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A couple of weeks ago at a country flea market I picked up some recent RIA catalogues.

I had been previously unaware of such a fine printed catalogue for an auction. Wow.

The quality of the pics - and specimens, are amazing as are quite a few of the write ups.

Thumbing through it totally brought me back to days long gone. Lol.
Laying on the carpet in the winter sun, quietly flipping through levers, waiting for my grandparents to finish their afternoon nap. Then soaking up all the smells and sounds while supper was prepared.

The catalogues were black and white with dull and easily ripped pages- but of the many beside the chesterfield, I knew which ones held the timeless treasures that invoked wonder and adventure.

Those days gone by have made owing mine twice as sweet. :mrgreen:

As soon as old grand poobah saw the quality he went and picked up the rest.
Perfect for in the camper during a storm. :)
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When I look through my old gun catalogs, I remember looking at them years ago, when the catalogs were new - then cry over having been too stupid/poor to buy (say) a new Winchester 94 when they were $79.95........... :(


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I paid $89 for a New 336 in 1969

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Lol! Those are some crazy good prices.
I was too young for back in the good old days pricing. I got mine for 500 bucks, supposedly unfired.
There's a good question..

How much was an 1894 .30 WFC back in 1895?

I knew I was going to own one someday, I think regardless of cost.

..Not an original, just a levergun.
I am actually poor... and probably a little stopid....
but the day that the dream became a reality I've never regretted.
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Camel73 wrote: Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:38 pm A couple of weeks ago at a country flea market I picked up some recent RIA catalogues.

I had been previously unaware of such a fine printed catalogue for an auction. Wow.

The quality of the pics - and specimens, are amazing as are quite a few of the write ups.

Thumbing through it totally brought me back to days long gone. Lol.
Laying on the carpet in the winter sun, quietly flipping through levers, waiting for my grandparents to finish their afternoon nap. Then soaking up all the smells and sounds while supper was prepared.

The catalogues were black and white with dull and easily ripped pages- but of the many beside the chesterfield, I knew which ones held the timeless treasures that invoked wonder and adventure.

Those days gone by have made owing mine twice as sweet. :mrgreen:

As soon as old grand poobah saw the quality he went and picked up the rest.
Perfect for in the camper during a storm. :)
I had your problem until I had to drive past Rock Island o my way from Chicago to "the West".

Having been at their warehouse and seen/touched some of their stuff.... if the adverts were printed on pure Gold Leaf it wouldn't match Reality.

It's like reading the Bible after having tea with Jesus, Moses and Elijah just before the Transfiguration.

The Paper just doesn't touch the Reality.
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Camel73 wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2017 7:07 pm

How much was an 1894 .30 WFC back in 1895?


IDK about 1895, but the 1916 Winchester catalog listed various Model 1894's from $17.50 to $42.50.

To wit:

The 1894 Carbine w/round 20" bbl @ $17.50 (.32-40, .38-55)
The 1894 Carbine w/round nickel steel 20" bbl @ $21.00 (.25-35, .30WCF, .32 Special)

The 1894 Sporting Rifle w/round 26" bbl @ $18.00 (.32-40, .38-55)
The 1894 Sporting Rifle w/octagon 26" bbl @ $19.50 (.32-40, .38-55)

The 1894 Sporting Rifle w/round 26" Nickel Steel bbl @ $23.00 (.25-35, .30WCF, .32 Special)
The 1894 Sporting Rifle w/octagon 26" Nickel Steel bbl @ $24.50 (.25-35, .30WCF, .32 Special)

The 1894 Sporting Rifle Take-down w/round 26" bbl & half-magazine @ $30.00 (.32-40, .38-55)
The 1894 Sporting Rifle Take-down w/octagon 26" bbl & half magazine @ $31.50 (.32-40, .38-55)

The 1894 Sporting Rifle Take-down w/round 26 Nickel Steel bbl & half-magazine @ $33.00 (.25-35, .30WCF, .32 Special)
The 1894 Sporting Rifle Take-down w/octagon 26" Nickel Steel bbl & half-magazine @ $34.50 (.25-35, .30WCF, .32 Special)

The 1894 Fancy Sporting Rifles (non take-down) with upgraded wood & 26" round bbls @ $36.00 (.32-40, .38-55)
The 1894 Fancy Sporting Rifle (non take-down) with upgraded wood & 26" octagon bbls @ $37.50 (.32-40, .38-55)

The 1894 Fancy Sporting Rifle (non take-down) with upgraded wood & 26" round bbls @ $41.00 (.25-35, .30WCF, .32 Special)
The 1894 Fancy Sporting Rifles (non take-down) with upgraded wood & 26" octagon bbls @ $42.50 (.25-35, .30WCF, .32 Special)



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Forget the 94's and 336's....think small...get small. I wish I could go back to when I started collecting .....1973....and grabbed all of the pre-war single action Colts. (Nice ones for 5-8)......1886 Winchesters and 1873's....about the same as first gen Colts. NICE Henry's were 3-5 g's.....now 40+

Well, Yenko Camaros from 1969 were about 6....50 or more today....like GT-350 and 500 Mustangs

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"I paid $89 for a New 336 in 1969"
--J35

An inflation calculator shows that US$89.00 rifle would cost US 591.85 in 2016.

Camel73 said that was a "crazy good price." But -- and there is a "but" -- wages were not that high in 1969. The average US yearly wage for 1969 was %5893.76 or about 113.00 per week.
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Back in the 1800s an ounce of Gold would buy you a Quality saddle/working horse.

Today, an ounce of gold will buy you a... Decent saddle/working horse.

Never look at Numbers, but Value. How much can an ounce of gold get you in REAL property (Horses, guns, land). IMO you will find that not much has changed where Real things are concerned...
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Haha, nice.

Ray, you beat me to it. I was gonna try to do the same thing with the old pricing.

6 I don't own a cool old 6 shooter because, well, I'm a camper, not an indoor shooter. (Although I really been eyeballin a few of those 1886's. Just something about them...) And id be frightfully tempted to pack it along one time. Then I'd get it taken away. Then I'd cry.

I never was the type to have toys I couldn't play with. I guess that's why my daily used to be a 77 RS, then a plain jane sky blue 70. Lol, a yenko to me would be akin to one of those 1886's!
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I have seen a few of the items for auction by RIA 1st the Dallas Safari Club annual show. Absolutely amazing. One Gatling Gun was in almost perfect condition. I can understand why they have such high asking prices.
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Was just recently leafing through my 1958 Herter's catalog, along with some early '50s Gun Digests. Wonderful prices now, but sure weren't then, teenager lucky to get a 75 cent an hour job couldn't afford the nice Winchester 52 for around a hundred bucks.
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I remember when the minimum wage was raised to $0.75 (1950) - At the time, I had a Saturday evening job @ a local drugstore, folding the various sections together for the next morning's issue of the Sunday newspaper.

95% of the Sunday newspaper was delivered on Sat, with the lead/first section that had the latest news delivered around sunrise on Sunday AM - which section then had to be wrapped, around the several earlier sections (Sports, Classifieds, Cartoons, store flyers, etc, etc, etc, folded together on Sat.), so the complete paper could be sold.

When the minimum wage was raised, the 30% increase made me feel like I was in high cotton........ :mrgreen:


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As a young kid, I helped my uncle one winter morning to deliver some kind of flyer.

It's not that cold out, and, we won't be long rang through my head hours later in front of the fire, while unthawing all of my burning extremities.

I dislike being cold. I'm a layer guy.
Lots o layers.
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