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Unread 05-06-2023, 01:48 PM   #91
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I can only surmise that the only reason a publication of that quality would go out of business is because the market just won't support it adequately any longer. THAT is what I find discouraging about the situation. Black guns, semi auto's and 870's are taking over the world apparently. It's us buyers that are going extinct.
Exactly. And our reverence for culture, tradition, craft and civilized sport is also going extinct. Hence, the sad decline of readership and close of DGJ...
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Exactly. And our reverence for culture, tradition, craft and civilized sport is also going extinct. Hence, the sad decline of readership and close of DGJ...
Apparently, you guys didn't look at the results of this auction

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Maybe the Cotes just wanted to retire and could not find a buyer to continue the magazine. Lots of work
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Maybe the Cotes just wanted to retire and could not find a buyer to continue the magazine. Lots of work

I suspect Ed is closest to the truth. It is the fate of every Mom and Pop business. Especially those with no generational opportunities to pass it on to.
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They have their son Josh but the job actually requires at LEAST two dedicated people to fill their shoes.





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