Thread: Price of firearms then and now?

Originally Posted by zimmer

Oh, forgot to mention. A year or so before my Sako, whilst I was a rifle club member, I was able to purchase from the Army at Linton a No 4 303 for £5. I think it was a special deal to rifle club members to promote civilian marksmanship. That army culture disappeared not too many years later.

My No 4 was virtually brand new and the only wear was some stock damage from supposedly square bashing. I foolishly sold it to a mate for $10. He promptly chopped it up for sporting use.

please take your hand and slap some sense into yourself haha. painful to know a minter got chopped up