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the cost of a Colt Peacemaker in the 1880's.

cavman 69
let's see who knows the cost of a new .45 Colt in the 1800's.
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  • mogley98
    About 16 bucks?
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  • Grasshopper
    Hmmm
    23.50?
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  • spasmcreek
    always thought about geting a real colt but price seemes to high and i have some really good clones...Arminius made a nice single action clone with parts interchangeable with 1st gen colt ...no collector value but just a nice shooter ..i have several NIB .. reasonable fun
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  • montanajoe
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    $18
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  • fideau
    About $20.
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  • fideau
    About $20.
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  • babun
    $14.50

    In the 1933 Sears catalog, a 1927 Thompson FULL automatic went for
    $176.00.
    $24 more if you wanted the better cutts compenstator.

    Some where I have a copy of the 1902 Sears catalog,{you can buy them cheap..fun reading}. Most .22, .32, .38 top break pistols of that era
    went for $1.10 to $4.50.
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  • savage170
    A little less the 20.00 which I had bought a bunch back then
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  • 1FMJ
    $50.00
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  • varian
    the same price it would go for today a $20 gold piece.
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  • remingtonoaks
    Between $13 and $18 depending the bells and whistles....

    In comparison, a farmhand made about $20 per day with room & Board
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  • bigborefan
    $13 incl screwdriver as sold to the government.
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  • fordsix
    about 30 bucks the cost of a month wage for a cow hand
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  • 11b6r
    Same price it is today. You could get one for a nice new $20 gold piece.

    And today you can get one for that same nice, uncirculated $20 gold piece.
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  • babun
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    Same price it is today. You could get one for a nice new $20 gold piece.

    And today you can get one for that same nice, uncirculated $20 gold piece.


    +1

    Surprisingly, guns and cars have always been about the same since
    the 1900"s.
    You could buy a decent gun for a little less than 1 months wages.
    You could buy a decent car for a little less than 1 years wages.

    Run the numbers....you'll see it's true. [8D]
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  • Grasshopper
    quote:Originally posted by remingtonoaks
    Between $13 and $18 depending the bells and whistles....

    In comparison, a farmhand made about $20 per day with room & Board


    believe that would be month remmy
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  • Rocky Raab
    Funny how that holds true, huh? Not just then, either. Back in 1969, I worked for minimum wage while in college, and it converted to five gallons of gas an hour. Minimum wage today? Almost exactly the same. Half an hour work bought a gallon of milk then. Same today.
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  • spasmcreek
    in the late 1960's would get a glass gallon of REAL milk from a local for 50cts...with a load of cream on top
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