http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51942
I got my Ishapore in September 1999 for $69.95 from Gibbs, through Shotgun News.
I spent $40 for a scope mount.
The rifle would have had to appreciate from $70 to $1294 in 16 years to keep up with the stock market @20% compounded annually.
Back then I had some steel case bulgarian 7.62x51 ammo that was 10 cents a shot delivered. That ammo was by far the best in my Ishapore, but I never figured out why.
That was before I started writing up range reports, and I have not shot it since.