I have only one response Jim .... and I'm not going to spend the next several days rebutting your rebuttals.

In my humble layman's opinion, if were not for David Whelen (who admits to making misleading non-genuine chips of bogus colors for others to sell in our hobby as genuine) .... THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO BRASS CORE MESS.

David Whelen has wreaked havoc in our organization, and I for one personally hope that he is banned from joining the club forever. In the drug world ..., those who manufacture and push the product are as guilty as those who sell it.