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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Shreckmeister on September 01, 2014, 10:35:04 PM
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Anyone with interest in western PA longrifles will recognize Whitmore, Wolf & Co. as being a hardware dealer in Pittsburgh that sold locks and gun hardware in the mid 19th century. I found a store journal at auction in Corsica PA (along Olean Trail) that had entries where the owner was buying hardware from Whitmore Wolf on May 6, 1854. The entry says 2 " Rifles 40 80. The ditto is coming down from the dozen above, so I interpret this as 2 dozen rifles $40 each dozen $80 total, but the number entries are in the cents column which confuses me. I'm wondering if the dollars are in the wrong column or maybe rifles means rifflers. Would a gun cost as little as $3 in 1854?
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Possibly rifle cutters @ 40 cents a doz? Still seems too cheap.
Dennis
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I can't quite make out anything on the list but yeah, it's two for 80c total.
Maybe it was "Ruffles" tater chips...okay maybe not.
I just don't think a "rifles" are going to be lost and low-cost on a ticket as this would make them. It's something diff't.
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It's 2 doz. ??? @ .40 a doz. Total of $.80 That comes out to 3 1/3 cents each.