Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "Boys Anti-Tank Rifle: Mk I and Mk I* Improvements" video.

  1.  @dennisspencer1113  The Solothurn was the Cadillac of anti tank rifles then. Several wholesalers were selling them in the same time period (1960-65) for $150 to $200 including everything - case, optics, bipop, tools, cleaning kit, a couple extra barrels, ten mags, a few practice rounds for dry firing.IIRC, you could get 20mm rounds for about $40 per 50 live rounds. I don't remember the shipping weight, but I know it had to come by truck so there was no chance sneaking it up to my room. I used to sit there panting away over the ads, but I could never convince my mom or dad I HAD to get a 20mm cannon for some reasonable purpose. Back then, you could buy a six year old Ford for $200, and I sure wasn't going to get a cannon that cost as much as a used Ford. Rats!
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  2. I remember the days in 1965 when I could buy a complete Boys outfit including wood case, a couple mags, 20 rounds of ammo, a cleaning kit, tool kit, the bipod, and the skids, all for about $100. How I wish I would have picked up one then
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