Can't Believe the cost .22's

[jaybird_123]

Oh my God, I can`t believe the cost of some of the .22 hand guns on the market, and everyone seems fine with it! When I was a kid, i know...the times have changed, you could get .22 hand guns for under a hundred dollars all day long. Now a decent one is $300-400 dollars. FOR A DAMN .22!!!!! Man, get me back to the old days.

 

[sdman11890]

I've got over a grand in my .22 rifle... and I haven't even shot it yet

 

[Hoosier45]

What you need is a nice S&W model 41, maybe a High Standard Victor.

 

[JeepArn]

Don't k ow that I disagree but its relative when you think about it. How much was gas back then or better yet how much money did the avg person earn a week/month? Just my

 

[Colt556]

What you need is a nice S&W model 41, maybe a High Standard Victor.

Beat me to it. My S&W 41s both listed for over a grand! They are very well crafted and excellent shooting pistols! I also think that even the entry level 22s of today are of better quality than the inexpensive pistols of yesteryear, IMHO of course.

 

[tmkr]

I remember when you could buy a Mauser for about thirty bucks,but them days is long gone.

And if the shop owner thought you were on the fence about buying one,he would throw in a Mosin.

 

[Mosinowner]

And if the shop owner thought you were on the fence about buying one,he would throw in a Mosin.

SOMEONE INVENT A TIME MACHINE! RIGHT FREAKING NOW! lol

 

[daspurlock]

Cheap ammo, high demand and everyone who has one always want another. So this = high price, but they are fun to play with.

 

[Duce]

And .22 LR were 50 cents a box and you didn't buy a .22 mag cause they were $1 a box.
Coarse I had just enter the work force at a whopping $1.25 an hour. That was a whopping 10 bucks a day....Man those hundred dollar gun were expensive..............Duce<><

 

[Rizzo]

It's called inflation and caused by going off the gold standard for our currency decades ago.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I buy my .22s for $200 a pop.

Here is a K-22 sporting an original Mershon grip adapter (made in 1946) and a Colt .22WRF (1916). I paid $200 a pop at a gun show last summer, which is unpossible because I read on INGO "how thar ain't no good deals" at gun shows.

I pay $200 for Ruger 22/45s MkIIs. Solid guns as I as still shooting one that I purchased in 1996.

When I was a kid, i know...the times have changed, you could get .22 hand guns for under a hundred dollars all day long.

Yes, and in 25-35 years people will think what you pay for them now is cheap.

Buy them cheap, stack them deep.

Guns don't go down. Invest wisely and they will pay off in the long run.

 

[figley]

OP, you should see my house. We have a bathroom INSIDE!!!!!

 

[Leo]

As far as when we were younger, The national debt at that time was NOT larger than the entire ecomomy. We were able to service the interest on the national debt with 3% income tax. We have not been able to service the interest on our debt for several years. The state governments were mostly balanced, now they are mostly in debt to the point they cannot borrow any more money. Now 40 years later the plan of nationalized socialism is just about fully in place, and over 1/2 of the population are wards of the state, and if every nickle was taken out of the economy we would still be in the rears as a nation. OF course the printed money that is really only backed up by faith in the nation is not worth anything. I am surprised a .22 pistol does not cost $1,000.00.

 

[nicajack]

Good to see that some on here have a good grasp of the real reason for the high prices.
I am anxious for the day it all collapses, so I will be a rich man with what I have on hand! I hope that I have planned well. Will know soon.....

 

[jgreiner]

Oh my God, I can`t believe the cost of some of the .22 hand guns on the market, and everyone seems fine with it! When I was a kid, i know...the times have changed, you could get .22 hand guns for under a hundred dollars all day long. Now a decent one is $300-400 dollars. FOR A DAMN .22!!!!! Man, get me back to the old days.

Actually, the Ruger MK II that I bought back in the late 1970's, early 80's, hasn't gone up that much in price. Go compare what a new car cost back then to what one costs now.

I was astounded that the little Winchester model 37A shot gun I bought from Sears in 1973 and paid I believe around $50 for, was selling for $300-350 at the gun shows (it looks like some folks are trying to buy back the guns of their youth.)

Ruger .22 LR will last for many generations. In my eyes, they are still bargains.

 

[yotewacker]

When I was a kid I wore out a High Standard 22lr. The cogs on the cylinder quit there function of rotating the cylinder.

 

[jgreiner]

And .22 LR were 50 cents a box and you didn't buy a .22 mag cause they were $1 a box.
Coarse I had just enter the work force at a whopping $1.25 an hour. That was a whopping 10 bucks a day....Man those hundred dollar gun were expensive..............Duce<><

I had 4 brothers. The 5 of us were only 4 years apart in age...total. We literally went through thousands of rounds per month of .22LR ammo. Summer months probably well over 10,000 rounds. We all had .22 rifles. we all hunted. And we had our own rifle and pistol range. In the winter, we shot dad's Ruger Single Six in the basement.

we also used them as defensive weapons to protect our livestock on the farm. More than once we had packs of dogs attack our animals. when that happened, it was all hands on deck, every one of us running for the barn carrying a weapon, .22lrs, 12 & 20 gauges. Biggest pack we had was about 14 dogs. The 6 of us dropped em all. And yes, a number of them had collars.

 

[jgreiner]

When I was a kid I wore out a High Standard 22lr. The cogs on the cylinder quit there function of rotating the cylinder.

My dad's Ruger Single Six has had literally 10's of thousands of rounds through it.........I shot it as a small boy (I am 52 now). So did my 4 brothers, and my parents. He still shoots it today.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Oh my God, I can`t believe the cost of some of the .22 hand guns on the market, and everyone seems fine with it! When I was a kid, i know...the times have changed, you could get .22 hand guns for under a hundred dollars all day long. Now a decent one is $300-400 dollars. FOR A DAMN .22!!!!! Man, get me back to the old days.

Guns in general have gotten more accurate and of better quality than in the 50s and 60s and 70s, and yet the price adjusted for inflation has stayed about the same.

Yes, there are some exceptions to this, but it holds true in general. Yes, there are guns from that era that I wish I could buy new now, but they'd likely cost way more.

 

[nucone]

Yep, and I remember the first time I ever filled up when gas was under 26 cents/gal at the full service Standard station. Now, gasoline is diluted with ethanol and the quality and selection of handguns has improved. Gas is now over 13 times higher now and going up every day. On the other hand, .22 handguns are only 3-4 times higher - almost making it sound like a bargain.