Originally Posted by
Garvin
Andrew just one teeny point of collectables (BBS) etiquette - we don't use the word 'weaponry' in relation to airguns, which are many things, but definitely not weapons (except perhaps from a squirrel's POV!).
You are so right about the importance of new collectors joining the fold, and for this reason you and your friend are especially welcome.
And yet if you dig out your copy of Gas, Air and Spring Guns of the World and go to the second sentence of the preface the very word chosen by W. H. B. Smith is WEAPON!
Ah, what did he know?
More than me, that's for sure, Mick
Explanation: I haven't actually memorised the entire book (yet). It was just his use of the word that had stuck in my mind when I got reprimanded for using it a couple of years ago.
Oops! neglected to add my thanks and congratulations to all the foregoing.
When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns .
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