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Yep it's a little quieter here, with a little less banter than before. Don, Techinspector, Ken and many more have moved on, but we still Have quite a few regulars here. I think the economy has some of us holding off work while we prioritise money, but I still enjoy coming here just about every day and seeing what some of the build threads are doing, etc.

I will keep checking in here....It always was a good place to hang out! But I am soo busy lately, I really dont have much time to do the interweb. Just getting ready to open a new gun store next week along with my other jobs and hobbies so its gonna be a little hecktic for me for awhile.

I probably just didnt give the site a chance for me to get used to it. Ill give it another try.

t42
Just got a service grade M1 garand this week from CMP, collecting guns is also a passion. Here's a few photos from one enthusiast to another. This one looks new, I really lucked out as you get what they send you!

Nice looking piece! The M1 is always a favorite!

Originally Posted by T42

Thanks for the info. I really cant put my finger on it, but I just never could warm up to the new format. I know it was done awhile ago and other cites Im on have gone thru changes also. But for some reason this place dosent "feel" the same. It used to be my place to come to be with friends. A comfortable homey kind of feeling to it. Even though it was a slow moving forum, it kinda felt like a private club. Outsiders were always welcome and helped and respected, but the basic core was just a good ol bunch a coots swaping stories and ideas. It may still be that way, I dont know, but I just have a real mental block about the new looks and format that I just cant shake. I will still check in from time to time...but I hang out mostly at olskoolrodz and the corvetteforum. I dont care much for the HAMB and rarely if ever, post there. Mostly in their for sale area.

I never would have thought Don would have left this place and dont know the circumstances, but I do understand his not likeing the changes....I will stop in from time to time, and who knows, maybe I can still get used to it after all this time.
Daniel

PS...I was going to send this as a PM but it was too long and I didnt want to delete anything.

We all understand. But the fact is, the software was outdated and there wasn't a choice! So there never was any choice of "going back".... Time marchs on and right over all of us!

We lost a few really key people over the change and sadly they haven't been back (yet?) so we hope you'll stick around. It's still the homey, slow paced, feel good group mostly..

anyway, check in from time to time, we'll be here and looking forward to hearing from you.

you can only use a band aid for so long before you have fix the problem. the world is changing faster every moment. I just try to go with the flow and learn what I can.

Nice looking M1 I too have always liked guns.

Good ol' M1's - looks like you have a nice one, especially if all the numbers match

My fond remembrance - sore right shoulder and seeing some of the guys in Basic with a well blackened 'M1 thumb'. Mine was a Smith-Corona*, made in 1944. I went to my 'permanent combat engineer assignment' and moved up () to an M1 carbine pop gun

* Just did a Google and some 'authority' stated that S-C never made a Garand. They are wrong. Mine was a S-C as we kidded about it being a reclaimed typewriter the way it clattered when shaken.

Dave there were all kinds of manufacturers then. Some of my favorites were Winchester, International Harvester, Quality Hardware, Saginaw, Springfield Armory, Harrington Richardson, Irwin Pederson, National Postal Meter, Inland(which I believe is GM), and of course IBM! Not all made garands, some made the m1 carbines too!

Thanks I'm very happy with it. Now for the right m1 carbine to join the collection. Maybe if I get lucky I can find a 1903 that doesn't cost a arm and a leg!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by T42

Nice looking piece! The M1 is always a favorite!