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Old S&W Advertising 1939
...from a firearms classified ads page date claimed as 1939...source publication not stated...ads include a S&W 44 Special 6 1/2 "...$26.50...and a Colt Shooting Master 38 Special...unused...$35.00...
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Somewhere, I have an original 1939 Stoeger's Shooters Bible, and it has pages of information for about every gun available at the time. I'll look for it and if I can find it, I'll scan some of the more interesting contents.
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Typeface looks like what the American Rifleman used back then.
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I was struck by the Krag ad for $20.00.
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I spent more time looking through the guns for sale around the ad.
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The one that got my attention is the Winchester M 52 Sporter that was 'like new' with all sorts of extras ......for $60. I know that a lot of people were working jobs for $60 per week then, but my gosh. What if my Dad had spotted this ad and bought this M 52 Sporter instead of the Winchester M 12, 20 ga. that he did buy for me? The mind boggles.......
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ParadiseRoad
...from a firearms classified ads page date claimed as 1939...source publication not stated...ads include a S&W 44 Special 6 1/2 "...$26.50...and a Colt Shooting Master 38 Special...unused...$35.00...
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Based upon CPI from 1939 to 2016 increasing by a factor of 17, those guns cost $450 and $600 in today's dollars...not cheap. The $20 Krag mentioned elsewhere would be $340.
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07-26-2016, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by i1afli
Based upon CPI from 1939 to 2016 increasing by a factor of 17, those guns cost $450 and $600 in today's dollars...not cheap. The $20 Krag mentioned elsewhere would be $340.
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...I'd definitely come up with the money...a bargain for those two revolvers...even in today's money...
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