Hello Ejc,
I joined NAPCA last year for the 1st. time and have looked forward to receiving my AutoMag newsletter each month. As I recall, you need an existing member to "host" or "sponsor" your membership application...
There is always stuff about lugers in AutoMag but also more info. on other automatic pistols. Through AutoMag, I have developed an appreciation for Walther Olympia pistols and even Bergmann Bayard pistols...both now on my "shopping list"...
There are a lot of older, established collectors that participate in AutoMag and it is obvious that many NAPCA members may not be Internet connected.
The folks that run NAPCA and issue AutoMag have been struggling with how to bring AutoMag onto the Web and not loose their core of long time members that might not have PC's. The pros & cons of this issue/discussion have been going on in "dialogues" in AutoMag for awhile...
I am not sure how Mr. Tom Knox, who runs NAPCA, will eventually resolve this and where AutoMag will go in the future.
In the meantime, web-based discussion boards such as the Luger Forum, Jan Still's new pistol board, and others are seemingly forging ahead with the new technology...but I hope some collectors are not left out...
Web-based discussion boards are great for that "instant" response, but I also find myself enjoying reading discussions in AutoMag that might take a few months to unfold. Reminds me of a few years back when you actually wrote letters (i.e. paper & pen) to your friends and then waited at the mail box for their replies a few weeks later.
I suspect the Japanese luger issue that Mr. Frank Allan started on AutoMag will take a few more months to develop, so more opinions can be "heard"...
Regards,
Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />