I used to get a ton of Gun magazines and American Handgunner was my favorite, and the Ayoob stuff was always good. AH always had the best photography as well. I may need to subscribe again. There was a time when you could get free digital editions of AH (and even download them and past issues), but looks like they have made that a paid service now.
I may need to subscribe to them. A while back I got something from them offering like 5 years for like $35 or something ridiculous. If I got that in the mail again today, I would subscribe.
That said, Guns and Ammo, and alot of the other magazines just got sad. Their content was just a joke and seemed like shills for the industry/advertisers, etc.
Gun Tests was a good publication in some ways because they did not have advertisers and would actually say a gun malfunctioned, etc, but due to no advertisers their publication quality was kind of poor and of course price was a bit higher.
I'd like to have a decent quality production value publication that told it like it is on gun reviews, and also had regular stuff like the Ayoob files.
At one time I bought some back issues of some 1980's and early 90's gun magazines at Half Price Books just to read the guys I grew up with again.
Honestly, I get a lot of what I got out of gun magazines in the past from INGO now.
To be clear, I'm not asking what you like that's out there. I'm asking if there's any gaps, something you'd like to see but haven't.
To be clear, I'm not asking what you like that's out there. I'm asking if there's any gaps, something you'd like to see but haven't.
To be clear, I'm not asking what you like that's out there. I'm asking if there's any gaps, something you'd like to see but haven't.
Are magazines still a thing?
That magazine would cost like $50 an issue, since no one would buy advertisements if they thought the truth would be told about their product!High production value magazine, with real reviews that actually tell you when something is crap. Most everything else is already covered out there.
I want scratch and sniff gunpowder smells.
I want to see MORE ads, oh, and smaller font size. That way I can just toss the mag and do something else. (NOT!!) I used to love reading G&A, Shooting Times, etc. garnered a lot of useful info from them till they went to crap. Many of the ideas above would be great to bring back, we need some learnin'.
That magazine would cost like $50 an issue, since no one would buy advertisements if they thought the truth would be told about their product!
I know, but BBI asked what we "wanted" to see, not what was already out there...
I would like some compare/contrast between the name brand and some cheaper competitors. Both with firearms (CZ/Tanfoglio, for instance) and accessories like bipods, shooting mats, range finders, various types of targets, etc. They ought to be able to do that in such a way that it helps advertisers justify the price difference most of the time while still being honest and helpful.
At least with firearms, that's both time and cost prohibitive for most. Shooting a few hundred rounds in each example really doesn't tell you much.