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  • 1958 Surplus Guns; Cheap for Good Reasons

    12/21/2016 5:24:43 AM PST · by marktwain · 45 replies
    ammoland ^ | 12 December, 2016 | Dean Weingarten
    By Dean Weingarten The above ad is from 1958 Guns magazine(pdf).  In constant dollars, one dollar in 1958 would be worth about $8.36 today. Let’s see how the 1958 prices look in 2016 dollars.Total of prices listed for the four rifles, $41.76.  If you bought all four at once, they only cost $27.84 total. The equivalent in 2016 calculates at $232.74. These rifles were far from “excellent” or “like new”, which is why they were so cheap.Some excerpts from Group A, top to bottom: “All guns practically complete“, “You can see light through the bore”, “worn, but serviceable“, and ...