Well, I can only speak about myself. I was very active here and on gunboards (same name) for years but life throws you surprises. Not limited to marriage, kids, shifts in hobbies, financial responsibilities, etc. I personally switched over to more modern rifle collecting/shooting. Honestly, with modern AR15’s or parts kit Ak’s built on US receivers, what secrets, mysteries or jaw dropping topics are there?? Not too many if at all IMO. Biggest reason for me switching over was cost of ammunition and also a reluctance to risk damage to certain collectibles. Affordable 8mm surplus dried up years ago just like 7.62x54r which you couldn’t give away. Prices just became crazy on newer production. Over $1 a bang. Reloading is time consuming and also fairly expensive. Having said that, K98k’s are still my top and favorite collectibles. Many of the true experts have enlightened the k98k collector world. With that now easily available information many topics have been extensively covered and some interest undoubtedly takes a hit. Oddball k98ks and special versions like REAL snipers, depot rebuilds have become extremely rare if not impossible to find. I have become mostly a lurker now. I pop in from time to time to read some posts but rarely comment. It’s a great hobby though and we should all be thankful to this forum and the people who maintain and run it.
