JohnBT
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And most of our mothers didn't work in the '50s and during most of the '60s. Families were one-income households.
By 1967 a box of 50 Winchester Super-Speed .22 LR were 60 or 70 cents and I was grossing $1.15 an hour at a McDonalds in D.C. - call it a buck an hour take-home. There were no cheap bulk packs.
.22 WMR were $2.50 for a box of 50 in '66 and '67. That was 2.5 hours work at McDs at minimum wage. The McDs here are paying $8/hr. and up now.
I think somebody is wearing rose colored glasses. I sold my Savage 24 .22WMR/.410. Couldn't afford the ammo.
"A typical hunting rifle still cost more than a week's pay."
A Marlin 336 was about $80 in '67. A 444 rifle was about $115. That was a lot of money to people making a buck or two an hour. Or even three.
A Rem 1100 field grade listed for $155 in '67. That's pushing a month's wages for a full-time McD's employee back then.
By 1967 a box of 50 Winchester Super-Speed .22 LR were 60 or 70 cents and I was grossing $1.15 an hour at a McDonalds in D.C. - call it a buck an hour take-home. There were no cheap bulk packs.
.22 WMR were $2.50 for a box of 50 in '66 and '67. That was 2.5 hours work at McDs at minimum wage. The McDs here are paying $8/hr. and up now.
I think somebody is wearing rose colored glasses. I sold my Savage 24 .22WMR/.410. Couldn't afford the ammo.
"A typical hunting rifle still cost more than a week's pay."
A Marlin 336 was about $80 in '67. A 444 rifle was about $115. That was a lot of money to people making a buck or two an hour. Or even three.
A Rem 1100 field grade listed for $155 in '67. That's pushing a month's wages for a full-time McD's employee back then.