The good old days!

[specops56]

I was inventorying my powder and primer stash and came across some memories of the good old days.

Thought I’d share them with y’all:

Terry

 

[Toprudder]

I was inventorying my powder and primer stash and came across some memories of the good old days.

Thought I’d share them with y’all:



Terry

Sad thing is, that wasn't that long ago!

 

[beamernc]

Couple bottles of Unique in my cabinet. Also had some Remington small pistol primers that I got for $7.99/1K.

 

[Ben Jefferson]

That’s just mean!

 

[71Ragtop]

When I moved my reloading stuff to the mountains I found a one pound bottle of W231 marked $7.99.

 

[Gator]

I know. I still have primers from the days when they were all packed together. A box of 1,000 was was small, and $11.

(not my pic, but an example)
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I'm sure folks here have stuff much older than mine.

Winchester $.70 / 100, Remington $.85 / 100, $8.00 / 1000.





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[Combat Diver]

Best thing about the good old days was there was ALWAYS components available.

CD

 

[71Ragtop]

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I bet these would blow your lungs out😁. I wish I had stocked up when I had the chance.

 

[Tailhunter]

Greed is a bad thing.

 

[biganimal]

I just checked online this morning for IMR 4350 because I finally used the last of ten lbs that I bought in 1969. I bought ten 1lb cans because I was going to shoot a crap load of reloads from my new 22-250 & my old .270, but life and other calibers came along so it took me over 1/2 a century to use up the ten lbs. I had paid $27 for ten lbs back then now a 1lb bottle of IMR 4350 is $45 and up!
But in retrospect a pound of powder in ‘69 sold for $2-3 rose to $17-18 in ‘99. So I probably bitched about prices back then too.

 

[beamernc]

Be careful discussing the prices from yester year, it might be "off putting" to some people. 🤣

 

[specops56]

Be careful discussing the prices from yester year, it might be "off putting" to some people. 🤣

It's today's prices that are off putting to me! 😥

Terry

 

[clay_fv]

The big question is where is that compared to inflation?

I don't know, too lazy to try and figure it out.

 

[biganimal]

Be careful discussing the prices from yester year, it might be "off putting" to some people. 🤣

The nice thing about being as old as I am is I can tell em to kiss my ass if anything I say or write offends their tender little feelings. Nuthin worse than a cry baby!
I guess I shouldn’t tell them I paid $5.50 for a brick of primers….

 

[Snoopz]

The nice thing about being as old as I am is I can tell em to kiss my ass if anything I say or write offends their tender little feelings. Nuthin worse than a cry baby!
I guess I shouldn’t tell them I paid $5.50 for a brick of primers….

😭.....now this is funny..
good point...

or...how's bout, a "sleeve" (5 boxes) of Sierra 168 HPBT's for less than a box sales for now., Powder $6-$8 #
and finally...8# of WC844, 4895, WC846, Mil pull-down (surplus) for.....$48-$52 when other powders were in
the $20 range per #...shot $11-$16 for 25# bag.....
Found an invoice for a Rock Chucker Press from Midsouth Shooters $56.00, TC Contender Barrels $45-$55 each
I'll stop...

-Snoopz