Ahh the good old days

[ageingstudent]

So I was out testing some 9 mm that I loaded up a couple weeks ago. This guy shows up with his 9-year-old kid to teach him how to shoot. So I watch them do their thing it was kind of a heartwarming father and son moment you know. They had one of those single shot bolt action 22s. I asked the guy if he wanted to let his son shoot my 9 mm carbine and he agreed and the kid was like lights out with it haha. So his Dad goes in his pickup and comes out and hands me a box of 50 .22 rounds. I thought that was mighty nice of him. He didn't have to do that. Check out the price on the rounds

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[Local Loader]

Damn, I wish it was that cheap still.

 

[Longwalkhome]

You have to be old to remember the good old days...they were a fantastic time to live.

 

[DizzyJ]

Very cool

 

[Nwcid]

I still have a lot of Federal 550rd bulk pack that was $8.88/box.

People use to make fun of me for throwing 1-2 in the grocery cart every week back in the mid-'90's.

 

[DizzyJ]

I still have a lot of Federal 550rd bulk pack that was $8.88/box.

People use to make fun of me for throwing 1-2 in the grocery cart every week back in the mid-'90's.

I remember getting bricks of Vipers and yellow jackets for $10 a brick when they'd go on sale!

 

[ageingstudent]

You have to be old to remember the good old days...they were a fantastic time to live.

I'm getting old. But I don't remember 93 cents per 50. I think that's more like when my grandpa was buying them . If I remember correctly, I remember him bubbleguming about the fact that they cost almost two cents per round

 

[Longwalkhome]

I remember those summer days as a kid out of school. Couple of us would take our 22s out to the Willamette River and hunt frogs. There was a time kids could run around free range and play without parents around.

I bought my single shot Winchester bolt action 22 for $10 with my bean picking money. 22lr was 50 cents a box and lasted all day.

 

[ageingstudent]

I remember those summer days as a kid out of school. Couple of us would take our 22s out to the Willamette River and hunt frogs. There was a time kids could run around free range and play without parents around.

I bought my single shot Winchester bolt action 22 for $10 with my bean picking money. 22lr was 50 cents a box and lasted all day.

And none of us shot up a school. Aloha High School used to have a rifle range in the basement. All of the metro schools competed against each other in NRA small bore. It's a crying shame kids don't have that opportunity anymore. It taught you about dignity and honor and safety and trying your best.

 

[Longwalkhome]

My father in law said when he was a kid in Oregon his dad would give him the single shot 12 and send him out to hunt birds for dinner. He would stop by the store and buy three shells for a nickle.

 

[osprey]

As a youth I mowed through thousands of rounds of 22lr that came in boxes just like that. My old man worked for a wholesale sporting good supplier out of Seattle in the early 70's and he would bring me a stash almost weekly to feed my habit. My weapon of choice was my pop's win 69a with peeps. I still have that rifle.

 

[ageingstudent]

Ya. My grampa used to work my bubblegum off on the farm with beef cows all day and at about 2:00 he would hand me the old Stevens 16 gauge and one shell and tell me to go shoot a gopher and warn me not to miss haha. That's what I got paid

 

[Longwalkhome]

People don't realize 93 cents was a lot in the good old days.

A week of buying school lunch was $1.25,for those kids who could afford it. Rest of us took a sack lunch.

 

[po18guy]

Penny a round was the good deal back in the day.

 

[ageingstudent]

People don't realize 93 cents was a lot in the good old days.

A week of buying school lunch was $1.25,for those kids who could afford it. Rest of us took a sack lunch.

Oh yeah. I brown-bagged it.

 

[Nosferatu]

Does Longs still exist?

 

[2506]

I can remember those old CCI 100 rounders for $0.99. They came in a clear, orange box with a sliding top that was useless. I'd take my old Winchester single shot, fill up an old sock with ammo, put it the pocket of my Levi's and go out into the woods for the day. That was back when I was told to be home before the street light came on.

 

[ageingstudent]

Does Longs still exist?

I don't think so. Gosh it was so great I remember you used to get ammo just about anywhere. Western Auto comes to mind.

 

[titsonritz]

Oh yeah. I brown-bagged it.

PB&J and a banana, if you're thirsty hit the water fountain.

 

[ageingstudent]

Pay and pack had ammo as well. The guy that started that was actually a relative of mine. Shoe string in law