Stopped at the NRA museum at Bass Pro...

by Bri A, Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 21:13 (2118 days ago)

in Springfield, MO. Was last there a couple years ago and saw a Mauser '88 commercial sporter that was identified as a Mannlicher/Schoenauer rifle. Explained to the curator on duty what the differences were between the two and even showed him since they had a proper Mannlicher/Schoenauer on display and properly identified in another display case. Today, that '88 is still mis-identified so again asked the curator on duty about it. He said that it is too expensive to have just one placard re-done, so I offered to suggest about 10 others that need to be corrected or have the descriptions made easier to read and understand. I then asked how often people noticed and made comments and he told me that so far my father and I are the only ones who have to his knowledge. I think it is much more disturbing that so few people have said anything, than they made a mistake with an identification placard.