If we're talking pre-WWII prices, the repeaters were not the huge bargains they are today, compared to classic doubles. Models 12, 31, and 37 were all just a bit under $44 back in 1940. That does make them cheaper than the LC Field Grade and Sterlingworth, both at $49, and way cheaper than a Model 21 or Parker VHE (Trojan had been dropped by then). However, you could buy the above-mentioned Marlin 90 for about $40, or the Iver Johnson Hercules, Hunter Special or Fulton, Winchester 24, or Savage 420 OU for between $30-35. So there were quite a few doubles, both sxs and OU--not including even cheaper guns like Stevens and Fox B--that undercut the repeaters more than the repeaters undercut the better quality sxs.
