I guess I qualify as an old-timer. I used to hang out at Ye Olde Hunter in Alexandria, VA, when I worked at the Pentagon, and my wife to be worked for Interarms (then Interarmco). I just regret that I didn't buy more, especially more DEWAT STEN guns for $9.95 and Thompson M1928A1's for $79. But I did get a lot on my magnificant salary of $3470 a year. If you look at that figure again, you will understand that those "low" prices were not really that low.
Jim