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And then there's the $100 neckbeard tax..Having no idea what year that was, I just popped 0.89 into an inflation calculator for 1960. Value today: $8.64.
If only.
Back when I started shooting 22LR nobody had heard of "a brick"
I saw a "76" at the top of the sticker so used that as my year guess to come up with a minimum wage. Point is, the price then was not really much different than the price today in real terms but you know... The good old days when the youngins would work for peanutsHaving no idea what year that was, I just popped 0.89 into an inflation calculator for 1960. Value today: $8.64.
If only.
Oh yes, the Clinton years and their primer fiasco! That's when I said "Never again"!View attachment 1181006
July of 1994---$13.90 per brick of WSP. The shortage of primers in that era had me stocking up when I could. Must have done it right because I am currently still loading from my stockpile. Call me a hoarder if you want, but I am smiling every time I pull the handle or trigger.
I remember getting them for $6 at the Monument store/gas my cousin and I would go through a brick a day in our bolt action rifles and if we could show his dad a big enough pile of dead sage rats he would get us another brick the next day. [the good old days]Unfortunately these are the good old days for a lot of folks.
I remember $5 a brick for 22 lr.
Yes, but a bit of perspective. I was in high school, still living at home. Summers I did ranch work, and during the school year I pumped gas. Drove a '49 Chevy pickup that I paid $50 for. Aside from saving money for school, (and an occasional rifle here and there) that money was mine. Mom and Dad gave me a roof over my head, but never asked for anything but help around the house and yard. Back then, I never bought more than a tray of primers for anything. Matter of fact, I never saw a brick of primers in any stores back in the day. I am still stumped how that tray of primers wandered around with me all these years and never got used.Back when $2.30 was the minimum wage