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Correct me if I'm wrong, but no one on this thread has suggested that it is easy, or that the editors at SSM should work harder, or smarter. If they did, I missed it.

You don't mind paying that subscription fee to look at pictures ............ I, and many others here, do. I suspect many who have posted concerning this will be voting with their checkbook ............. their inexperience with publishing notwithstanding.

SRH

The "soft goods" apart, SSM carries bunches of gun ads, from both makers and high end dealers. And the group with which I associate . . . far from "one and done" when they buy a moderately expensive shotgun. But most of them aren't quite as prolific in their trading as I am. That I'll certainly admit. But no matter one's age, it's not about "need". It's about "want", and the desire and ability to spend the $. The younger set may have the desire while lacking the disposable funds. The older set . . . the desire seems to linger way beyond the need. I think that's why a lot of widows end up with impressive collections of guns to dispose of. More thoughtful owners might have started the disposal phase before they assumed room temperature.

Age,age,age. Let's not pigeonhole anyone for their age, lest we all find out that we are older than we thought. A basic premise of posting on this website is to drag something of the past along with us, always hoping that we can find it in the future.

I look in occassionally to the SSM forum.
I mentioned that I thought it was a sad loss that SDH had decided not to write for them anymore .
Surprise , surprise , many forum and magazine buyers confessed to not reading Steve's articles , so wouldn't miss him and realising also that adverts helped to keep the magazine alive .
We live and learn .