YES IT IS A PLACE TO DISCUSS WEAPONS WE OWN AS WELL AS MANY OTHER RELATED THINGS AND IDEAS. SPECIFIC COMMENT BY KNOWLEGABLE MEMBERS ABOUT AN ITEM IN OUR COLLECTION HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL VALUE. IT MAY SUPPORT OR REFUTE WHAT WE KNOW OR THINK WE KNOW ABOUT AN ITEM BUT ALWAYS ADDS A NEW SOURCE OF INFORMATION OR POINT OF VIEW.
THE INFORMATION RECEIVED IN THIS POST SO FAR GIVES A GOOD DIRECTIONS OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR USING THE FORUM SEARCH FOR MORE INFORMATION IT IS A GOOD SUGGESTION AT THIS POINT. ALL INFORMATION SO FAR IS GOOD IN THIS POST AND NO ONE SHOULD TAKE OFFENSE.
ONE OF THE WEAKNESS OF THIS FORUM IS REPETITION OFTEN THE SAME QUESTIONS COME UP OVER AND OVER. ANSWERING THEM MANY TIMES OFTEN BECOMES A JOB AND THEREFORE NO FUN OR CHALLENGE. BUT AS EACH TIME THE QUESTION IS ASKED IT IS BY SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO LEARN SO THEY MUST BE ANSWERED ANEW. NO DOUBT THE FORUM FILES COULD BE CONDENSED DOWN TO A FRACTION OF ITS SIZE AND INCLUDE ONLY PERTINENT INFORMATION. BUT THEN THE COMUNITY AND COMERADERY OF FELLOW COLLECTORS WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE FORMULA WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT LOSS.
IT IS WHAT IT IS
AFTER ALL THE FORUM IS TO LEARN AND SHARE AND PRESERVE KNOWLEGE AND HAVE A BIT OF FUN IN THE DOING.