Oh yes it is about the money - remember our many discussions on this Forum of efforts and expense estimates to produce a reproduction of the Clown Catalog. John Davis can tell us better than anybody what "self publishing" costs in time, money, and frustration. I'm sure there are many who would like to see someone else put in the time and put up the money, then peruse the results at their leisure while standing in the aisle at a gun show or in a booth at an event, then decide whether or not to purchase the end product. That's not going to happen here. The search for this information has taken years and involves some fascinating stories in itself. Like everything else, "getting the information out" has its price, usually not calculable strictly in dollars and cents.
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