Firearms magazines

[abunaitoo]

Not the shooting one's.
It's harder and harder to find them.
Market, stores around here no longer carry them, or only a very few issues.
Even walmart has cut back.
We now have only one bookstore on island. The whole island.
Not convenient to get to.
Suggestions on how to keep up with new/special issues????

[lefty o]

there's getting to be less and less printed magazines period. gun mags, car mags, etc. a result of the internet, and the magazines just rewriting the same **** over and over.

[Dryball]

there's nothing to really keep up with unless you enjoy all the advertising.

[am44mag]

Walmart's got a decent selection of them, at least ours does. Maybe 12+ different ones.

[Hickory]

There is a lot of decent information right here on this site!
With a little gleaning a person can get a wealth of information just for the asking.

[375supermag]

Hi..
The internet has taken a toll on all printed material, newspapers, books as well as magazines.
The only magazine I regularly purchase is Handloader.
I sometimes buy Scientific American or Discover if they have an interesting article on paleontology, ancient hominids, dinosaurs or megafauna.
Printed material is, I fear, headed the way of the 8- track tapes and 8mm home movies.

[Thumbcocker]

IMHO gun rags have lost quality over the past decades. Articles are condescending and poorly written as well as poorly veiled advertising. This site is worth more than all of them put together. Handloader and The Fouling Shot are the only ones left at my house.

[abunaitoo]

Only one I pick up regularly is Handloader.
I do grab any firearm surplus or collectable mag when I see them.
Our walmart used to carry six to ten of them.
Now lucky to see just one.
How are book stores doing in the lower 48????
Are they going to be like video stores. Gone.

[CIC]

I am a fan of Handloader also. I just started getting the back issues on CD. I figure that will be some good winter reading plus a good resource in the future.

[Geezer in NH]

How are book stores doing in the lower 48????
Are they going to be like video stores. Gone.

Yep pretty much gone. I used to get 10 or more magazines a month now I get 2. Fur Fish and Game and Muzzleloader Magazine.

All the old standbys are just adds or shills.

[Hardcast416taylor]

In years past I had 6 different mags delivered to sort of keep up with the changes in the field of firearms. Now I`m older and retired and tired of the `bubble gum` articles being printed. I`m down to just the NRA Rifleman and Handloader. I just opted out from Rifle mag for their content and the Rifleman is next to be canceled due to it is almost all about the `civilian warrior` and his black rifle and a bunch of ads to the back 1/2 of the mag, possibly interesting reading for the Koresh type - but not me.Robert

[abunaitoo]

Not a big fan of black rifles.
Older the better for me.

[Geezer in NH]

Not a big fan of black rifles.
Older the better for me.

Know the feeling

[bedbugbilly]

I still see them once in a while on a rack if I happen to walk by. I refuse to pay the price for what's in them. I used to love the years ago but it seemed like most of the articles were slanted towards the advertiser's products . . . which you can't blame them I guess. You can find plenty of reading on the internet and just because it's on the "net" doesn't mean it's true . . . the same as in printed magazines. My wife reads a lot and now, she subscribes to a number of libraries and gets the books on line. Sign of the times I guess.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Subscribe?

[Outpost75]

Join the CBA and get The Fouling Shot and get either paper or electronic copy.

[HangFireW8]

New AR
New scope for AR's
New accessories for AR's
Yup
It gets old, fast

[WRideout]

There is still a pretty good selection at the local WalMart, or Barnes and Noble. They tend to run in the highly specialized fields, i.e. varmint hunting in Colorado with black rifles. I am old enough to have "good old days," and back then there was a fair amount of literature in the area of scientific experimentation and research with firearms. Now it seems that the current literature is all about accessories, all of which are too expensive for me. In that regard, the gun mags are starting to look a lot like Vogue or Seventeen.

Wayne

[samari46]

Our local walmart used to have a pretty good selection of gun magazines. For whatever reason they have not had either Rifle or Handloader magazine since late last year. And this is a super wally world. And the store itself has gone down in quality and since I use a Bipap machine and need distilled water they often do not have any on the shelves. I try to stock up when they do at least 4 gallons. Frank

[Shopdog]

Honestly,I see the same thing with internet forums?They used to be much more informative...... from a learning curve standpoint.Because of the speed however,it's only been 15 years or so that it's all pretty much been said.

Oh there will always be movers and shakers within an industry. But their participation on web based sites will wane. Research the material already at hand? Tweak it to work for whatever you're trying to accomplish.