I bought a brand new 6" blue Colt Python in 1978 for $350. In 1962 as a junior shooter the gun club sold us .22 ammo for .50/bx. When I got old enough for a .44 Magnum I bought ammo in the Rexall drug store. Starting to reload in 1973 powder was $7.00 a #, K-mart sold .22RF for $10. a brick.
