It wasn’t till 2014 I was old enough and had an income that could allow me to fuel my firearms hobby I have today. I remember going online and seeing crates of Mosin’s for sale for under $1k and how I’d love to purchase an entire crate. Sad those days are gone.
I think one of the interesting things is that googling airfare prices (for a few months from now because holidays) I'm seeing about $300-$350 as the cheapest airfare direct NYC->London->NYC. Admittedly air travel might be a tad less comfortable now, but it is way, way more affordable for the average person
I am grabbing a Springfield 1903 and a Webley - with a set of British Commando Knives!
Yeah I'm grabbing the 03 and the Webley and spending the rest on ammo.
Same
I saw one of those $20 Steyrs go for $1200 this summer.
haha, funny how they are all the same prices there, but today half of those are still cheap and the other half over $1000!
tfw born too late for $20 Berthiers
3 Norwegian Krag M1912/18s and a commando knife, of course!
reminds me of the RDR2 catalog
It wasn’t till 2014 I was old enough and had an income that could allow me to fuel my firearms hobby I have today. I remember going online and seeing crates of Mosin’s for sale for under $1k and how I’d love to purchase an entire crate. Sad those days are gone.
Count yourself lucky, my friends and I were only able to really get into the hobby about two years ago.
All the Frommer Stops money could buy!
Webleys are great. Everyone should have one in .455. I love mine. I'd probably get a Krag or 2 as well
What's wrong with the .45ACP ones? Curious as a prospective Webley owner.
Nobody wants a .22 Derringer??!?
I have a High Standard Derringer in 22WMR. It's a fun little gun that I love shooting.
I’d take two derringers and a brass handle spanish saber.
Cost of things in 1958-------- ($1 in 1958 = @$10.31 today)
I think one of the interesting things is that googling airfare prices (for a few months from now because holidays) I'm seeing about $300-$350 as the cheapest airfare direct NYC->London->NYC. Admittedly air travel might be a tad less comfortable now, but it is way, way more affordable for the average person
Whichever one will be able to hit a limousine in five years time from a sixth floor window
Wait a minute
Remington Rolling block, Webley, CZ. 27, and a commando knife
"OUR GUNSMITH'S SPECIAL SPORTER" is the most obscene thing I have ever seen on the internet.
The rolling blocks are in 7mm Mauser?
They can be. They were offered in dozens of calibers
13 Spanish cutlasses
haha, the good ole "Española Docena" , Spanish Dozen
Frommer stop, steyr Hahn, berthier, and some Spanish cutlass'
I'll take two Krags and a Steyr Hahn
Imagine that was your actual decision you had to make at your LGS today?
Norwegian krags
Springfield and a Norse Krag
One Krag, one '03, and a Sykes Fairbairn.
A frommer stop and steyr Hahn in 9mm Luger are some of my dream guns
You could get your dream guns AND have cash left over!
Im taking that months pay and putting a down payment on a brand new Ford truck.
12 cutlasses and a boot knife. My days on the high sea have come!
$13 in 1958 is roughly $138 in purchasing power today. So if you held a carcano for 62 years, you essentially lost money.
Schmidt-Rubin, 8mm Mannlicher, and the Spanish M1893; then put the remaining $10-15 towards ammo.
probably can get hundreds of rounds too for 15 bucks :)
A Springfield and, if those are real surplus Fairbairn Sykes commandos , then 6 of them.
Wow they even called it the Mannlicher Carcano then? Some foolish motions never change
A krag, a Spanish Mauser, and 2 webleys
NOTE*** If you can see the fine print, there are some $4 bayonets- Swiss Normal or Saw-tooths and French pokers!
Frommer stop and the Springfield
I'd love a webley
Norwegian Krag. Then all the 03’s. Oh and a Steyer, because Steyer.
I'd probably go with a Schmidt Ruben, Norwegian Krag, and a Berthier for rifles and a pair of Spanish cutlasses
Crate of Mosins.
I mean I would have loved to been around for that time, bought a create or two then loaded up on the spam cans
Swiss verterli Schmidt-rubin Berthier Carcano British commando knife
Definitely one each Norwegian krag, berthier, and steyr hahn
2 Norwegian Krags, 1 Steyr, and 1 commando knife. Makes the total $63.80. Commando knife just to bump the total up closer to $65.
If allowed to go just a dollar or two over, 2 Webley revolvers and two Steyr Hahns.
Norwegian Krag, Spanish Mauser, cutless & webley.
2 Norwegian Krags 1 Webley MKIV revolver spend the remaining cash on ammo
Kind of intrigued by the gunsmith speacial
3 Norwegian krags.
Why is a .22 derringer the 3rd most expensive thing?
Yes.
Norwegian krag and the Springfield for sure.
A Springfield and how ever much 6.5 Carcano ammo I can buy with what I have left.
Krag, webly, and 2 cutlasses. And spend the rest on Krag ammo and you bet I'm keeping all that brass
Carcano, Mauser, vetterli, webley and 2 cutlass.
I shot a Springfield 03A3 yesterday. A steel but pad, 30-06 ammo, and off a bench gets less fun with every shot.
I am buying 3 krags
Every Webley I can .
Springfield, Frommer Stop, and a Vetterli if one of y’all will lend me 95¢
Springfield, krag and a commando dagger! Then invest the last $1.15 into Coca Cola shares!
Their Gunsmith’s Special Sporter. He probably put time in that. A steyr, two cutlasses, and that frommer stop
Steyr, 2 Webleys and a Berhier. They give me an 80 cent discount for bulk purchase.
Have to go with a krag and the steyr. I’ve been wanting both for too long now and still can’t get my hands on either at a decent price.
Well carcanos still go for about the same today as they did back then when you account for inflation 😂
Depends on condition of the lots, but probably a 1903 and a styer.
Man I do wish these guns are still being produced
I’d buy up at many Norwegian Krags as I could. They’re as rare as hens teeth nowadays
as many frommer stops as i can carry.
A norwegian krag carbine and dual Steyr 9mms.
16 x British Commando Knives! Is this even a question?
3 Norwegian Krags + whatever ....
I'm grabbing myself two of those French mannlichers, better yet they come with the Rosalie bayonet!
The sporterized Swiss, of course. :)
Gimme a rolling block
M1903, Webley and Frommer Stop
1903 Springfield, Norwegian Krag carbine, and a commando knife 😎
in 1958 i'd be making like $.50 an hour and would probably be forced to live in a ghetto
Springfield and Schmidt-Rubin.
Steyr Hahn all day
Multiples of what 1k would get me
😭😭😭
That Springfield comes out to about $411 in today’s money
I’ll take one Springfield, a Norwegian Krag and a Fairbairn-Sykes commando knife. Probably would be the best return on the investment.
12.95 Frommer Stop😥
Gunsmith special all day baby