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Post by bgreenea3 » Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:10 pm

Wally World up by me has been in good supply of everything but 9mm and 22lr / 22mag.. prices are up or some, same for others.
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Post by Hakaman » Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:38 pm

I imagine some of you 'veteran' shooters remember the days gone by when
ammo was aplenty and the prices were very low. What price do you remember
22lr at?

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Post by bearandoldman » Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:42 pm

Don.t remember ammo but do remember gas at 15.9/gak, could fill up my 52 Bel Aire for 2 bucks
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Post by Hakaman » Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:46 pm

I can remember 19.9 cents/gallon, that's the lowest I can go. I'm a relatively new shooter so $15 for a brick is low for 22lr for me.

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Post by bearandoldman » Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:31 pm

Somewnere I seem to remember 25 cents a box
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Post by greener » Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:02 pm

bearandoldman wrote:Somewnere I seem to remember 25 cents a box
I remember that too. Coke was a nickel with a penny deposit for the bottle and we liked Ike.

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Post by bearandoldman » Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:45 pm

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bearandoldman wrote:Somewnere I seem to remember 25 cents a box
I remember that too. Coke was a nickel with a penny deposit for the bottle and we liked Ike.
Remember the old jingle on the radio? Pepsi Cola hits the spot, 12 full ounces that's a lot, twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for you
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Post by greener » Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:14 pm

bearandoldman wrote:
greener wrote:
bearandoldman wrote:Somewnere I seem to remember 25 cents a box
I remember that too. Coke was a nickel with a penny deposit for the bottle and we liked Ike.
Remember the old jingle on the radio? Pepsi Cola hits the spot, 12 full ounces that's a lot, twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for you
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Post by Hakaman » Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:06 pm

greener wrote:
bearandoldman wrote:
greener wrote: I remember that too. Coke was a nickel with a penny deposit for the bottle and we liked Ike.
Remember the old jingle on the radio? Pepsi Cola hits the spot, 12 full ounces that's a lot, twice as much for a nickel too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for you
Yep
Boy, you guys are old farts!

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Post by bearandoldman » Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:09 pm

No, Greener is a younger than I fart by some years
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Post by bgreenea3 » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:41 pm

Let's see I'm 34, I started buying pistol ammo 13 years ago.... I thought $12 was expensive for 40s&w and 9mm was $9 for decent stuff.....
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Post by blue68f100 » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:43 pm

The lowest I remember on gas was 0.17/gal.

As far as 22lr the lowest I remember is $0.39/50.
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Post by ruger22 » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:31 pm

I can remember 50 round boxes for 79 cents. The first long plastic CCI boxes I ever saw were $1.88 IIRC. Seems like a box of .38 was seven bucks?

Earliest gun prices I can remember, I paid $125 for a used blue Speed-Six in .38 with the 2 1/4 barrel, my first gun. My brand new stainless Security-Six, 4 inch, was $310. The shop threw in a $30 Bianchi thumb break holster.

Cheapest gas ever I bought at normal price was about 36 cents. With gas wars it was sometimes 25 cents.

In high school, one of our more famous eateries had hotdogs for 22 cents, a Coke (in the bottle) was 15 cents. A bowl of chili was thirty cents. You could eat a big lunch and get change back from a dollar. Now their hotdogs are two dollars and not as good. The Coke (in a cup) is a dollar and a half.
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Post by perazzi » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:22 pm

I remember driving from L.A to Detroit in my V.W and spending $30 on gas for the trip....
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Post by greener » Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:35 am

bearandoldman wrote:No, Greener is a younger than I fart by some years
Yep, a mere whippersnapper.

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