There are many who do not give a crap about "preserving" history nor do they give a crap about history, period. ALL they want is to acquire as much M O N E Y as they can and they will do anything....history and its preservation be damned.....to do it.

See the same thing with almost any "collectible" or anything of "value"


Whig wrote on Dec 17^th, 2018 at 11:06pm:

One of the most important lessons I learned as a Boy Scout when I was a kid (back when Boy Scouts of America meant something) was to leave something better than you found it. I always have fixed and cleaned up the old milsurp firearms I have bought or had pass through my hands. I won't damage or alter anything that hasn't already been altered. Whoever gets them when I am done will definitely have a piece of history that is in better condition than when I got it. I agree...I think we have a duty to preserve history and not profit from its destruction as we are witnessing. It's not just Krags, either. I see it with ALL milsurps. I guess it just makes the unaltered ones left worth even more.