Marlin Talk / H&R Talk up temporarily

[Lazarus Longshot]

Marlin Talk and H&R talk are both up in read-only mode till Feb 20. From the Marlin Talk site:

The Marlin Firearms Company & H&R 1871/NEF- "Marlin Talk" Corporate Policy

We noted that “Marlin Talk” was cancelled because of “technical and administrative considerations”. As you all know, Marlin pays to have our website - including “Marlin Talk” - on the Internet. It is, therefore, a company sponsored feature. This makes Marlin responsible for what appears on the site. As you know, many statements, questions and recommendations appear on the site that may be factually wrong, provide dangerous information, or contradict Marlin safety instructions. Ideally, “Marlin Talk” entries that we disagree with or are just plain incorrect, should be answered by Marlin at the site in a timely manner. This task simply cannot be done because of lack of personnel - thus it is truly an “administrative” problem. To continue with “Marlin Talk”, leaving these concerns, questions, and issues unanswered, is a situation that we do not consider acceptable. To allow former “Marlin Talk” members the opportunity to retrieve e-mail addresses or download listed posts we are opening “Marlin Talk”, without the ability for users to post, until February 20, 2004. We apologize for any inconvenience that the discontinuance of “Marlin Talk” causes you, but due to a wide variety of issues we have no alternative choice. .