American Cop Magazine - Nov/ Dec 2010…
Article on the SIG556 Patrol Rifle. Anybody know the assclown who wrote the article? His name is John Morrison.
I’ll sum up the article for you. The SIG556 is the best thing since sliced bread. AR-15’s are not flexible or balanced but they are inelegant and clumsy.
If you want to dance with the devil and win, you’ll need to shoot and move with a SIG556.
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Imo, most Gun rags are completely FOS.
There are a few decent honest writers but few & far inbetween.
They get FREE SWAG regardless of how they try to spin it. I know a few of them and have ceased any contact with them because of my beliefs & ethics. Not their choice to be clear it was my choice.
No matter how they TRY to rationalize or marginize they are all about selling the SIZZLE and not the STEAK.
They are as corrupt as politicians.
I quit trying to teach a pig to sing.
It wastes your time & annoy’s the Pig.
Try reading SWAT Mag for some real entertainment value.:sarcastic:
was Sig Sauer a sponsor?
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I’ve found most gun rags to be lingwinded written endorsements of the exact same guns you see advertised within the same pages. “DPMS is wonderful” then you can count at least four DPMS ads throughout. I use to subscribe to several. Now I save the $$$.
SWAT and “Combat” (UK mag sold at B&N) are the only ones I buy anymore.
Small Arms Review is filled with good info but Im not really interested in most of the guns they cover. If an article gets my attention Ill pick it up.
The rest are mostly just long winded advertisements for a particular gun the author got to shoot for free and keep for awhile.
There are some good writers out there. Most gun mags are full of people writing about chit they know nothing about.
When I pick up a mag, I want to be impressed with the writers technical knowledge on the weapon. History of how it came to be, how it runs after THOUSANDS of rounds, accuracy (10rd strings please), what groups are using said weapon and why, etc etc.
If the writer knows less about the gun than I do then I am instantly bored and pissed (for wasting my time reading it). If I wanted to have an intelligent conversation with someone about said weapon, I would have just talked to myself. :sarcastic:
C4
I usually pick them up for the occasional bit of Ichiro gun pron, or something similar, but it’s a bit like opening up People or Cosmo magazine and expecting something intellectually redeeming.
I was actually happier with the blatantly Surefire ran Combat Tactics, because I didn’t have to turn three pages in to see the full page ad from the company that furnished the centerfold piece.
There are great articles in there from time to time, but most of those authors can be quite easily found on various forums (like here), and more accessible to pick their brains for the really valuable insight.
People still print things on paper? Huh, go figure.
B_C
The only time I read them (in the store) or actually buy them, is when someone like Vickers, Rogers, etc… have an article in it…
My last round of disgust was some mag reviewing a polymer pistol made here in USA somewhere that from the pics you could tell was the worst example of shoddy, poor molding and manufacture I had ever seen, and I’m not even an engineer. Yet the text spoke glowingly of this new pistol, how well made it was, ad nauseum, and that was the last time I have picked up a gun mag since…
Rmpl
superimposed circle in picture frame Subtitle: “Something something note flying brass something something.”
Wowsers, brass comes out of the ejection port?
Were you perhaps expecting babies to come out of the ejection port? Mariachi bands? Rutabagas?
This is one of those rare instances where I’m far more likely to turn to the internet over print text. That said, a good author is a good author, regardless of which horror of a publication he’s decided to write for. You can still find good info, but the expense to do so, in light of other sources…
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I think gun mags perpetuate the ignorance that M4C (and a few other Forums) continually try to eradicate…
There are some good honest writers but sometimes you can tell they “tone it down” to get published. I have seen 4 or 5 articles on the Taurus Judge but have only seen one writer (in SWAT) say it was junk. He said something to the effect, “Would you honestly grab a .410 shotgun to defend yourself, if not why would you grab a Judge?!” I’ve talked 2 people out of Judge’s in the past month with that line.
I don’t spend $4, $5, $6 (some are $9) on a magazine much anymore, cost too much for what you get. Out of all the crummy AR’s out there, I don’t think I’ve ever read a bad review about an AR in a gun rag. They always seem to have some redeeming “quality” that makes them gtg.
Sure would like to see “Consumer’s Report” rate and review guns.
But maybe it’s just me…
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the short barrel unleashes the 410’s awesome power :o
Strangely enough I ranted about this a while back as well. I have limited my purchase of most gun rags because I can’t keep my food down most of time.
Most of what I read is akin to going to a massage parlor and getting a happy ending. Then you find out she was a he.
Buncha shills for shit guns imo… gun mags are worthless these days.
As a part-time gun magazine writer I completely understand where you guys are coming from. But if you think these complaints are new, or think something has changed, you’re nuts. Also, if you think it’s somehow restricted to the firearm industry and not things like the automotive, golf, etc. industries you’re similarly nuts.
There’s two ways to look at this. One is to start out with an idealistic view of these things thinking that every publication is virtuous, honest, and in business to put forth the unvarnished truth no matter the consequences. Typically when one with this belief system discovers the truth they are crestfallen and lash out. The other is to simply understand them for what they are.
Some are better than others at sticking to what they see as the facts, and some have even lost advertisers because they refuse to retract statements their authors have made. But everyone is swayed to some degree or another. every. single. one. Whether by dollars, dogma, or friendship.
Hopefully my articles break the mold to some degree. I get offers to write about things I either know nothing about (like shotguns) or am not interested in (like ARs from certain makers) and I turn them down. I have a day job so I don’t need the money (and the pay is so low that I’d have to write 4-5 articles/week just to replace my regular income) but those that depend on the industry to feed them are in a different boat and wind up taking those articles.
Remember, too, that just like owners, writers have different interests and priorities when evaluating firearms. Some are taken with anything new, some have inherently more positive outlooks, some are collectors more than shooters, etc.
I like hearing feedback, and if you guys take issue with any of my articles I’m always available here for chastising. 
Even Easyrider? :eek:
Rmpl
These things I know as truth from Gun Mags…
An Ultimate 45 will only be top dog for 2 months tops… then a new Ultimate will be introduced.
All malfs are Shooter induced and there are no bad guns… or readily fixed with duct tape and multi-tool or a trip to the custom shop.
All Shooters/Writers are not what they used to be … but they still waste the time and ammo to show you what the gun might do with a good shooter.
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I’ll pick up the occasional gun rag to look at on the couch, on the crapper, or just because my job is working on the computer all day and there is only so much time you can spend staring at a computer screen before your eyes start bugging out. I keep my expectations low though and go into it knowing that 90% of the pages are going to be pretty worthless so that way I’m not let down.
There’s also an article about this same rifle in the new January 2011 (WTF? isn’t it Oct 2010) Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement. When I get home I’ll see if its the exact same author.
I will say that particular issue did have a couple of good articles by some guy wearing a silly yellow visor;)
The crapper is the ONLY place that virtually ALL current gun rags belong - but only for use in the dire event that you run out of toilet paper!
That’s not a coincidence. An article is written on a firearm that a). the magazine decided on its own to procure and to review (rare) or b) was sent to their writer for review. Once the article is written, edited and ready for publication, the magazine contacts the manufacture and lets them know there will be a cover story/multi-page article on their gun and gives them their options for advertising in that upcoming issue. No manufacturer is going to turn down advertising when their product is on the cover or in an article.