[JC in Calif]

FYI

https://www.guns.com/news/2019/03/15/aguila-5mm-ammo-breathes-new-life-into-forgotten-plinkers-video?utm_campaign=240006_Newsletter_3_18_2019&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dotmailer&dm_i=4QIV,556U,1TY0VL,JB5V,1

 

[George Foster]

I still have a box of the original Rem ammo in the cabinet. It has a price tag of $3.49. Sometimes I long for the old days.

 

[toiville2feathers]

Yeah George, I agree, but $3.49 was a lot in that day also. I have a couple of boxes of 32-40 Winchester Super Speed Silver tips marked for a $1.75. That was an hours worth of wages then.

 

[TinMan]

Yup, Super-X 22 Shorts were 49c and 22lr were 72c per box, back in the mid 1950's.

 

[George Foster]

TinMan, I can remember buying 22's for that price in a local hardware store. I also have a box of 32 Remington in the cabinet for my Dad's Rem. Mod 14 that I paid $3.70 for at the same hardware.

 

[TinMan]

Exactly right, hardware stores prices. I have a box of Remington Bronze points in 30-06 that I picked up in a trade somewhere with a price tag of $3.XX, but I would have to dig it out the back of the ammo stash to find the exact price. The best deal I ever got on newer CF ammo was when a local Walmart a few years ago closed out some ammo that didn't move. Got three boxes of Remington 7mm-08 SP for $5 each.