update! Post X-mas!

[G.T.]

Hello to all! Just a pre 2016 update on all that is wonderful at G.T Specialties! Numrich Drum repair upgrade is coming to fruition, and I have 50+ drums to upgrade! They will hopefully be available by the end of Jan. 2016 ... all is full speed ahead on that quest!
Barrel making, GT Specialties sport / target, is coming along well, and I have some remaining tooling to acquire before they go to Olle for his magic! But, we will have approx. a dozen barrels of 4", 5" & 6" for the different tastes and orders that are on the plate right now!......Again, full speed ahead....
Magazine repair is ongoing and as always, gets my best effort no matter what obstacles are encountered! ......... More to come, all good fun and also a very rewarding hobby! Best to all in the new year and beyond... Bill Lyon & family, you have all my prayers and best wishes.... til...lat'r...GT......

[wlyon]

Way to go GT. Could not happen to a nicer or more deserving guy.
Rich there are over 12000 on the forum. Bill

[Zorba]

Originally Posted by wlyon

Rich there are over 12000 on the forum. Bill

Each with 2 or 3 drums that need upgrading/updating STAT!

[lugerholsterrepair]

I'm pretty stubborn! is short for meticulous, gifted, talented and tenacious!

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

I'm pretty stubborn! is short for meticulous, gifted, talented and tenacious!

I agree with Jerry, but also think this description applies to him as well.

[Edward Tinker]

well, actually more than you think Rich - it shows 151 different folks visited in the last 24 hours I think there are several hundred active members -

We don't have as many as some other forums, but its a good number of hard core folks who like the friendliness of this forum - or so I like to think

Ed

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

How many actually posted/contributed??? Even if only to provoke comments [coff, coff] ???

...

If you look at names on several forums, even very 'active' forums, my guess is that 60-80% of the members, seldom post. It is not uncommon for me to see someone post who has been a member since 2003 or 2004 and they have 30 posts to their name...

LURKERS :lurkers:

[mrerick]

With memories of a high school past... you don't have to be popular to be a best student... In fact, one byte at a time the geeks will inherit the earth!

[lugerholsterrepair]

Rich, It's an interesting thread.. don't delete anything.

[G.T.]

Hi Rich, I agree, don't delete anything, it is good info and food for thought, I'll have plenty of opportunities to make progress reports as I go along! Off topic banter is sometimes the more interesting subject anyway..... .. That is one of the many things that is neat about this group, .......Best to all, til...lat'r....GT

[CAP Black]

I enjoy the "How to knowledge" of the guys on this forum. By that I mean how to do a certain task, what not to do, what to look for in considering a purchase, how to check a recent purchase, features of different items, how to detect fakes, and many, many more helpful tips. The guidance and training is immeasurable.
Thanks for what you do and what you know and share.
Jack

[Desperado]

Confessions from a certified Lurker.

This coming February, I will have been with you for 3 years. In that time, I have made 21 posts. I'm still learning. I am on this and Jan Still's board several times a day, usually learning something new with every log-on.

In that time, I have also purchased one P.08, two LP.08's (one a shooter), one original and one repro snail drum (with a repro loader), an extra complete upper (to use as a shooter on the LP's frame), and a couple of expensive luger books.

All of that was thanks to you guys and what I have learned from lurking on these two boards. I will continue to lurk 'n' learn.

But I'm not in your league. I cannot answer other's questions as you guys can. I can only read your answers and learn some more. I don't even know enough to ask intelligent questions without making a fool of myself (besides, as has been pointed out more than once, the question - at my stage in Luger Learning - has been already covered if I will just search the archives).

I suspect I'm no different than the others in the 60-80% that Ed noted who seldom post.

[lugerholsterrepair]

Who was it said, I wouldn't want to be a member of any club that would accept me as a member?

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

Who was it said, I wouldn't want to be a member of any club that would accept me as a member?

That was Groucho!

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx

[4 Scale]

Some background on Groucho's declaration:

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/04...oucho-resigns/

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Probably the same guy who said "We have met the enemy, and he is us"...

The "we have met the enemy..." quote is from Pogo.

[hayhugh]

The only peeve I have with this forum Is when I read an article and later go back to verified somethin and find that someone has removed a post. Questioned one poster why and he said that he was helping clean up the forum and asked in return why I did not do the same? It is not always easy to find an article that you read in the past and then when you find it some parts have been removed.

[DonVoigt]

How long does it take to decide a question is "unanswered", an hour? week? year?

I say leave them up, eventually someone may find the answer and post it; or the guy that knows will finally see the posted question.

JMHO.

I'm not sure your "7 round" post should be deleted either- obviously at least one mag holds only 7 rounds; why is the question, again JMHO.

I say when it doubt, leave it up.

My pet peeve is disappearing selling prices!

[John Sabato]

RICH, Step back from the DELETE BUTTON and keep your hands where I can see them.

[DonVoigt]

Rich,
ON prices,
I say leave them forever, then folks can see how values change over time, up, down and back again.
As long as the price is associated with the item, date, and $- it has some value to someone!