Ahh....the good old days....prices..:-)

[rembo]

As I'm sure like a lot of members here, I was a good customer of Trail Firearms in Edmonton....sure miss Bob's shop. These are some of the tags I have managed to hang on to. These would fall between about 1989 and the shop on Calgary Trail and 2005 ish after he had moved to Phoenix Range.
Some good deals there even at the time.
Noteably the Pre'64 Model 70 in 300 Win Mag......should have hung on to that one...LOL

[Flatland]

I had not heard of Schultz & Larson and looked it up. Those looked like really nice firearms.

[Pathfinder76]

I’ll take one of each please. :-)

[SakoAlberta]

Every tag shows GST, so, likely the oldest they could be would be 1991?

[rembo]

Originally Posted by SakoAlberta

Every tag shows GST, so, likely the oldest they could be would be 1991?

You're right there. Had to look it up.

[270person]

Nice deal on the L61R .270. Cheap on the Mennonite machine gun too.

[32-40win]

Around that time period, 1986 or maybe 1985, not sure which, Rem 700 was 414.00 at Guncraft, Ruger 77 tang safety glas stock was 399.00 (new) in 1988 or 9 about when FAC's had come in and Cdn Tire Marlborough was getting out of guns. The 338WM Rem 700 KS mtn rifle from the Custom Shop in, 1991 @ Frenchy's, was 1500.00, 1885 Win was around 700 or so, at Frenchy's fire sale. Used to be able to go to Bellingham to buy brass and bullets and powder, I remember 6.95 US for 22cal 50gr Nosler Solid Bases. Bought a Nikon 6.5-20 for 325 US in 92, at a gun show in Puyallup, seems to me Leupold equiv was 420 or so here. Bought 8lbs of AA9 for 55.00US in Tacoma in 92 or 93.

[saskbooknut]

They're not the same dollars.
Inflation over the last 30 years is officially x1.85, but in reality, easily x2 in firearms.
If you think these numbers are big, look at collector grade Lee Enfield and Mauser military prices over the same period.

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by chuck

I’ll take one of each please. :-)

Kicker being, your pay check would be direction proportional to the prices.

Grizz

[Homesteader]

Mr Preshtash was amazing!!!!! He always had a gem and he knew his customers. I can’t remember how many times I walked in there and he’d smile and say I have something you need to see and walk to the back and literally pull out a rifle he’d squirrelled away behind the door for me.

I miss Trail. The creaky floor, the smell, the “unique” clientele lol

It was amazing, and that was all thanks to Bob. Tim, was fun to talk too as well, and talk about the knowledge inside those walls. I learned a lot there. Most importantly Bob told me you can’t own them all at once, but you can own them all once, I’m thinking you got the same talk as well

His little trinket gift box up front for Christmas and drinks across 104th at the roadrunner!! It really was amazing, I feel blessed to have grown up back then, things have changed a lot over the years, some for the better but some not.

Do you have anything from him still in your stable?

[58thecat]

I wasn’t about to put down a weeks salary then nor today for shooting irons had mouths to feed and bills to pay so a old 303 had to do

[Jayhad]

Originally Posted by 270person

Cheap on the Mennonite machine gun too.

went to a Mennonite private school, rolled with many Mennonites in my youth and hunted on many of their farms... never heard this term, what is the Mennonite Machine Gun?

[fordtruckin]

Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams1

Kicker being, your pay check would be direction proportional to the prices.

Grizz

Don’t forget prices have risen and wages not so much comparatively! I had a couple old boxes of brass from 45/70prices were 13$ and change…

[Drewski Canuck]

Originally Posted by Jayhad

went to a Mennonite private school, rolled with many Mennonites in my youth and hunted on many of their farms... never heard this term, what is the Mennonite Machine Gun?

I.m going to guess the Rem 760 which was the old Remington pump action rifle. Yes as fast as you can slam it you can shoot it.

Pretty funny description though!

Drewski

[32-40win]

1989 I was making about 15.00/hr, 1980 was about 10.00/hr, 1975 was 5.50/hr, 1969 was 2.70/hr, when I retired was 33.00/hr. Bought a collector grade 35 Argentine Mauser for 435.00 about 1990ish, a 1908 Brazilian well used was 225.00, some were less than 200.00 back then. Don't remember what I paid for a 96 model Swede, or what mfr year it was, other than I bought it somewhere in the mid 80's, under 200.00 though.
That 35 Mauser is likely 4 or 5 times the price now. Meh.

[MountainTi]

Originally Posted by rembo

Some good deals there even at the time.
Noteably the Pre'64 Model 70 in 300 Win Mag......should have hung on to that one...LOL

Be worth a good dollar now.

[270person]

Originally Posted by Jayhad

went to a Mennonite private school, rolled with many Mennonites in my youth and hunted on many of their farms... never heard this term, what is the Mennonite Machine Gun?

Rem model 760 pump actions are often referred to as Mennonite Machine guns or the official deer rifle of Pennsylvania. The 7600 is referred to as an Amish Assault Rifle.

[Sundog57]

Have a box of 30-06 Dominion KoreLokt 200gr.
Box says $6.00 or .30 each
I guess from the days when you took three rounds with you to go get your moose.

[huntinstuff]

I waited up with Bob on his last day. I was his last official gun sale, somewhere around midnight. Lol

I also bot most of his wooden gun racks....

That place was a true gun shop. And Bob was awesome. Always had something to look at

[leo]

I bought a Shultz & Larsen 65 Deluxe in 308 Norma Magnum several years back. Refinished it and gave it to my son. He loves that rifle and has taken several critters witth it. Wonder if it's the same one.... Very high end rifles, and cost 1/3 more than a Weather MK V Deluxe in the day.

[Homesteader]

Originally Posted by huntinstuff

I waited up with Bob on his last day. I was his last official gun sale, somewhere around midnight. Lol

I also bot most of his wooden gun racks....

That place was a true gun shop. And Bob was awesome. Always had something to look at

Where's the LIKE button!!

[rockyb88]

I remember when i first started looking at rifles, a k98 was at P&D in Edmonton for $350 and my dad wouldn't let me get it... How i wish we were back then, I would have bout 20 of them.

I just looked at a receipt from 2019 paying 0.32/rnd for 45ACP, now its well over 0.60/rnd.

[Jayhad]

In 96 I bought 7mm STW Remington factory loads for $29.99 CDN minus my employee discount
Last year I bought a bunch of 7mm STW Hornady rounds for $129.99 CDN a box.... I just saw them listed for $109.99 USD down south, wowza

[Faststeel]

Originally Posted by huntinstuff

I waited up with Bob on his last day. I was his last official gun sale, somewhere around midnight. Lol

I also bot most of his wooden gun racks....

That place was a true gun shop. And Bob was awesome. Always had something to look at

Most fantastic rifle I ever bought was the Sako L 61R Finnbear Deluxe in 25-06, that you sold me for a $1000 dollars. Blonde french walnut fiddle back from one end to the other and on both sides, and a fine shooter.......thanks

[Salavee]

I still have an empty can of H4895 powder that I bought at WW Arcade years ago.. maybe late 50's or early 60'.. The price is still on it... $4.40.(no Tax)

[Arctic]

Still have a .404 that I got from Bob, and the rarest of all, a high wall in .577, .......the only one known to exist!
Every time I walked in he had something special for me!

[traderal]

I bought every Shultz and Larsen I could find in his store but must have missed that 308NM. When Frenchies burned down in Calgary I drove down for their fire sale in a snowstorm and bought 10 boxes of 308NM brass for 33.50 as they had slight smoke damage. Wish I still had them as they would go for 100 or more per box now.