1929

[Pa SxS]

Prices for the AHE base model:

1929 $400
1930 $425
1935 $497.50
1936 $515
1940 $530

[Bindlestiff]

Interesting, I would have expected to see a price dip after the 1929 crash? This got me wondering if this was unique to Parker's high end shotguns or a general trend.

From what I found at http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/70yearsofpricechange.html it looks like a general trend. I went looking for the price of bread to indicate the change in prices after the crash. I found:

Average Cost Loaf of Bread

• 1930 9 cents
• 1940 10 cents
• 1950 12 cents
• 1960 22 cents
• 1970 25 cents
• 1980 50 cents
• 1990 70 cents
• 2008 $2.79

Wow, what the hell happened after 1990?
I have been told we have had very low inflation these last few years.........

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

Prices for the AHE base model:

1929 $400
1930 $425
1935 $497.50
1936 $515
1940 $530

Parker Bros. was never known to be especially reactive to market demands.

Maybe this mindset explains why this drastic reduction in guns manufactured happened....

1928 - 4,839
1929 - 3,384
1930 - 2,183
1931 - 293
1932 - 112
1933 - 83

And then the Parker Gun works was sold to Remington.