Quote: Don't we all wish they were the same price now! Fantastic pieces to say the least, Thanks for that RH...........now my PC's full of drool!
So it would seem. In fact, however, per usinflationcalculator.com that $1080 USD for the top drawer Rigby in 1939 would be $19,579 in today's dollars. A brand new 1939 Ford Deluxe Coupe was $700 in the U.S.. The $235 Jeffery #1 bolt action .375 would equate to $4,260.25 today.
Kynoch ammunition came very dear then, as well. That $25 to $45 in depression era dollars per box would be today's $453.22 to $815.79. Elsewhere in the catalog, a brand new Colt SAA can be had for $37.50 and $45 would get you a Match 1911. One box of ten Kynoch .600 Nitro Express cost as much as a brand new match Colt 1911.