1965 Prices

These mid-60's era American Rifleman magazines were my first reference material for military firearms. My grade school library was well stocked with these (circa 65-68) and they were a favorite during "study hall" (funny we had no school shootings anywhere in those days). I learned that there were in fact many variations to what all the adults at gun shops refered to simply as "army rifles". I also recall that after 1968, (GCA) these adds dried up. As for prices, I still have a lot of Shattuck and Hoffman list starting from 1971 and going thru to about 1980. I think that most would agree with me that Luger prices went crazy during the 70's and peaked in about 1981, and then pretty much flat-lined ( maybe a gradual increase) until the mid-late 1990's. I would overall put values/prices at about double of the 1981 levels, with most of the rarer types going for 3 to 4 times the levels of those early 80's prices.