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Default Henry Rifle in .308

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On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:06:18 -0500, Califbill
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My buddy bought one of those about 55 years ago. Then he found out he had
trouble getting the 303 ammo.


It is around now but you are probably getting it online.


I think it was early in the import tim. He probably paid $6-8 for it. And
maybe only a gun shops had the a,mo stocked. $6-8 sounds cheap, but
minimum wage was $0,74 to a buck then. I think I paid $50 or so for my
Ithaca mxl 37 20 ga in 1970. monkeying.ward, and the guy tossed in a box
of shells. No waiting period on long guns then.