Changes in this gun board

[PWC]

I was just talking to a new member, and had a thought on why the site seems to have stagnated.

We have here, a wealth of info on old mil surps because of the original posters, esp the Major and Gus Fisher. It seems that we have gotten away from our core firearm 'values/discussion'.
The remaining old farts, of which I am one, have/shoot/are interested in historic mil arms.

When the AR types took over Camp Perry, the interest for dedicated old farts and new shooters moved awav from this site's core knowledge base.

So, now go to the forums and scroll down and ckeck when was the last time anything was posted.

I hate to say it but Jouster has a lot in common with fender skirts

Lane's CSP Tips contains a lot of the distilled info, but not nearly enough/all.

The information highway has bypassed our town.

[leftyo]

people who want to discuss guns have been for the most part run off by a select few unfriendly people on the board. imo so long as they are allowed to act the way they do, this forum will not recover.

[GA-Dave]

I think th eboards history of outages hurt it also. I started on the original CSP back in the mid-90s. Back then the CMP didn't have their own forums they referred people to CSP. We had people like Bruce Canfield and Gus Fisher answering questions. The multiple issues with the boards being down for extended periods of time severely damaged it. CMP started their own forums and others went else where. Old favorites have moved on or passed on.

Different generations have variations on their similar interests. As time has passed there have been a reduced interest in old military rifles and more interest in newer ones. Sort of like the Model T car enthusiast giving way to the hot rods of the 60's and newer.

And after 20 odd years personal interests change for most. I've thinned out my Garands and probably won't buy any more. I've moved on to shooting what I have and action pistol competitions.

But I still come back to visit

[PWC]

I've been a member since I came back from West GE in '82. At that time this was THE gunboard. May thru July the Firing Line was buzzing getting ready for Camp Perry.

You are right about the new gun boards. One is all 6 or 6.5 everything, one is AR anything, others are all self defense, or bench rest.

I guess I'll just keep taking my wooden warriors out and answering "is that a _______?" And making a bigger, slower "bang" than "Matty Matel".

[JB White]

I've been a member since I came back from West GE in '82.

'82? Think back. 1982 was before the internet became publicly available. That must have been you, Al Gore and seven others! An old Bitnet user eh?
I'm assuming you meant '92?

[M1Tommy]

I was pointed to CSP from someone on the long defunct Shooters.talk forums. I have had the pleasure to meet several folks here in person and shoot with some of them too.
Some folks have passed on, and some have wondered off.. Life does that.
I still read here albeit not regularly.
I do wonder where some of the folks are off to nowadays, e.g. Gush Fisher, E.G Clayton......

Tommy

[JOHN COOK]

Anyone heard anything from Chuck in Denver lately ??
john

[PWC]

No, not true, first viewed/joined on my first computer a Tandy / Radio shack, Christmas '82. Dial up only then.

[gwp]

Anyone heard anything from Chuck in Denver lately ??
john

His last post here was 03-19-2018 but, he is posting on Gunboards.

[lyman]

I was pointed to CSP from someone on the long defunct Shooters.talk forums. I have had the pleasure to meet several folks here in person and shoot with some of them too.
Some folks have passed on, and some have wondered off.. Life does that.
I still read here albeit not regularly.
I do wonder where some of the folks are off to nowadays, e.g. Gush Fisher, E.G Clayton......

Tommy

Gus does the Va gunshows,

he was at the show in RVA last weekend, I usually see him in Chantilly (NGS) as well

[M1Tommy]

Gus does the Va gunshows,

he was at the show in RVA last weekend, I usually see him in Chantilly (NGS) as well

That is good to read. Mr. Fisher was very helpful with advice when I started shooting M1 Garands.
Tommy

[lyman]

I was just talking to a new member, and had a thought on why the site seems to have stagnated.

We have here, a wealth of info on old mil surps because of the original posters, esp the Major and Gus Fisher. It seems that we have gotten away from our core firearm 'values/discussion'.
The remaining old farts, of which I am one, have/shoot/are interested in historic mil arms.

When the AR types took over Camp Perry, the interest for dedicated old farts and new shooters moved awav from this site's core knowledge base.

So, now go to the forums and scroll down and ckeck when was the last time anything was posted.

I hate to say it but Jouster has a lot in common with fender skirts

Lane's CSP Tips contains a lot of the distilled info, but not nearly enough/all.

The information highway has bypassed our town.

the new member has a point, but not sure that is the reason


if it was, then would not all boards be down in membership and posts except possibly AR15.com?

Gunboards, Milsurps, and likely others are till great places to go to share and learn about wood and steel, not just plastic and aluminum,,

I think some boards do well with diverse discussions (diverse as in multiple firearm types, ) and others do well with more specific types (thinking rimfire central)

and they managed to keep the folks that jumped ship during the multiple outages/changes here,


just a thought

[maverick1]

Still stop in from time to time, yes the forum has changed. Posters are falling ill and moving to their lord. It's still nice to see whats going on from time to time here anyway, every now and then, I am humbled by the post of someone who knows way more than I do about one of the arms I own.Hope this keeps going forever, for the sake of the younger gens. Oh, I do miss all of these guys too!