I thought some would get a kick out of this receipt I have. I did have the actual rifle that accompanied the receipt, but it was drilled and not collectible so I sold the rifle. I know in 1941 $77 WAS a lot of money, but it's still fun to compare to today. A guy could easily spend that much on a premium box of bullets but back then, well you could buy a very nice rifle and have money left over for reloading stuff.

Just out of curosity, how much money did you make a week in July 1941?

When in 1981, I was moaning about the cost of my first rifle,a M-700 BDL 30-06,one of my fellow workers said" That's not bad,it's only a weeks wages,mine when I bought it cost three weeks wages" His was a plain Browning Hi-Power,though.

Also out of curiosity, what did you pay for a gallon of gas back then?

According to the inflation calculator at http://www.hughchou.org/calc/cpi.cgi , that 1941 price of $77.02 is equivalent to $1,011.64 in 2004 dollars (2006 unavailable, but should add approximately 5%, or about $1,062).

I would say that makes today's prices a relative bargain. The bullets, at $2.31, are the equivalent of $30 now, but can commonly be had for half of that. The powder is about spot-on with today's cost, and the primers are a tad cheaper today.

Sometimes we just don't appreciate how good we've got it.

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Originally posted by biglmbass:
Also out of curiosity, what did you pay for a gallon of gas back then?

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The village blacksmith owns the village now."