

[6MMsteve]

In 1965 my brother and I used to go to Godfrey's Reloading north of Alton, IL, and buy surplus Hodgdons 4831 in pint metal paint cans for 95-cents + a nickel tax. Primers were from the Winchester ammo plant there for the same price.
In August of 1970 I came home from my first tour or RVN and bought a 1968 Blood Red Hemi Torqueflite Road Runner for $1650 +6% sales tax...

I was 10 or 11 and my cousin and brother had all the muscle cars they done burnouts and raced all the time

 

[Leo_B]

1973 Christmas season worked at Joske's in the camera/calculators department. I knew a lot about photography and would really sell cameras and upsell quite a few from the one they first looked at. The department manager didn't like me because I outsold her and her favorite also. Anyway, she got me transferred to the toy department on 12/26 for the 5-9 closing shift. $2.10 an hour the whole time. Too long a drive from home really but on 8 hour shifts enough to have some money. Quit after 4 days of $8.40 pay as half went to the drive. That was the debut year of the TI SR-10 calculator and every NASA engineer's wife was calling every day trying to get one. We'd get a case of 12 and sell out in a couple of hours. Wasted my money on camera stuff back then. Oh well.