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The
Texas Gun Collector
is published twice each year, once in the spring, usually April, and
once in the fall, usually in late September or early October. 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 done by members in their spare time for no payment. The result
may be described as quite remarkable, and we believe that the articles
presented on this web site, which have been extracted from past
editions of The Texas Gun Collector, reflect the nature and
field of interest of the members of the Association.
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MAGAZINE
ARTICLES
On the next
page i s the
cover from the first ever
edition plus a thumbnail of each of the most recent four editions of
THE TEXAS GUN COLLECTOR.
Click on the appropriate year for the appropriate magazine covers and a review of
the articles within. Articles accessible from this website are
underlined,
in a different color and preceded by an asterisk (*)
; just click on the
title to link to the article. To return to the magazine home page use
your browser's Back button.
All articles
appearing here were written by TGCA members or friends of TGCA. Each
article published here, 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. Over time more articles will be added to this site. An
index of the contents of the magazine from its inception in August 1950 has
been available for a year or two, 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.
T he
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
wes.tunnell@tamucc.edu
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