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JimT
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in 1943. From the January 1943 issue of The American Rifleman. This gives an idea of how much buying power the dollar had and how much worth less it is today.
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Around this same time my parents bought their home for $5000, and the payment was $50 a month. So considering the prices on homes today, and guns today, guns are a real bargain!
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$11,000 to $600,000+ in the San Fernando valley - 50 years.
In the High Desert of Southern Calif. ..."on the cutting edge of going back in time"...

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Mayor Lightfoot and her antigun cronies are out looking for those guns today :lol:
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Also, back then nobody gave a second thought about posting a gun for sale in the daily newspaper! Don't dare do that now! :shock:
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I used to look at the ads in my Dad's old American Rifleman magazines and daydream about going back in time to buy up those guns... :D
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Yeah Jim, pegs inflation. the thing 'they' are saying isn't real . . . . i worked at the NY world's fair for a buck an hour. seemed like a good deal to me. :( i worked in a wall street bucket shop for not much more. . . the times really are changing Bob

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