Hey Lowell ...could I send you (or anyone else) the pics to be posted quickly so that we can end this thread as soon as possible...the High tech gang got busted shortly before this website started, but the damage still lingers and not one stolen gun has been recovered YET...all the great guns went to unknown collectors...many of the Winch's went to Chris's friend Shane and the lower graded doubles went to "Kenny" to be parted out rather than sold whole...but that's a jubject for a whole new thread... Small bore...you're right we should be jovial...but it's hard when some members (3 at a time) choose to gut the credability right out of your words before you can finish...These words I post are not without cost, they are if your just a windbag...but if you have to take a screwdriver to a sidelock just to back your words then there is a certain measure of cost associated...even if it's just your time, let alone if you accidentially bugger a screw...At any time these windbags could just delete their unwarrranted postings and I would do the same...but they choose not to......MR MANN...are you the member that stated that he saw the stolen/missing Haile Selassie gun(made by Flues) in a CIA firearms museum in Langley Virginia? Was that you Mr.Mann? I have a printed copy of the thread somewhere. It was this this thread that caused everyone to assume I was black... and finally to Jakeroo ... I'm sorry, my intentions were not to be a "tease", I was tring to point out that I already have far more collector data than I can assimilate in the time I have left...besides, without others to share it with, it's worthless...the point I was trying to make is .. How much do these guys have to offer some "has been" researcher like myself? My day has passed...the ONLY reason that I am here is for the info I have to offer to the next generation...if these guys don't want it, what more can I do? This much is for sure, I'll put my files in the garbage before I give one more page to the sharks...This weekend is the Syracuse Gun Show (NYS Collectors Association) and the Batavia Gun show...I'll be there all weekend with my ID on...