How much did ammo used to cost?

[svsboris]

LEO discount and this was when Glocks were terrifying innocent citizens at the airport etc etc etc...when I started policing in 79 I bought my first Smith model 19 for 112 dollars

 

[Echo 1]

Late 60,s early 70,s ammo was cheap along with just about every thing else

 

[Goldie]

Well, I just started shooting a year ago...but even in that time things have gone up at least a $1.00 per box of 50.

 

[Shovelhead]

I remember 22lr Remington 50 rounds were like a quarter. Maybe 1958 at Western Auto. We would collect pop bottle empties 2 cents each or a nickle for a quart bottle.

 

[57tr6]

Yeah I remember 50 rds of .22 for under a buck.

 

[Hayata]

Yeah I remember 50 rds of .22 for under a buck.

$1.09 at Kmart...but you had a bolt action and it would last. Now I have a semi and well, it just doesn't last as long.

I'm just glad I got into 5.45 this year at 13 cents/round and almost everyone is out. I've heard folks say that you could buy the tins for like 79 bucks not too long ago.

IF ONLY!

 

[Crubear]

When I started in the mid 80's you waited for the $9.99 sale for a brick of 22LR. A box of Win white box 223 was $4.99.

I think 100 brass cases of Rem 223 were just over $10

 

[Sargent]

I have an empty box of Federal 158gr JHPs in .357 mag with a price tag of $7. They were bought sometime in the 1990s.

 

[Swampbogger]

I remember paying .50 for a box of 50 .22lr.Cant believe I remember that far back lol.

 

[polaris30144]

Way back yonder when I first started shooting... mid '50s....22 LR were $0.22 per box, Longs were $0.18 per box and shorts were $0.15. I bought .32 Winchester Special for $2.00 a box.You could buy any kind of gun you wanted through the mail. I bought a K98 Mauser for $15 and an 03-A3 for $20. I bought 30-06 hunting rounds a few at a time from our local General store, maybe $0.05-$0.06 a round. Shotgun shells were around $1.50-$1.75 for a box of 25. We could buy our .22 ammo from our school shooting coach for $2.00 a brick of 500. My Dad bought me my first deer rifle...it was a Model 94 in .32 Special, he paid $35 for it from a local guy. I could buy a Coke for $0.10 and get $0.02 back for the bottle. Sounds good.....but most people were making around $1.00 an hour then.....we lived on a dairy farm, I think I made about $20 a week back then working 50-60 hours a week unless I was in school.