Some playing on the calculator and inflation adjustments led to some insight on just how good a deal that 1923 St. Louis ad was.
$1 in 1923 had the purchasing power of about $15 today ($100=$1504.95)
That Luger with stock was a $57.95* deal for $51.95, adjusted to $872.12 for $781.82 in 2019
The sale price totaled a final of $15.80, adjusted to $237.78
*There was no NFA in 1923, so they also avoided a $200 ($3009.90) tax on SBR's. Of course, the tax remains $200 even in 2019.
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