I’ve changed my mind

11 Responses to I’ve changed my mind

1. Rolf says:

   November 14, 2013 at 9:53 pm

   Been reading “unintended consequences” again?
2. Rivrdog says:

   November 14, 2013 at 11:09 pm

   A duplicate of the Lahti 20mm, which was also available by mail order, pre-1968. It sold for $195, and ammo was 95 cents per round. That ad graced the back page of American Rifleman for several years in the early 1960s.
3. dfwmtx says:

   November 15, 2013 at 8:47 am

   Gonna need a time machine to get one at those prices.
4. Tam says:

   November 15, 2013 at 9:02 am

   Around the same time as that ad was printed, John DeLorean got hired away from Chrysler by Packard, who lured him with the princely salary of $14,000 a year.

   So, that’s a week’s pay for a good engineer a couple years out of school. Used Barrett, maybe?
5. Tam says:

   November 15, 2013 at 9:03 am

   Rivrdog,

   The Lahti and Solothurn were completely unrelated in any way except that they both had the same diameter hole in the end.

   Calling the Solothurn a “duplicate” of the much cruder Lahti is like saying that the SR-25 was basically a copy of the Remington 7400. 😉
6. Paul B says:

   November 15, 2013 at 10:00 am

   And they say the second amendment did not refer to military firearms.

   Why would anyone one want a gun that could pierce armor at 3/4 of a mile down range?

   That said, I would love to have one of those in my garage. What a elk hunting rifle that would make. Be like a 22 on a squirrel.

   Just imagine what Carlos could have done with that baby to lunk around.
7. Davidwhitewolf says:

   November 15, 2013 at 4:54 pm

   There’s a Lahti over the counter at one of the local outdoor shops. I’ve cajoled an Asian immigrant buddy into reading Unintended Consequences, and when he came to the ad above, I mentioned he could see one IRL and he became… very excited.

   It’s fun introducing folks to infecting folks with the gun culture!
8. Rivrdog says:

   November 15, 2013 at 4:59 pm

   Tam, since the pricing for both those mini-artillery pieces was out of my price range at my princely wage of less than $40/week in those days, I never laid hands on either “rifle”.

   Since then, I helped my B-52D tail gunner clean the 4 M-2s a couple of times, but still don’t own a rifle more complex than a CETME, so I guess I’ll yield to all you semi-pro gun writers who get paid to shoot <;~)
9. emdfl says:

   November 15, 2013 at 5:20 pm

   Actually the Lahtis were $99.95. I know, because I HAD the $$ but just couldn’t figure how to get the 6′ coffin shipping crate past the Old Man on the way to sticking it the garage.
10. Unknown says:

    November 16, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    At that price, I’ll take 4. And another few on reserve!
11. Tam says:

    November 19, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    “semi-pro gun writers who get paid to shoot”

    Don’t I wish. Brother, can you spare some nine? :p

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