[Yo-Yo]

Before you get too excited about those prices, realize that the $49 Walther PP in 1968 would be $433 today.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Before you get too excited about those prices, realize that the $49 Walther PP in 1968 would be $433 today."

Still not bad, considering that a new Ft. Smith PPK or PPK/S will leave the factory with a price tag over $800...

[marktwain]

Yes. I purchased a number of the Star Model B pistols, listed at $59 in the ad, for about $99 sometime around the year 2000. Decent pistols. A design improvement on the 1911. I might still have one or two of them.

[sit-rep]

Ya people don’t realize wages back then. I looked it up a while ago and top journeyman pay in the trades was like $6 an hour!!