Originally Posted by
Twin Wasp
The girl with the Bren is probably the reason .303 is getting scarce. Cheaper than Dirt is about 20 minutes away. Prices have almost doubled from last summer.
"Bob's" your uncle.
"Veronica Foster (popularly known as "Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl") was the Canadian equivalent of the American cultural icon Rosie the Riveter, representing nearly one million Canadian women who worked in the manufacturing plants that produced munitions and materiel during World War II. Foster worked for John Inglis Co. Ltd producing Bren light machine guns on a production line on Strachan Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.
She became popular after a series of propaganda posters were produced; most images featured her working for the war effort, but others depicted more casual settings like Foster dancing the jitterbug or attending a dinner party."
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Originally Posted by
ce650
Was in the local fleet farm store and picked up some 357 and 38. sales assoc. says "when this is gone, it's gone for good" no more center fire pistol ammo. I bought all he had.
That is a sales pitch tuned to the times.
Some sectors of the market have done very well during this "financial crisis". S&W and Ruger are up about 75% and 100% respectively, so I guess they might be termed "defensive" stocks.