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Remember When? #15611388 01/05/21 Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,590 Not In The City rockinbbar OP Campfire Kahuna OP rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,590 Not In The City Found these the other day in my stash... Pretty good investment. I'd say they have gone up in value... Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611452 01/05/21 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX High_Noon Campfire Outfitter High_Noon Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX A feller could really stock up at those prices. l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611456 01/05/21 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,147 The town Del Shannon made famo... Whelenman Campfire Outfitter Whelenman Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,147 The town Del Shannon made famo... I can remember when those was 85 cents a box. Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611483 01/05/21 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,849 South of Minnesota 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,849 South of Minnesota I remember 25-count packs of Remingtons that came in a flat box like Chiclets. Dad would pick up a box on Saturday night and we would go to the town dump after church on Sunday and shoot cans. Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile. Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe) Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611487 01/05/21 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX I’ve still got some like that with a Gibson’s Discount Center price tag. From GrandDads ammo stash. "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611489 01/05/21 Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,073 In the Swamps DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,073 In the Swamps I recall days when they were cheaper, 65 cents comes to mind. I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611578 01/05/21 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,378 Las Vegas NM M mark shubert Campfire Ranger mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,378 Las Vegas NM When I was shooting, weekly, in the Junior NRA local club - we got standard velocity, LR, 22's @ .38 a box. Y'all just a bunch of kids!!! I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611592 01/05/21 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,919 SE, Iowa B blanket Campfire Outfitter blanket Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,919 SE, Iowa and on the plus side back then they would all go off

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611599 01/05/21 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 26,389 Minnysoda G Ghostinthemachine Campfire Ranger Ghostinthemachine Campfire Ranger G Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 26,389 Minnysoda Reminds me of my dad's old ammo stash. I miss those days.

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611625 01/05/21 Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,114 Connecticut / Florida M Mike_S Campfire Tracker Mike_S Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,114 Connecticut / Florida I remember cheaper to. I also remember never having a lot of ammo hanging around the house. We would stop at the gun-shop and grab a couple boxes on the way to the range.

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611637 01/05/21 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 19,196 The Pennyrile of Kentucky JamesJr Campfire Ranger JamesJr Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 19,196 The Pennyrile of Kentucky I have these, from around 1970

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611643 01/05/21 Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 19,231 B Blackheart Campfire Ranger Blackheart Campfire Ranger B Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 19,231 I have some of those in my collection, along with several boxes of Remington Mohawk .22's, Sears Ted Williams .22's and Montgomery Ward's "Hawthorne" .22's. I shot a lot of the Remington Mohawks when I was a kid.

Re: Remember When? Whelenman #15611644 01/05/21 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,642 J jaguartx Campfire Oracle jaguartx Campfire Oracle J Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,642 Originally Posted by Whelenman I can remember when those was 85 cents a box. Highway robbery. How about 35 cents. Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left. A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind. "The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan". I Dindo Nuffin

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611653 01/05/21 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,378 Las Vegas NM M mark shubert Campfire Ranger mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,378 Las Vegas NM When they built the Gibson's about 250 yards from our house - I thought I was in Heaven! I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Remember When? mark shubert #15611662 01/05/21 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,164 TX Originally Posted by mark shubert When they built the Gibson's about 250 yards from our house - I thought I was in Heaven! Best store EVER. And None of that cheap ass China schitt like Walmart. "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Remember When? chlinstructor #15611668 01/05/21 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,642 J jaguartx Campfire Oracle jaguartx Campfire Oracle J Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,642 Originally Posted by chlinstructor Originally Posted by mark shubert When they built the Gibson's about 250 yards from our house - I thought I was in Heaven! Best store EVER. And None of that cheap ass China schitt like Walmart. Truth. Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left. A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind. "The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan". I Dindo Nuffin

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611669 01/05/21 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,721 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,721 Iowa/NW Ontario Like John, I had some of these 22's in the cello pack in shorts. We shot those teaching son Jake to shoot. A tomato juice can with a snow pile for a backstop. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Remember When? mark shubert #15611683 01/05/21 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,642 J jaguartx Campfire Oracle jaguartx Campfire Oracle J Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,642 Originally Posted by mark shubert When I was shooting, weekly, in the Junior NRA local club - we got standard velocity, LR, 22's @ .38 a box. Y'all just a bunch of kids!!! Ha, i nearly grew up before buying a whole box of shotgun shells. Bought 6 or 7 at a time from a local grocer who broke boxes for us kids to hunt squirrels and wood ducks with. Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left. A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind. "The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan". I Dindo Nuffin

Re: Remember When? rockinbbar #15611692 01/05/21 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,270 Montana J Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,270 Montana When I was a kid...you could buy a box of Winchester Wildcats for 50 cents. I am MAGA.

Re: Remember When? jaguartx #15611696 01/05/21 Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 16,967 OldmanoftheSea Campfire Ranger OldmanoftheSea Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 16,967 Originally Posted by jaguartx Originally Posted by Whelenman I can remember when those was 85 cents a box. Highway robbery. How about 35 cents. Best i still have is .96/box -OMotS "If memory serves fails me..." Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay " Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.