Re: tom knapp sons of guns
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BrooklynDecker</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcw1284</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...says a couple of low-post nubcakes who don't fill out their profiles, and appear to have registered solely to participate in asinine discussions.
You'll forgive us if we give your opinion ZERO credence. </div></div>
hey wait, I think Lowlight made it clear several months ago not to bash newbies to this website. Is that true or does it just apply to "certain" people?
Typical web board, someone new comes in and challenges another persons post and lets just chalk it off as "low-post nubcakes". I guess I need a couple thousand posts before I am deemed credible. Really?? And what about your posts make you more credible than me? I have been to this forum dozens of times in the past looking for information, I have just never posted until now. I guess that makes me uncredible...thats fine, I know the truth in this story. You will forgive me if I give YOUR opinion ZERO credence as well. But just to satisfy your curiosity, I have personally known Mr Knapp for over 15 yrs. I know the truth to this story, the rest of you can only speculate on what went on because, hey, let face it, rumors are fun!! I have seen the letters between him and Benelli, can ANY of you say that? I am not trying to brag, thats not the point. The point is to clear up the misconceptions and outright lies being stated.
BTW bcw...you also just participated in the "asinine discussion", so you must have some interest in it!
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FIRST- Nobody said you couldn't be here, or that you were not welcome because you are new. If you read between the lines, I simply suggested is that if you wish to be taken seriously, you should probably post something of value before you go starting an argument with a long time member... especially when your rebuttal consists of nothing but unfounded personal anecdotes. Just because you say you know the guy in question, doesn't make it true. The "nubcake" comment was intended to reference the fact that this sort of behavior is typical of people who didn't join to contribute but merely to represent whatever agenda in a an unnecessarily vehement manner. Much akin to someone who registers just to trash a well known company with unfounded statements about quality, CS, etc. I would make these statements to you whether you had 2 posts or 20,000... but people with that many posts don't tend to come here for the side dishes, and don't usually cause problems, you dig?
Secondly, I could give two shits about Tom Knapp. I think he's obnoxious on TV, that's enough for me. Notice how I never took a stance on if he is/isn't ill, drunk, or whatever. You can spin this till you are blue in the face, but I never made any judgements about him. I don't know or care about the issue that got you wound up enough to register and make all 3 of your posts here. Hell, I didn't even watch the segment on Discovery... I was actually tuned in to the show on before Sons of Guns, but saw the next was going to be two of the most obnoxious personalities together (red jacket and knapp) and I promptly switched over to history channel. So sue me.
As for my credibility, you need look no further than the PX to establish that. I've done real business with hundreds of HIDE members and they know i'm not full of shit. Before I did that, I read until my eyes bled. Then I posted and learned. Then I bought a rifle and learned to shoot long range. I claim no expertise, but I do now know enough to be a contributing member here, and I do know quite a bit of technical info (the curse of a scientific mind, I suppose).
Conversely, you are rapidly tipping your hand. If you don't wish to be given flack then do something constructive. Otherwise, I call TROLL and am rescinding your allotment of c-rations.