40_Rod wrote on Aug 30^th, 2018 at 11:29am:


Not so surprising, sorry to say; 10-12 yrs ago, I requested permission to reprint some of the wonderful Allyn Tedmon material from the '20s & '30s, now totally lost to time unless one happens to own the original mags.  The response--total silence.  I even made a point of identifying myself as a Benefactor Member, but after you've cashed out, nobody cares.

Actually, most gun mags purchase only a one-time publication right, after which the author is free to re-sell the same piece if he can.  However, AR may insist on total copyright ownership; in fact, half or more of AR articles are written by people already on their staff.

But how many current members remember the many excellent pieces which appeared in SSJ during the '80s &' 90s?  Even those who possess those issues probably haven't re-read them since they were originally published.

BP wrote on Aug 30^th, 2018 at 11:55am:


They wouldn't.  Probably wouldn't even use "single shot," but rather the name on the gun; but that would result in a haystack of irrelevant websites--mainly guns for sale.  If they kept on searching through several pages of the irrelevant sites, they might come eventually to a helpful needle, like Marlin or Winchester Collectors Assn., but still no ASSRA.

I've had single shot rifles for over forty years now. I've had a computer for around twenty. I only found this site about four years back. Pretty good job of staying hidden, guys. Scott, and others are right about finding other ways to get the word out.

watchthewind wrote on Aug 30^th, 2018 at 1:54pm:


That sounds reasonable--but still, no visibility on Google (without a longer search than most would undertake), or, I doubt, other search services. 

calledflyer wrote on Aug 30^th, 2018 at 2:01pm:


I think--but could be mistaken--that ASSRA once placed a small ad in the Rifleman and/or Shot Gun News. Can't verify that for sure, since I discarded all my Rifleman issues after the mid-'50s (after tearing out articles I wanted to save & still have). Anyway, I learned of it without the internet or anyone telling me about it, because I knew no one at the time who could have told me about it.  

frnkeore wrote on Aug 30^th, 2018 at 3:45pm:

Rebel wrote on Aug 30^th, 2018 at 4:28pm:


Seems like that should be easy enough to do by someone who knows how (not me).  "Single shot" is also written as a single word, or a hyphenated word (which seems most grammatically correct to me), so all variations should be included.