On-Line Gun Identification and Value Database nmCollector.net

Welcome to the nmCollector.net online gun identification and gun values database. I hope this tool will become useful to members of the gun collecting community as we begin to develop and populate it.

This database is only as accurate as the people who enter the data are. There are many factors involved in establishing the value of a firearm including condition, originality, scarcity, history, and local market conditions. Please consider this as only one of many sources when determining the value of any particular firearm.

There are two ways to use this database (Please see buttons below).

1. As a contributor. If you wish to contribute a little or a lot to this database it is greatly appreciated. Contributors will have to register with a valid email address. However, the email address can be kept private. The opportunity to enter other information will be provided should the contributor wish to be recognized for their contributions. Please keep in mind that all submissions become the property of nmCollector.net and are subject to review and will be deleted if any of the following is discovered:
   • Copyright violations. Please do not copy, transcribe, or enter in any way any other people's work on gun identification or value. The only exception is if you obtain their express written permission and make an appropriate citation. Please immediately report any copyright violations to dbproject@nmcollector.net so they can be quickly deleteted from the database.
   • Suspicious or Outrageous entries of any kind will be deleted immediately upon discovery.
2. As a benefactor. Anybody will be allowed to query the database without registration. Over time not only will current prices be displayed but a a price history as well. Of course, this means the service will be free. At this time and in the foreseeable future, nmCollector.net can bear the costs of providing this service at no charge to the gun collector community.

A word about cookies and privacy. By default, web browsers are stateless ... meaning each time a page is loaded the last page is completely forgotten. This is a problem for applications that require a continuous train of thought across multiple pages for each individual using it ... for example, an application that requires that the user log on can not afford to forget who just logged on! One answer is to use cookies to remember information between pages. These cookies are very small text files that are stored on the user's PC. There are many issues with cookies tracking where users browse on the Internet and often reporting that information to third-party servers. For that reason many people disable cookies on their computer. Another option is to store that data on the server. However, when the data is stored on the web server each page has to know where to access that information ... one way to do that is to place a key at the end of the url which points to the session information stored on the server. PHP allows for a combination of these approaches. if you allow cookies on your computer my application will use that approach. However, I make provision for those who do not allow cookies by storing the information on the server and including a pointer to it in the url. Thus, the reason for the extra characters you see in the url when you use this application!

Page Hints (will be customized for each page later):

• On any Query page (except the Simple Price Query), leave all fields blank to return all records.
• On any Query page, enter only the fields that you want to filter on.
• When entering the location, please spell out the City and the State for more predictable results.

Last Revised: March 19, 2007

Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Clayton J. Pryor. All rights reserved.