Let me take a stab (right or wrong) at why this may be happening. I think that one issue with "sharing" the correct info is that it comes from either the better books or the club, both of which are copywritten. The legal answer is that we can not post the QUOTED info without permission from the copywrite holder. I think its safe to say that those who do possess it also have a great respect for those who have collected it and "own" the collected works - don't want to undercut those that have worked so hard to assemble it....

Now with that said, I honestly think that this attempt to respect the body of the work may be doing some long range harm to the hobby. I would like to see one of the copywrite holder actually post (and give permission to open post) just the CORRECT serial numbers and dates of manufacture information and allow it to be quoted as them as the source. I do not see that causing any loss of revenue or an erosion of any other detailed research info. I believe it will actually create a hunger for many people to dig deeper in what their individual carbine means....

But that is just my opinion.... and I hope that all this detailed information that some have worked so hard (for a lifetime) to collect does not die with the current generation....

Just my two cents worth....