How big is this hobby

I'm still very new here. I have seen posts from what seems all over the world. I am curious just how big our hobby is. I'm from a small town in central Pennsylvania USA. Where are all of you from?

This is a diversified group. Spread out for sure. Other then the America's, I see some from New Zealand to Germany and Finland with places in between.

Many are or have been in the military. Many had relatives that served. Guessing that is where part of the interest originated. Stories from family members.

Movies and TV in the 50's about my Dad's war. Series like Combat. Fought in my own conflict in the 60's. Trained with and used different weapons. Later wanting to get a few, then a few more, then too many.

I feel Military surplus ownership will go on forever. The fasination with history is enough in itself. The enjoyment of ownership and excitement of firing these weapons of years passed is a cherished memory for me.

If you check location in the information block on the left, it will often tell you where we are.

Welcome to our site kenwest516! There are great people here from all ove the world.

Here's the 'info' button Jim is speaking of -

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...rowLarge-1.jpg

Our wee site has almost 19,000 members.

And there's lots of guests and outside visits every day. From all over the planet!

If you want to learn you found the right place. There is a wealth of information archived here and many folks with encyclopedic knowledge on anthing and everything concerning militaty surplus weapons.