"It's been made clear we pay nothing to be members here, so we have no right to complain."
Therein lies the problem. There are close to 600,000 members here, you'd think that one fourth would donate a few dollars, no? I for one have donated. It's easy enough to do, just click on the GREEN "Donate to AGN" button at the lower right bottom of the page and give it a go. A few bucks for all of this knowledge is nothing compared to the amount spent on every air gun we buy. We should consider it as a part of the cost of running our air hobby.
My 2¢.
mike