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The
Texas Gun Collector
is published twice each year, once in
mid-April, and once in mid- September. The
magazine format was adopted very early on in The Collector's
history - indeed it has always been referred to as a magazine even
when it was little more than a monthly newsletter. The purpose of the
publication is to record association events, including regular events
and shows, disseminate news and information regarding the
association, to provide interesting and informative articles to the
membership, as well as to provide a forum for the exchange of opinions
and knowledge among members. The magazine is the one benefit of
membership that all members in good standing can enjoy.
The magazine
has always been produced by volunteers drawn from the membership of
TGCA. Today, professionals have been hired to provide graphics,
layout and typesetting services, and of course, we pay to have the
magazine printed, bound and distributed. But the work of soliciting
editorial copy (articles and stories), soliciting advertising,
editorial comment, etc., proof-reading, invoicing and collections is
all carried out by members in their spare time for no payment. The result
may be described as quite remarkable, and we believe that the articles
published in The Collector accurately reflect the nature and
field of interest of the members of the Association.
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MAGAZINE ARTICLES
All articles
appearing in the magazine were written by TGCA members or friends of TGCA. Each
article published, unless otherwise noted, was written especially for
publication within The Collector's pages, and many articles from the pages of
The Collector have been reprinted in the journals of other collector
clubs.
An
index of the contents of the magazine from its inception in August 1950 has
been available for sevearl years, and this index will includes
the keystone article from the
Golden Anniversary edition (Fall 2000) by TGCA director and now magazine
editor, Dr. Wes Tunnell.
The Texas Gun Collector
is always looking for new material; if you would like to submit an article for consideration in
connection with the collecting, maintenance and preservation or display of old
guns, knives, etc., their accoutrements or accessories, and/or their history
or the history of those who made or owned them please contact the editor
by email at this address: wes.tunnell@tamucc.edu
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