Cartridge Prices £98 per Thousand

[Figgy]

Now in the late nineties early noughties wages were higher compared to cost of living than they are now so that will have been the cheapest

 

[Fortis Mark]

Personally I do not believe they are any more expensive than they were in 86 in fact arguably cheaper index linked. Would be interesting if some fiscal smart *** could do the math and confirm I am either correct or a twit.

What price were they in 1986 / per thousand?

 

[Fortis Mark]

OK - I have run the numbers backwards.

Taking into account inflation since 1986, to date...

£160 per thousand today equates to £60.46 back then.

£200 per thousand today equates to £75.58 back then

So, if you know what you paid per thousand back in the day you will have your answer, adjusted for inflation.

Is it obvious i'm bored?

 

[Paul120]

What price were they in 1986 / per thousand?

About that time I used to pay £25 for 250 Winchester Trap 100s

Mind you they were 32g and in Compression cases that are now considered too expensive to produce now.

100 bird shoots were £11 to enter.

 

[Fortis Mark]

About that time I used to pay £25 for 250 Winchester Trap 100s

Mind you they were 32g and in Compression cases that are now considered too expensive to produce now.

100 bird shoots were £11 to enter.

£25 equates to £66.16 in today's prices

£11 equates to £29.11 in today's prices 

 

[Fortis Mark]

£50

£132.31 today

 

[ips]

I seem to recall. Mid to Late 80s twenty five trap practice £2.50 and about the same for 25 Winchester trap 200. Early 90s victory 480 challenger being £130 per k

 

[Paul120]

I seem to recall. Mid to Late 80s twenty five trap practice £2.50 and about the same for 25 Winchester trap 200. Early 90s victory 480 challenger being £130 per k

Yes I seem to remember that for a while what you paid for a round in clays was about the same in cartridge cost for the same number.
It was comparatively expensive to shoot in the mid to late in the late 80s but cartridge prices seemed to stagnate until 2007-2008.

I had break from shooting yo concentrate on other sports from 88 to about 97-98

There was a noticeably more people shooting when I started again.

What was also noticeable that pre 2007 if I went yo the A6 or Worsley on mid week for a sneeky practice they wed always very busy. Post 2008 it was tumble weed city mid week.

One ground owner said that comps were still attracting the same numbers (no one totally gave up) practice or just shooting to meet up and have a natter/ socialise ceased.

I digress. suspect shooting is about the same/ maybe a little cheaper than the 80s but significantly more than 7-8 years ago.

 

[Salopian]

Being as we are getting all nostalgic, if you are sufficiently bothered, look back to related threads that have been published on this website where manufacturers stated that they had to raise prices because of the increase in Lead because of the World demand for minerals by China. Then when Lead prices stabilised and there was talk of dropping prices the manufacturers stated that they could not because of increased manufacturing costs and the price of oil and thus transportation costs.

One thing is for sure, the working man is finding their sport crippling expensive and those that are sponsored or assisted are not yet feeling the pinch.

 

[ips]

Yes I seem to remember that for a while what you paid for a round in clays was about the same in cartridge cost for the same number.

yep I had to ensure my then meagre wage could sustain 2 rounds of practice on Thursday evening at £5 per round all in and then a 100 bird reg comp every other week at approx cost of £25 all in.

By my reckoning its now about £11 per round of 25 all in (no second barrels) so that's double the cost of 25 years ago.

I think that in real terms its cheaper as I seem to remember a figure of value x 2 per ten years but I stress I could be talking utter cack.

 

[Les53]

 but I stress I could be talking utter cack.

Talk about inviting flack Ian........................!!!! :laugh: