Delete the Handguns - General Forum

Seminole1986 · November 21, 2000, 09:57 PM

I understand the theory behind splitting the handgun forum. I think, though, that it will work much better if there are two instead of three forums. The general forum seems to overlap the other two. By limiting it to two forums, you encourage the creation of a community in each of the two. If members have to switch between two different forums, then the feeling of community tends to be lost.

Just my two cent.

Ed Brunner · November 21, 2000, 10:03 PM

Your suggestion, although logical, will likely be viewed by purists as excluding too many interesting handguns.

**Rich Lucibella** · November 21, 2000, 11:36 PM

Done, upon answers to the following questions:

Where do you discuss single shots?
Where do you discuss carry modes (not carry alternatives)?
Where do you do the traditional .45 vs .357 caliber debates?
Rich

Jim March · November 21, 2000, 11:55 PM

And one more, where do you discuss a new ammo type such as, say, the Federal Expanding FMJs that are available in .38Spl+P and 9mm at basically the same ballistics?

Some issues don't break down into slidegun and spinner.

Jim

**Mal H** · November 22, 2000, 12:45 AM

If any one of the three forums should remain, it is the General forum. That is where most of the threads properly belong.

-For all-
There have been several posts along the general line of "I don't like the split". Come on guys 'n gals, a couple of days is hardly a good test of the splitting concept. No one said the change has to be permanent, but surely we can give it a fair trial. And a few days is not a fair trial in my book. It will take some getting used to for all of us. In theory, it should make posting on and searching for your favorite topic a little easier. However, only the cooperation of the members can help make that theory into a usable practice.

[Edited by Staff on 11-22-2000 at 11:44 AM]

**Mike Irwin** · November 22, 2000, 02:14 AM

Rich/Mal,

3 days or 3 weeks, I don't much care, as it proved itself to me the first day.

I LIKE the new arrangement, and very much want to see it stick with us.

Yeah, yeah, I know... If I like it, it's the kiss of death, blah blah blah...

Dennis · November 22, 2000, 06:47 AM

"Mikey LIKES it!"

**Mike Irwin** · November 22, 2000, 11:52 AM

Careful, Dennis.

It would be VERY tough for you to explain to the ER Doc just how you came to have a cereal bowl "lodged" there...

November 21, 2000, 09:57 PM	#1
Seminole1986 Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2000 Posts: 169	I understand the theory behind splitting the handgun forum. I think, though, that it will work much better if there are two instead of three forums. The general forum seems to overlap the other two. By limiting it to two forums, you encourage the creation of a community in each of the two. If members have to switch between two different forums, then the feeling of community tends to be lost. Just my two cent. __________________ Ralph Walther PPK/S Colt .38 Detective Special Sig 232

November 21, 2000, 10:03 PM	#2
Ed Brunner Senior Member Join Date: October 11, 1998 Location: Natchez, MS, USA Posts: 2,562	Your suggestion, although logical, will likely be viewed by purists as excluding too many interesting handguns. __________________ MOLON LABE UNTIL IT'S OVER! Ed

November 21, 2000, 11:36 PM	#3
Rich Lucibella Staff Join Date: October 6, 1998 Location: South Florida Posts: 10,229	Done, upon answers to the following questions: Where do you discuss single shots? Where do you discuss carry modes (not carry alternatives)? Where do you do the traditional .45 vs .357 caliber debates? Rich

November 21, 2000, 11:55 PM	#4
Jim March Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Pittsburg, CA, USA Posts: 7,417	And one more, where do you discuss a new ammo type such as, say, the Federal Expanding FMJs that are available in .38Spl+P and 9mm at basically the same ballistics? Some issues don't break down into slidegun and spinner. Jim

November 22, 2000, 12:45 AM	#5
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	If any one of the three forums should remain, it is the General forum. That is where most of the threads properly belong. -For all- There have been several posts along the general line of "I don't like the split". Come on guys 'n gals, a couple of days is hardly a good test of the splitting concept. No one said the change has to be permanent, but surely we can give it a fair trial. And a few days is not a fair trial in my book. It will take some getting used to for all of us. In theory, it should make posting on and searching for your favorite topic a little easier. However, only the cooperation of the members can help make that theory into a usable practice. [Edited by Staff on 11-22-2000 at 11:44 AM]

November 22, 2000, 02:14 AM	#6
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Rich/Mal, 3 days or 3 weeks, I don't much care, as it proved itself to me the first day. I LIKE the new arrangement, and very much want to see it stick with us. Yeah, yeah, I know... If I like it, it's the kiss of death, blah blah blah...

November 22, 2000, 06:47 AM	#7
Dennis Staff Emeritus Join Date: November 23, 1998 Location: a small forest in Texas Posts: 7,079	"Mikey LIKES it!"

November 22, 2000, 11:52 AM	#8
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Careful, Dennis. It would be VERY tough for you to explain to the ER Doc just how you came to have a cereal bowl "lodged" there...