Vintage AR and Clone pic thread.....

**Boss Hogg** · 05-14-10, 06:12

Originally Posted by Buck

The rate of inflation from 1966 to 2010 is 581.41%

If you take $189.50 in 1966 $$$ and multiply it by 5.8141, the sum is $1101.77 in 2010 $$$... The price of a Colt AR really has not changed much in the last 40 + years...

B

I believe they were around $450 in 1984. But ammo in real terms now, even after the Obama runup, is cheaper.....as are good mags.

I'd love to have a 20" A1 upper with a 1/7 or 1/8 twist .750" or .625" profile. Those original handguards were quite comfortable.

.223 ammo was around $300/m in 1984. In 1984 IIRC a AK (Maadi) was $1300 or so, and a Galil was $1700. Cheapest ammo was $100/m for AK around 1984-1990, and .223 was $170/m around 1997 until 2001.

**Stickman** · 05-14-10, 11:12

**chavez_e_chavez** · 06-30-10, 05:13

Originally Posted by Buck

The rate of inflation from 1966 to 2010 is 581.41%

If you take $189.50 in 1966 $$$ and multiply it by 5.8141, the sum is $1101.77 in 2010 $$$... The price of a Colt AR really has not changed much in the last 40 + years...

B

oooooy, that is crazy how houses etc totally inflate in price, muy house in 1950's was $8,000 and was $240,000 6 years ago...,hurts

**Moose-Knuckle** · 05-13-10, 12:38

Originally Posted by Templar

I always love looking at retro ads for pretty much any consumer products but especially for firearms! Oh how time's have changed, to think Colt use to market these to the "hunter, camper, or collector".

Reminds me of when I was a kid growing up in the 80's looking at through my dad's gun rags at the old HK ads and the like...then came Bush Sr.'s '89 ban.

**Alex F** · 05-13-10, 12:58

My 'retro' slash 'Israeli' build... I sold it to a coworker but working on getting it back.

Parts:

Lower finished:

Completed (ADCO did the barrel work for me, including pinning the FSB):

**TOrrock** · 05-13-10, 13:20

Originally Posted by Alex F

My 'retro' slash 'Israeli' build... I sold it to a coworker but working on getting it back.

Love the IDF and USAF guns. They've been kicking around so long and parts keep getting upgraded that there's no telling what kind of configuration you'll run into.

**Alex F** · 05-13-10, 13:31

It ran great, too... 1500 rounds in an 8 hour period with minimal cleaning, just more lube.

I sold it because of my divorce... women.

**MASP7** · 06-17-10, 14:40

Originally Posted by Templar

Love the IDF and USAF guns. They've been kicking around so long and parts keep getting upgraded that there's no telling what kind of configuration you'll run into.

I qualified on some super early USAF guns that were still in service in the mid-80's. They were mix n' matched, but some of those parts belonged in collections. I wish I could have had 15 minutes with them to swap out parts...

BTW- Anyone have any info on the Son Tay Raiders Singlepoint mounts used on the GAU-5A/A's?
PM or Email me if you do.