HuntingNut
HuntingNut
   Login or Register
HomeCommunity ForumsPhoto AlbumsRegister
     
 

User Info

Welcome Anonymous


Membership:
Latest: RichardZ
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 13126

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 247
BOT: 1
Total: 248
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Your Account
03: Your Account
04: Forums
05: Photo Albums
06: Forums
07: Forums
08: Home
09: Photo Albums
10: Home
11: Forums
12: Photo Albums
13: Forums
14: Forums
15: Your Account
16: Forums
17: Forums
18: Forums
19: Your Account
20: Forums
21: Home
22: Photo Albums
23: Home
24: Forums
25: Your Account
26: Photo Albums
27: Forums
28: Forums
29: Forums
30: Photo Albums
31: Your Account
32: Home
33: Forums
34: Forums
35: Forums
36: Forums
37: Forums
38: Forums
39: Photo Albums
40: Forums
41: Forums
42: Forums
43: Forums
44: Forums
45: Forums
46: Forums
47: Forums
48: Forums
49: Forums
50: Forums
51: Forums
52: Forums
53: Forums
54: Your Account
55: Forums
56: Photo Albums
57: Photo Albums
58: Forums
59: Forums
60: Forums
61: Forums
62: Forums
63: Forums
64: Home
65: Forums
66: Forums
67: Forums
68: Photo Albums
69: Forums
70: Forums
71: Forums
72: Photo Albums
73: Photo Albums
74: Your Account
75: Forums
76: Forums
77: Photo Albums
78: Forums
79: Photo Albums
80: Home
81: Forums
82: Home
83: Home
84: Home
85: Home
86: Home
87: Home
88: Forums
89: Your Account
90: Photo Albums
91: Forums
92: Home
93: Photo Albums
94: Your Account
95: Home
96: Forums
97: Home
98: Home
99: Forums
100: Your Account
101: Forums
102: Home
103: Forums
104: Forums
105: Forums
106: Home
107: Forums
108: Forums
109: Forums
110: Forums
111: Forums
112: Forums
113: Your Account
114: Forums
115: Forums
116: Photo Albums
117: Photo Albums
118: Photo Albums
119: Home
120: Forums
121: Forums
122: Photo Albums
123: Forums
124: Your Account
125: Forums
126: Forums
127: Your Account
128: Forums
129: Forums
130: Forums
131: Forums
132: News
133: Forums
134: Forums
135: Forums
136: Forums
137: Forums
138: Home
139: Forums
140: Forums
141: Your Account
142: Forums
143: Photo Albums
144: Forums
145: Forums
146: Forums
147: Forums
148: Forums
149: Forums
150: Photo Albums
151: Home
152: Home
153: Forums
154: Forums
155: Home
156: Forums
157: Forums
158: Forums
159: Forums
160: Forums
161: Your Account
162: Forums
163: Forums
164: Forums
165: Forums
166: Forums
167: Forums
168: Photo Albums
169: Forums
170: Forums
171: Forums
172: Your Account
173: Forums
174: Forums
175: Home
176: Home
177: Your Account
178: Photo Albums
179: Forums
180: Forums
181: Photo Albums
182: Photo Albums
183: Forums
184: Forums
185: Forums
186: Forums
187: Forums
188: Your Account
189: Forums
190: Home
191: Forums
192: Forums
193: Forums
194: Photo Albums
195: Forums
196: Forums
197: Forums
198: Forums
199: Photo Albums
200: Forums
201: Forums
202: Forums
203: Forums
204: Forums
205: Forums
206: Forums
207: Your Account
208: Forums
209: Forums
210: Your Account
211: Forums
212: Your Account
213: Forums
214: Forums
215: Photo Albums
216: Forums
217: Your Account
218: Photo Albums
219: Forums
220: Forums
221: Photo Albums
222: Forums
223: Forums
224: Forums
225: Forums
226: Your Account
227: Home
228: Photo Albums
229: Forums
230: Forums
231: Forums
232: Forums
233: Forums
234: Forums
235: Photo Albums
236: Forums
237: Forums
238: Your Account
239: Forums
240: Your Account
241: Your Account
242: Forums
243: Forums
244: Forums
245: Home
246: Forums
247: Forums
  BOT:
01: Home

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
 

Coppermine Stats
Photo Albums
 Albums: 308
 Pictures: 2451
  · Views: 820725
  · Votes: 1316
  · Comments: 86
 

Gun Magazines, the type you read
Discussion that doesnt fit other Topics
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » General

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Handloader
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Aug 22, 2005
Posts: 1032
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:50 pm    Post subject: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

What newstand available gun/hunting magazines do you regularly buy and why?

I always look for the newest "Rifle" or "Handloader" magazines and find the majority of writers to be knowledgable and real world in their approach to firearms and reloading. There are no big egos striving to be the next Jack O'Connor or Elmer Keith.

The current edition of "Handloader" features excellent articles on the Vanguard and the 7RemMag. Their articles generally are intellectually honest and don't resemble the majority of publications where features are more like infomercials than evaluations. Too, none of the writers seem to be trying to be the next Jack O'Connor or Elmer Keith, although Venturino is fairly self promoting, albeit, knowledgable.

What is your favorite?
Back to top
View user's profile
Dimitri
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 5944

PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

I'll read any of them depends what I see for sale and what issue seems to interest me the most, normally I take everything I read on them with a gain of salt though, not saying that they are baised just you never know who is paying their checks at the end of the day (advertisers in the magazines, sponsers etc). Smile

Dimitri

_________________
A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow.
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Bushmaster
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 11390
Location: Ava, Missouri

PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

American Rifleman...American Handgunner and Handloader. I have suscriptions for these. Plus one that does not pertain to guns..Western Horseman...

_________________
I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...

DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote...
Back to top
View user's profile
Handloader
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Aug 22, 2005
Posts: 1032
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

Dimitri: one of the gun rags with the largest distribution charges a minimum of $50,000 (that's US $) for the centerfold spread or featured article. I am sure they would assure us that anyone so featured has to meet certain requirements, but, it seems, principal among those would be advertising money.
Back to top
View user's profile
pth1947
Member
Member


Joined: Aug 29, 2005
Posts: 54
Location: southern Arkansas

PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

Read American rifleman, Shooting Times and Guns And Ammo

_________________
Don't worry you'll never get out of this world alive
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Dawgdad
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Feb 08, 2006
Posts: 1065
Location: On the Prairie

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:52 am    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

American Rifleman, Shooting times. Predator Hunter

_________________
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency...
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
SwampFox
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jul 15, 2005
Posts: 1040
Location: Destin, Florida

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

I only take three, IHMSA News, American Rifleman and Gun List (now Gun Digest). I have the Amerian Rifleman, at least 4 editions, at all times, in my reception room. All positive comments, never a negative, should you wonder about that.

I had one fellow say it had been a long time since he seen an AR in a waiting room and that we were his kind of people. Very Happy
Ed

_________________
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-Winston Churchill
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
shrpshtrjoe
Super Red Neck Member
Super Red Neck Member


Joined: Jan 26, 2005
Posts: 2965
Location: Maryland

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

American Rifleman, Guns and Ammo, Outdoor Life.
Joe

_________________
"MOLON LABE"

P E T A
People Eating Tasty Animals
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Gil Martin
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jan 28, 2005
Posts: 1837
Location: Schnecksville, PA

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

My preferences are American Rifleman and Guns magazine. All the best...
Gil

_________________
Gil
Back to top
View user's profile
DallanC
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: Jan 18, 2005
Posts: 3571
Location: Utah

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

Man I suck... I only have a subscription to OutdoorLife. I used to have more subscriptions but we dropped a few to cut costs when the prices increased.


-DallanC
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Handloader
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Aug 22, 2005
Posts: 1032
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

DallanC wrote:
Man I suck... I only have a subscription to OutdoorLife. I used to have more subscriptions but we dropped a few to cut costs when the prices increased

-DallanC

DallanC: Like you, I dropped several subscriptions to the monthly gun magazines, but, mainly due to content. In fact, there is marginal content in many of the popular magazines.

Many on this list have an extensive background in hunting, reloading and other aspects concerning firearms. While those new to these matters can find enough fodder to justify the purchase price, seldom is there anything that hasn't been presented many times before. Afterall, how many articles do we need to read about 1911s or cartridge comparison, such as the 270Win vs the 30-06. Most of those comparisons end up with something like "ultimately any of these would be an excellent choice, depending on what you want". There are some exceptions in publishing, however.

"Rifle" and "Handloader" feature articles by Barsness, Spomer, Pearce and others that attempt to go several layers deeper in exploring new subjects or are, at least, a tad more candid in their appraisals. "Varmint Hunter" and "Precision Shooting" are superb publications for technical information, much of which is subscriber submitted and frequently challenge conventional wisdom or, at least, add new data to the body of information available.

On this forum we have some members that could write articles that were more realistic and informative, although, they might not appeal to the advertisers and the product promotion they expect for their advertising dollars. I look forward to seeing a publication emerge that would reflect more the real world than the fantasy world portrayed too often by the big rags. What kind of magazine would we have if Bushmaster or PaulS, among many others, were Editors?

Maybe, through the various media, we beat all these horses to death. Maybe, hunting and shooting isn't all that complex and some stuff simply needs to be learned first hand. But, we revere the firearms and we are addicted to reading everything and anything we can about them. It is a fascinating hobby and preoccupation. We spend hours with our noses in gun rags, loading manuals or on various forums because of some catharsis it evokes, afterall, not all of us live in the remote areas where hunting and shooting is available on a daily basis. Most of the guides I know in Alaska or Idaho have the approach that the firearm is simply a tool to get the job done and their rifles and handguns don't resemble many that I have seen in the gun rags. But, they know how to hunt and shoot accurately and kill cleanly.

I wonder if gun rag sales are declining as a result of interactive forums, which, IMO, are much more informative and, often, accurate?
Back to top
View user's profile
Pitt55
Member
Member


Joined: Aug 30, 2006
Posts: 104
Location: Prince George, B.C.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

I religiously buy a mag. from Saskatchawan called Big Buck. Very little advertising, just great articles on lucky hunters. Great field photos from all over north america. I also read outdoor-life and sometimes reloader. Big Buck is by far the best I have ever read though.
DON

_________________
I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken!
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
freedyf
Member
Member


Joined: Dec 27, 2005
Posts: 37
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

Does anyone else ever get sick of the BS the writers put out, on how great their (trial?) rifle tests were, on rifles that cost in the multiple of thousands of dollars, with scopes costing half the price of the rifle, and of the canned guided hunts they participate on private ranches in NM and AZ. On one article they talked about getting unstuck in mud, etc., by putting a Lighlift jack under the frame of your truck. I have not yet figured out how to put a Highlift jack under the frame of a PU, without screwing up the body$$$$Maybe I'm alittle dense, but I belive I live in the real world. But I still read their articles and magazines. Freedyf

_________________
Hold'em, squeezem - make the first shot count, you may not get seconds.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
PaulS
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Feb 18, 2006
Posts: 4330
Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State

PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:30 am    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

I read the American Rifleman - the only time I read any of the others is when there is an article that strikes my interest as I walk by it in the grocery store. I used to get a lot of them but from month to month there just isn't that much of interest to me.

_________________
Paul
__________________
Speer, Lyman, Hodgdon, Sierra, and Hornady = reliable loading data
So and So's pages on the internet = NOT reliable loading data
Always check data against manuals
NEVER exceed maximum listed loads
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
moose2
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Mar 19, 2005
Posts: 707
Location: North Idaho

PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:17 am    Post subject: Re: Gun Magazines, the type you read Reply with quote

The American Rifleman is about it for me.--tr

_________________
tr
Back to top
View user's profile
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » General
Page 1 of 2
All times are GMT - 7 Hours
Go to page 1, 2  Next



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Valid CSS! Valid HTML 4.01!
Click to check if this page is realy HTML 4.01 compliant for speed :)

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of HuntingNut.com.
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2011 by HuntingNut.com
Interactive software released under GNU GPL, Code Credits, Privacy Policy

.: Upgraded to DragonFly 9.2 by *Dizfunkshunal* :.