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Posted: 2/24/2016 6:37:42 AM EDT
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I agree with bfoosh; how some bullets are made is extremely complex, and utterly fascinating.
And again, thanks for your work, Wolf. How big is this St.Louis cartridge collectors' show? It sounds like a cartridge collector's Comicon. Most of the cartridge collectors I've come across were very knowledgeable, but they seemed to be VERY specialized, too. |
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I agree with bfoosh; how some bullets are made is extremely complex, and utterly fascinating. And again, thanks for your work, Wolf. How big is this St.Louis cartridge collectors' show? It sounds like a cartridge collector's Comicon. Most of the cartridge collectors I've come across were very knowledgeable, but they seemed to be VERY specialized, too. Sooo many different kind of bullets out there, never enough time or money! Yes all correct on the SLICS show and the collectors. About 200 tables, all ammo. Its the biggest "International" ammo show there is! (They got the good stuff) It freaks them out that I haven't picked ONE single caliber yet to collect. ( A friend who passed away recently was the 7.62x39 guy of the free world, he had over 20,000 head stamps!) Its very much like the book "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. Where at the end of the novel, the people who didn't want a particular book forgotten, would memorize it and become mentally "That book". Well cartridge collectors are the very same. Walking around as if they are that cartridge, sputtering out knowledge of that particular caliber. Most are elderly men that have this inherent knowledge that none of us could ever understand. Nor is it written down so to preserve it, and we will lose this information when these "States men" all pass away. Its a real shame. wolfgang |
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