Chief Rick Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 "The Consumer Resource For The Serious Shooter" My mother-in-law sent a few recent copies of this magazine. I'd never heard of it. Only 32 pages and spendy at $5.95 an issue (news stand price), probably due to no commercial ads in the magazine. Not sure how much a subscription is. Just wondering if anyone else is familiar with this magazine and can speak to the honesty/accuracy of the reviews.
Grumpy Old Man Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 I had a subsription once. Wasn't worth the money to me. Might be if your into all types of firearms.
Buckshot Frank Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 I had a subsription once. Wasn't worth the money to me. Might be if your into all types of firearms. Same here. Occasionally, they would review something that I was interested in. IMO, there just isn't enough content to make it worth the price. As to how accurate their "unbiased" reviews are, I don't know; sometimes their judging criteria seemed a little shaky to me. It seems like they would bash one firearm for a minor flaw while making excuses for a more serious flaw in another that they review higher.
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 There articles are kind of interesting. Yes, it's pricey due to no advertising. It's a decent magazine, but unless you have a general curiosity about guns or if they happen to review a type of gun you're thinking about buying, it's not as good as other gun magazines out there.
Chief Rick Posted January 27, 2011 Author Posted January 27, 2011 Well, I thought I was on to something good but... The December 2010 issue compares 308 Rifles. I'm thinking "Great! Love the looks of the M1A/M14. I've been interested in buying or trading for one of these. Sure will be good to see how they compare." Read the article and they compare a SA M1A Standard, a Fulton Armory M14 (semi-custom?), and a Fulton Armory fully customized PolytechM14/S (with a scope). Then for the accuracy tests they actually compared the scoped Polytech (using the scope) to the open sights of the other two. Not a very fair or accurate assessment in my opinion. Kinda like comparing a stock Mustang to a Rousch Stage 3 to a Pro Street drag car.
Boss Hoss Fly #63711 Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 No commercial adds means no bias reviews - means sumthin i guess- Never heard of it maself-
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.