Quote:It's a Shame Too Many Folks Register for the Forum & Are Too Cheap to Buy an ASSRA Subscription!
And their primary purpose is FREE ADVICE or to SELL Their Inventory
* The ASSRA Forum is a Living Encylopedia of dedicate Single Shot Rifle Owners - That Have a Wealth of Detail Data that they share freely when folks register and the 1st posts from their fingers are ... "I Need or What Is or How Do I"
* Then there are the 2nd group - "I Have for Sale" ... who post their wares here because they are unique firearms, not AR 15's ... they too are profiting from the Forum Classifieds yet are not ASSRA Members.
I looked up one new current poster. He has posted 20 times, all in the Classifieds and a couple of "I Need to Know" So, Cheap Skate and others like you - write a check for a subscription ...
(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) then post your ASSRA Membership Number as a small token of appreciation for the free information you obtained instead of paying an appraiser for the information ... If You Can Find One!
These folks are
too cheap to Thank ASSRA by buying a subscription for the free information they obtain and if they didn't come on the Forum, would still be clueless because there is really no composite external knowledge source respective the single shots they found or was passed down in the family other than the knowledgeable members on the Forum!
John Boy,
I remember when I was starting out.
I went to shops, shows and shoots and was fortunate to encounter a few good folks who were willing to give some pointers and guidance to a "clueless" fellow trying to learn.
And you know what?
They didn't charge me one damn thin dime.
And that was back when a dime was still silver instead of the junk slug it is today.
Those fellows are long gone now, but they knew and demonstrated the best way to help someone get started out, and more importantly, how to pass on a tradition.
If charging for information and advice is now the new grail, a prerequisite for getting into this game, instead of being able to freely pass on a tradition to those less fortunate but wanting to learn, then this game has become rotten to its core, and it truly is time to let it RIP.