What Gun Mags Do You Read Regularly? WHY Those? (Merged threads) - Page 2

Euclidean · February 3rd, 2006, 12:34 PM

None. It's all the same hoopla and garbage and ad copy disguised as articles recycled over and over again.

I pick one up every so often at random.

Wayne · February 3rd, 2006, 01:18 PM

I have a subscribtion to CCM and to SWAT. I pick up Combat Handguns when I am at wally world (about every other month). And I also get America's First Freedom.

I won't be able to afford to renew the CCM at the moment but when able I will.

As for why I no longer subcribe to others like Guns, Guns and Ammo, etc.. is that they were short changing me. I had suspensions for awhile and quit for awhile and then renewed. I saved everyone that I received and noticed that normally in a 12 issue subscribtion I got 9 to 10 and with a 9 issue, around 5 to 7.

I also don't subscribe to gun tests anylonger because I paid for a subscribtion and received nothing. Then I got a letter in the mail from a collection agency stating that I owed gun tests for a subscribtion that I paid for and received nothing on. They dinged my credit and I'm still in arbatration (or whatever you call it) with the credit company.

Wayne

P95Carry · February 3rd, 2006, 02:00 PM

Have had pretty much consistent mag choice for ages. CCM of course since it started. G&A, Handguns and 1st Freedom. I'd like to see AH and Combat handguns at times but frankly - I struggle to read what I do get.

Add to those other mags in other sphere's - model planes and bikes. No way can I keep up!!

The web does of course also help immensely in keeping up with things and in some ways that is probably the most valuable source of all.

Forgot the ''why'' - well those mag's do pretty much supply what I want re gen info - so more a case of ''they'll do'' than any specific big plus on any one - tho CCM is perhaps the most dedicated to subject and therefore has a special place.

Nick · February 10th, 2006, 12:33 AM

America's First Freedom from the NRA and Combat Handguns by subscription. The others are great too and I'll pick them up from time to time at the store.

Rob72 · February 10th, 2006, 11:44 AM

Small Arms Review. Better overall view of things coming down the pike, from the ATF, etc., less "pull" from sponsors on review articles (as in, Beretta, S&W, HK, FN, etc., don't advert much in SAR). Great firearms history.

raevan · February 10th, 2006, 11:24 PM

Guns, Combat Handguns, Guns and Weapons for Law Enforcement,
S.W.A.T., Police, America1st Freedom, Women and Guns, Soldier of Fortune.

SSKC · February 11th, 2006, 12:09 AM

Which and why?

"Concealed Carry" because the content is, IMHO, good and improves with every issue. Also, it is the only magazine I know of in which you can read an article straight through rather than the usual "Continued on Page 87" routine. It's a little thing, but I really like it.

"America's First Freedom" because it's "free." I like the "Armed Citizen" and the political analyses.

SSKC

tegemu · February 11th, 2006, 06:51 AM

Just about all the major bookstores carry. I take them to the coffee shop, read them and return them to the shelf. If I see something of interest, I'll make a note and check it out on the 'puter when I get home. Occasionally I find something very interesting which causes me to plunk down the magazine's price. Saves a lot on subscriptions and I noticed that after I had read them, in a short time, the subscribed magazines were rarely kept anyway.

ParaCarry · February 12th, 2006, 04:15 PM

American Handgunner and Gun Tests. Not planning on renewing American handgunner, will get Concealed Carry magazine instead. AH has great photography and I think the boys there try to be objective, but if you read between the lines I think they realize that their advertisers carry most of the freight and they just won't really trash a brand for that reason. Gun Tests has no advertising so they're not afraid to say "don't buy this gun."

dimmak · February 17th, 2006, 10:58 AM

yep, advertising plays a big part in gun mag product reviews...

that's why I try to get reviews from other sources, in addition to what I get from the gun mags...

February 3rd, 2006, 12:34 PM	#11
Euclidean VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 3,213	None. It's all the same hoopla and garbage and ad copy disguised as articles recycled over and over again. I pick one up every so often at random. __________________ I am The Armed Educator.

February 3rd, 2006, 02:00 PM	#13
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	Have had pretty much consistent mag choice for ages. CCM of course since it started. G&A, Handguns and 1st Freedom. I'd like to see AH and Combat handguns at times but frankly - I struggle to read what I do get. Add to those other mags in other sphere's - model planes and bikes. No way can I keep up!! The web does of course also help immensely in keeping up with things and in some ways that is probably the most valuable source of all. Forgot the ''why'' - well those mag's do pretty much supply what I want re gen info - so more a case of ''they'll do'' than any specific big plus on any one - tho CCM is perhaps the most dedicated to subject and therefore has a special place. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

February 10th, 2006, 12:33 AM	#14
Nick VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,970	America's First Freedom from the NRA and Combat Handguns by subscription. The others are great too and I'll pick them up from time to time at the store. __________________ "To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them." George Mason "Gun control is a job-safety program for criminals." John R. Lott

February 11th, 2006, 06:51 AM	#18
tegemu Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orange Park, Fla. Posts: 997	Just about all the major bookstores carry. I take them to the coffee shop, read them and return them to the shelf. If I see something of interest, I'll make a note and check it out on the 'puter when I get home. Occasionally I find something very interesting which causes me to plunk down the magazine's price. Saves a lot on subscriptions and I noticed that after I had read them, in a short time, the subscribed magazines were rarely kept anyway. __________________ People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence in their behalf. - George Orwell

February 12th, 2006, 04:15 PM	#19
ParaCarry Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 15	American Handgunner and Gun Tests. Not planning on renewing American handgunner, will get Concealed Carry magazine instead. AH has great photography and I think the boys there try to be objective, but if you read between the lines I think they realize that their advertisers carry most of the freight and they just won't really trash a brand for that reason. Gun Tests has no advertising so they're not afraid to say "don't buy this gun." __________________ When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.......LUKE 11:21 NIV

February 3rd, 2006, 01:18 PM	#12
Wayne Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 823	I have a subscribtion to CCM and to SWAT. I pick up Combat Handguns when I am at wally world (about every other month). And I also get America's First Freedom. I won't be able to afford to renew the CCM at the moment but when able I will. As for why I no longer subcribe to others like Guns, Guns and Ammo, etc.. is that they were short changing me. I had suspensions for awhile and quit for awhile and then renewed. I saved everyone that I received and noticed that normally in a 12 issue subscribtion I got 9 to 10 and with a 9 issue, around 5 to 7. I also don't subscribe to gun tests anylonger because I paid for a subscribtion and received nothing. Then I got a letter in the mail from a collection agency stating that I owed gun tests for a subscribtion that I paid for and received nothing on. They dinged my credit and I'm still in arbatration (or whatever you call it) with the credit company. Wayne

February 10th, 2006, 11:44 AM	#15
Rob72 VIP Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 2,998	Small Arms Review. Better overall view of things coming down the pike, from the ATF, etc., less "pull" from sponsors on review articles (as in, Beretta, S&W, HK, FN, etc., don't advert much in SAR). Great firearms history.

February 10th, 2006, 11:24 PM	#16
raevan VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: washington Posts: 4,028	Guns, Combat Handguns, Guns and Weapons for Law Enforcement, S.W.A.T., Police, America1st Freedom, Women and Guns, Soldier of Fortune.

February 11th, 2006, 12:09 AM	#17
SSKC Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 357	Which and why? "Concealed Carry" because the content is, IMHO, good and improves with every issue. Also, it is the only magazine I know of in which you can read an article straight through rather than the usual "Continued on Page 87" routine. It's a little thing, but I really like it. "America's First Freedom" because it's "free." I like the "Armed Citizen" and the political analyses. SSKC

February 17th, 2006, 10:58 AM	#20
dimmak Distinguished Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: TN Posts: 1,754	yep, advertising plays a big part in gun mag product reviews... that's why I try to get reviews from other sources, in addition to what I get from the gun mags... __________________ "Ray Nagin is a colossal disappointment" - NRA/ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. "...be water, my friend."

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