Unit identification

I don't think technology really has anything to do with any supposed influx of knowledge. The information in our collector books of twenty years ago is valid today. Still's series of books were produced using the combined knowledge of scores of NAPCA members, including myself, so that when after print, it fairly well represented a consensus of collector knowledge. Oh of course there were controversial interpretations such as the 1929 DWM vs. Sneak Mauser Lugers, but only the densest refused to accept the evidence presented. While it can facilitate the composing of books and articles, I find the internet to be usually a BS session, with substatiated information scarcely found. There is still information out there in archives waiting to be discovered. It just takes time and money to ferret out new facts and the Internet can sometimes be used to speed communications. Datig was a pioneer as was Harry Jones and Bob Whittington.