Minimum wage isn't necessarily tied to inflation. But then inflation depends on whats items are included.
The government site used to calculate increases for Social Security payments suggests about a 450% rate since 1975, so a $99 Model 94 would be a little under $450 now.
I paid $179 for my first Remington 700, an ADL, in 1974, which would be around $800 in today's money. Cabela's has ADL's for sale right now for $409.99, and unlike mine they include a mounted 3-9x scope and sling-swivel studs. Of course, the Cabela's ADL's have injection-molded stocks, not genuine shiny-finished walnut with fancy impressed "checkering," thickly covered with urethane, like mine did.
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