Gun ads from years gone by......

If anybody posts an old ad from Shotgun News from before 1986, selling M16s for some absurd price like $550, I am going to cry. Please think of the children.

Ok, my time machine is ALMOST complete…anyone down for a ride? $36 for a colt!!! $200 for a typewritter!!! $190 for an AR!!! Shoot, it’s worth the risk!!!

I often have fantasies of discovering a time machine and going back in time with 500 grand which I use to purchase firearms and muscle cars and a great big warehouse to store them all away safely from the elements.

On a nice spring day in Virginia most dudes on the college campus I just came back from are looking around at all the exposed female flesh…meanwhile I was thinking about how awesome it would be to be cruising around in a 1971 Hemi-Cuda convertible.

so my old HK91 for $550 will that make you cry :slight_smile:

I used to have one of those :slight_smile:

it might still be kicking around the parents old house somewhere ? also had some great M1 toys back in the day

Jeeze, look at the price :frowning:

This is bad…those milled Valmet M62/S’s are bringing 10 times what they were in this ad.

I picked up mine in 1982 for just $479. That was a LOT of money back then, too – and my buddy still kicks himself for selling his Valmet…

just think… 20 years from now, when a pre-XX AR15 receiver is going for $75,000, you’ll be able to kick yourself all over again!

plus I remember getting ammo for cheap ! nothing like buying 900+ rounds of 308 for about $80 and heading out to the local gravel pit to see if anyone dumped any old cars over the weekend :slight_smile:

ahhh the good old days was always fun to get a fresh car to shoot up

Man! I wish I could pay those prices for some of those guns! $200 for a Thompson?! WOW!

On a side note, I was perusing an old Car and Driver the other day and saw and ad for the “Brand New, Totally Redesigned 1992 Dodge Grand Caravan” Kinda made me laugh! :smiley:

I’m the proud owner of a Stevens “Autoshot” .410 shown in the 6th add of the OPs post.
Inheireted it from my dad who got it from a retired logger who used to keep it in his truck to shoot snakes.
Haven’t shot it in many years. I remember it having a pretty good kick to it though.

Scoby

This is PRICELESS! The cowboy with a Tommy Gun! :smiley:

Imagine how much BETTER Unforgiven would’ve been, if Clint had walked into the bar to avenge Morgan Freeman, and mowed EVERYONE down with one!

SAY HALLO TO MAH LITTLE FRIEND!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

Keep 'em coming, I love these!

OK, I wont post an ad for $550…how about $236 ?