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So with all the hub bub 'bout prices of ammo , guns and such , here are some prices from the days of yore...
( Unless otherwise noted...all historic prices are "Mountain Prices" ....not what the item was selling for in the "States" )
1826...
Lead $1 per pound =$26.42 in today's money
Shot $ 1.25 per pound = $33.03
Northwest Gun ( Flintlock Smoothbore , an "all purpose" gun. ) $24 dollars each = $634.14 , in today's money
1827...
Jacob Gumpf Lancaster Rifle ( a plainer version of the famous "Kentucky Rifle" , made for the Indian / Fur Trade ) $13.00 = $340.06 , in today's money.
Not sure if the $13.00 was what was charged to the American Fur Company in St. Louis...or if that was the price that the AFC sold to a trapper in the mountains....Guessing its a "mountain price".
1831...
J.J Henry "English Rifle" ( a "English Rifle" was a Trade rifle built along the lines of a English Trade / sporting rifle ) $10.00 = $300.67 in today's money.
Again not sure if this was the AFC "mountain price" or what the rifle was bought for in St. Louis...Guessing it is a "Mountain Price".
1834...
Prices are "Mountain Prices" at Ft. Hall
Rifle $ 13.00 =$395.41 in today's dollars
N.West Gun $ 4.50 =$136.87
Annuities for the Otoe and Missouria tribes 1836...
"American Rifles" ( This was a plain version of the famous "Kentucky Rifle" , built for the Indian / Fur Trade ) $15.00 each = $421.91 in today's money.
Northwest Gun 7.50 each = $210.95 in today's money.
Hawken Rifles made by Jake and Sam Hawken*...all prices are for St. Louis...."Mountain Prices" would be higher...
1831...$28.00 = $841.87 in today's money
1835...$22.00 = $653.95
1840...$35.00 =$1, 052. 34
1845...$30.00 =$1, 032. 56
1851...$25.00 = $ 849.29
* Or just Sam after Jake's death....
Just posting the above for fun....
Andy
( Unless otherwise noted...all historic prices are "Mountain Prices" ....not what the item was selling for in the "States" )
1826...
Lead $1 per pound =$26.42 in today's money
Shot $ 1.25 per pound = $33.03
Northwest Gun ( Flintlock Smoothbore , an "all purpose" gun. ) $24 dollars each = $634.14 , in today's money
1827...
Jacob Gumpf Lancaster Rifle ( a plainer version of the famous "Kentucky Rifle" , made for the Indian / Fur Trade ) $13.00 = $340.06 , in today's money.
Not sure if the $13.00 was what was charged to the American Fur Company in St. Louis...or if that was the price that the AFC sold to a trapper in the mountains....Guessing its a "mountain price".
1831...
J.J Henry "English Rifle" ( a "English Rifle" was a Trade rifle built along the lines of a English Trade / sporting rifle ) $10.00 = $300.67 in today's money.
Again not sure if this was the AFC "mountain price" or what the rifle was bought for in St. Louis...Guessing it is a "Mountain Price".
1834...
Prices are "Mountain Prices" at Ft. Hall
Rifle $ 13.00 =$395.41 in today's dollars
N.West Gun $ 4.50 =$136.87
Annuities for the Otoe and Missouria tribes 1836...
"American Rifles" ( This was a plain version of the famous "Kentucky Rifle" , built for the Indian / Fur Trade ) $15.00 each = $421.91 in today's money.
Northwest Gun 7.50 each = $210.95 in today's money.
Hawken Rifles made by Jake and Sam Hawken*...all prices are for St. Louis...."Mountain Prices" would be higher...
1831...$28.00 = $841.87 in today's money
1835...$22.00 = $653.95
1840...$35.00 =$1, 052. 34
1845...$30.00 =$1, 032. 56
1851...$25.00 = $ 849.29
* Or just Sam after Jake's death....
Just posting the above for fun....
Andy