UncleDad said:Sure the prices were cheap by todays standards, but dont forget the $200 tax stamp, which was really expensive back then. $50 in 1960 is about $315 today. The $200 in 1960 would be $1267.35 now. If the 1986 FA ban wasnt enacted, and it wasnt the forbidden fruit it is today, would most people buy a gun, then pay 4X the price for a tax stamp for the gun?
calculations done with http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
God forbid. They would be worth more as scrap at todays current prices.57Strat said:Just imagine no importation bans and transferable surplus machineguns from all over the world flooding into the US. What that would do to the prices of those guns?
Matthew1919 said:Ouchman,
In ref. to the "extremely rare" part, in the '60s they probably were. The cold war was still going on and they were still being used. Just a guess.