Thought y'all might enjoy this pic. A friend of mine dug these out of some old ammo his grandfather owned. The receipt is from 1966 and the final price with tax is $5.34. Ah, the good old days...
Thought y'all might enjoy this pic. A friend of mine dug these out of some old ammo his grandfather owned. The receipt is from 1966 and the final price with tax is $5.34. Ah, the good old days...
I just finished a box of Winchester primers from the 70s. The price? 70 cents!
"Texas Gun Clinic." I would have liked to shop there in '66.
I was traveling to Houston frequently in the late 1970's and never heard of Glenn Slade's but I found a few 'net references in the early 70's so I'm assuming they went out of business sometime during the interim.
I generally went to Carter's Country or Collector's Firearms when I was visiting the Big H...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |