Gun ad from 1952..

[Steve1968LS2]

I love these old adds.. and while I know our dollar is devalued compared to then it's still crazy to see the prices.. We went to the antique swap meet today and this was in a 1952 issue of a gun mag.

A Colt 1911 for $45!!

The "wild wolf skin" for 9 bucks is sorta nuts too.. and as for laws you just order the gun and they shipped it to your house.. lol

[Maybejim]

Of course that was back when $45 would buy something.

[SocomM4]

Damn, 49 bucks for a excellent to perfect colt .45. Jizzed.

[Moto]

In the colt 1911 add it says comes with 9 shot clip!

Oh? So it is a clip? Lol

[ojisan]

"Finest Italian, Belgian or Spanish .25 Automatic pistols.
Values to $55...now just $29.95."

Mail-order Saturday Night Special anyone?

[chim-chim7]

Just think 60 years from now a new generation of shooters will be looking at our gun prices now saying the same thing. Wow only $1300 for a Springfield TRP. They will cost like $15,000 then.

[Tmac]

$44.95 in 1952 had the same buying power as $371.78 in 2011.
Annual inflation over this period was 3.65%.

[Tmac]

The Ruger Standard still costs about the same..

$37.50 in 1952 had the same buying power as $310.16 in 2011.
Annual inflation over this period was 3.65%.

[sephy]

Thanks for sharing! I'll have to show that to my brother. He'll get a kick out of the .25's next to the 1911's.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

Good old Klein's Sporting Goods of Chicago. Back in 1963 they would ship a Carcano right to your door.

[Mojave Desert]

Oooh, wild skunk skins for $4.95!

[Merc1138]

Good old Klein's Sporting Goods of Chicago. Back in 1963 they would ship a Carcano right to your door.

Book repository office cat sees what you did there from the window.

[trob]

Not just a colt 45, they were selling lightly used army surplus colt 45's..... Worth 3x as much as a standard colt in today's market. 3-$5,000

My phone call back in 1952 goes like this:

"uh, yea, how many of those colt 1911's do you have?....15,000 you say?...ok, I'll take them all...can you get more?".

[Capybara]

If Marty McFly was smart, he and Doc would have brought back as many 1911s as the Dolrean could hold.

[mosinnagantm9130]

You think it's a good deal on 1911's, you should see the prices listed for G/K43's on those old ads