The exchange of thoughts to include arguments with the expansion of our community knowledge is what this board is about. Winning here is the expansion of knowledge and the exchange of informed opinion.

I would hope rather than attacking one another personally we would all stay on the polite argument of ideas. I doubt the quality/quantity of one's arsenal is proof of correctness; while it is true it may in indicate some knowledge. That knowledge is no more guaranteed to more be prefect than a well read member who has fewer or lesser guns.

On shotguns I could argue that that my huge in depth library which I have read and reread grants me greater knowledge than the owner of the largest and most expensive collection, but age has taught me I have been wrong before and will be again. Further doubleguns are both science and art and every rule seems to be successfully violated at one time or another by someone. I claim no expertise on howdah guns; I do claim some on manners.

Gentlemen, let us be just that, gentlemen, and positively go forward and argue opinions and dispense with attacks against persons