When I was a boy, chasing squirrels and rabbits with a J C Higgins .410 S x S, Remington or Winchester .410s cost $3.00/box. My dad owned a big country store and sold them. I paid him $ .12/ea for them and sold squirrels uncleaned for $ .25/ea. Only way I could profit was to not use over one round per squirrel. That's how I remember the pricing so well. When I was allowed to use a .22 RF I thought I was going to get filthy rich market hunting, because of the lowered "input costs".
I don't recall what 12 ga. shells cost then. Wish I did.
