Kynoch
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include inflation in your price calcuations
In 2010 I wondered how the heck I was able in 1960 to go to a double feature at the Rialto (War of the Colossal Beast + Attack of the Puppet People), buy Reese's cups, coca cola and popcorn for the movie and after the movie walk across the street to the newstand and buy a "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazine on a $2 allowance. I found an inflation calculator function at Wikipedia and found that $2 (1960) = $15 (2010).
Remember those $20 Lee-Enfields back in the day? Even adjusted for inflation ($150) they were a bargain.
Guns aren't more expensive today simply because of inflation. Not by a long shot.