... When you think about what these good guns everyone laments cost 60 years ago in actual wages and buying power it was more than a week’s pay for most working men. Today, a lot of us think we should be able to get a terrific rifle for half a week’s pay or less. It doesn’t work that way. That said, these cheap guns we’re buying today tend to be a lot better than the cheap guns of 60 years ago.
When the Remington 700 ADL first appeared in 1962 it cost $115. Run that through a CPI inflation calculator and it'll come to about $940 today.
