Dogzapper
Thanks for the kind words.
Actually, I was being somewhat devious with my post. More than anything else, I was hoping if we cleared the air a bit, perhaps some people would be a little less pedantic and all of us could be a little more easy going.
It would be difficult for me to put a dollar value on this forum, for its immediate access to all of you gun writers that contribute your time, but it would be significant.
When ONE member can upset Mule Deer to the extent that he will no longer post on any thread that said member posts on, something has been taken away from me, and I resent that. That treatment of Mule Deer, or any other writer seems analagous to having a neighbor come over and change four flat tires, and then berating him for putting to much Never Seize on the lugs. It smacks of rudeness and ingratitude, both of which overshadow any real or perceived technical prowess.
By the way, I just dropped an '06 off at the local gunsmith to have opened up to Ackley Improved. Think it will kill an elk?

Royce