Those were the days

[Gabriel]

Imagine the stories we will be telling if the pre-Biden gun bans. Back in the days you could own an actual AR-15 and order an buffer tube through the mail without a background check.


Back on topic, I remember all the crates of random inexpensive rifles you could get at Fetla's. I never bought any, but wish I'd bought an SKS or three.

 

[vvet762]

I remember buying my first gun in 1962. I was 12 years old and I did it myself without an adult. It was a single shot .22 lever action rifle for $21.00 I put it on lay-a-way and paid weekly until it was mine. First round in it downed a big crow sitting in a tree. Times have changed.

 

[Jsomerset]

First BB gun daisy. it was a Xmas gift so don’t know price but a tube of ammo was less than a dime and a big ole 8ga. size tube was about a quarter or less as I remember.

 

[patience0830]

And you knew who you were then. . .
Girls were girls and men were men . . .
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

 

[Dirtebiker]

And you knew who you where then.
Girls were girls and men were men . . .
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Fixed!

 

[patience0830]

Fixed!

U is co-wrect in your correction so close to the election.

 

[Tombs]

We're going to be remembering 2019 as the "Good ole days."

 

[Thor]

Went to the 'Lil Abner amusement park. Bought a silly hat and a Reb Navy .44 cap and ball revolver at the concession stand. Yep, bought a gun at an amusement park as a kid; along with caps, powder and balls.

 

[Hookeye]

12 yrs old, walk down sidewalk middle of town, w .22 rifle and a box of ammo.
Nobody said anything.
Must have assumed (correctly) that cuz and I were going to the dump to shoot rats.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

12 yrs old, walk down sidewalk middle of town, w .22 rifle and a box of ammo.
Nobody said anything.
Must have assumed (correctly) that cuz and I were going to the dump to shoot rats.

Same here. A buddy and I would walk with both a shotgun and a rifle each, ammo vests bulging with boxes of shells to go shooting on the railroad tracks where they passed under I-465 on the south side of Indy. Pretty sure SWAT would be involved if someone tried that today.

 

[Dirtebiker]

We took my buddy’s dads service revolver just off 465 at White River and had a blast! Pun intended! Didn’t even consider having a problem.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

We took my buddy’s dads service revolver just off 465 at White River and had a blast! Pun intended! Didn’t even consider having a problem.

Mom and Dad were friends with all those greenhouse owners on Bluff, so we'd cut through their property to get back to the tracks. There was a gravel pit back there too where we'd do some shooting.

 

[Duce]

Early 60's the end cap at K-mart full of 98 Mausers, Carcanos, and Garand, all in cosmoline. The seventies buying a SKS, with 100 rnds of ammo for $125, at the 1500. Entry was less than $10, parking was free. Working for $1.25 an hour. Sigh<><Duce

 

[Steve]

Spring of '69. I had been given a used but not abused Savage 6A as a graduation gift. It handled .22 LR, Longs, and Shorts (semi-automatic with LRs only). My 1st REAL rifle. Went to Sears to buy .22LR ammo and was told that I could not purchase it because I was only 17! I could buy all the shotgun shells I wanted, but I didn't own a shotgun. Had to have a buddy buy my .22 ammo all summer. And I could only afford 2 boxes at a time. $1.00 an hour pay didn't go very far those days. Finally turned 18 that fall and felt like a man when I bought that 1st box of shells on my own. And yes, I still have that rifle. Finally had to have a rail put on it for a scope. Seems time has made a few changes in 1 of us.

 

[Joniki]

Lengel's was my Frankenmuth...

Norms, Schutz Bros, and later Lengels.

Bill Goodman gun shows.

Good times.

 

[Joniki]

My first firearm was a Crosman 760 with a wooden stock, I still have it. At 10 YO I got a Mossberg .410 for Christmas, this was stolen several years ago. The next year my grandfather gave me a 20 gauge shotgun and I still have it. My next rifle was a nylon 66, also stolen several years ago.

I grew up in a small town and worked in a service station. At 10 PM when I closed the station, the local LEO would pick me up and and we would go to the dump to shoot rats.

 

[El Conquistador]

In 1980 I worked in the automotive department at Kmart, I was friends with the sporting goods manager. Anytime someone would return a gun they bought (yes they allowed that back then) he would ask me if I wanted to buy it at a discount. I bought several but the one I remember most was a semi auto Remington 30-06 that I paid 75.00 for. Those were the days.

 

[The Dawg]

If I had a time machine I'd go back to the late 80s/ early 90s and get a warehouse full of polytech AKs for $150 a pop. I'd be a rich man today.