***They had the Mosins in a barrel by the front door for $119.***
Sigh; I remember seeing barrels of British .303s and German 8MM “Commission” Mausers for $10-15 back in the early 1960s.
Winchester. Savage and Remington could not compete with Army surplus so Thomas J Dodd and Emanuel Cellar decided to call for Federal registration of handguns only, AND a ban on army surplus rifles by demonizing them.
You could also buy Civil War bayonets, Martini Henrys and Remington Rolling Block rifles for a few bucks.
Cash and carry. No paperwork.
I remember growing up when the Western Auto stores
would have barrels of rolling block rifles for
$5 or 10 dollars each. No NICs check, just pay
and go.