lndshrk Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Besides the plethora of Annuals and pretty covers, which handgunning magazines have the best real world competitive shooting coverage and tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 <crickets chirping> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 (edited) ROTFLMAO! The silence is deafening. I read G&A Handguns only because I was given a subscription. The last issue showed major improvements so it might just become what it was back at it's inception in the early 90's. They have some IDPA stuff in there now and then and with the new corral of writers they may improve. Hope springs eternal. I also read American - Four-Wheeler Review - Rifleman. But only because I am a life member and I get it for "free" now. They have some very limited match coverage. Very, very, limited. If we all rode 4-wheelers at matches their coverage would probably improve though. Edited February 25, 2004 by kimel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD45 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 I recommend Handloader. It is not a "handgun"magazine, but, if you get lucky, sometimes you will find good articles on reloading for handguns. I have given up on all other current magazines. I just try to buy good gun magazines at gun shows that are pre-1980 to further my education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rhino Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 I like to read S.W.A.T. and Women & Guns, but neither is very good for competition coverage. As far as general gun and political content go, they're pretty good though. I wish there were enough of us to support a magazine devoted to competitive shooting, but the past attempts just could not stay afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Run n Gun Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Front Sight www.uspsa.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Law Man Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Besdies IDPA's tactical journal, and IPSC's Front sight, I believe American Handgunner is the best all around magazine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 American Handgunner is the only one I read other than Front Sight, and even then I have to skip some of the articles, since they can be a little tough to handle. Wasn't there something like "Shooting Games" magazine? I think it went out of print, and I never had a chance to even see an issue, but you would think that between IPSC and IDPA this would be a exploitable market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey QuicksDraw! Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Tumble weed rolling thru (right to left) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Wanna know how to make a small fortune in the shooting sports magazine business? Start with a large fortune. 'nuf said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Wasn't there something like "Shooting Games" magazine? I think it went out of print, and I never had a chance to even see an issue, but you would think that between IPSC and IDPA this would be a exploitable market. Wally Arida's GunGames rag. Went belly up a few years ago - only lasted 3 or 4 years all told, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 A relatively new magazine is out for the SASS competitors called 'SHOOT' it has a lot of the same flavor as 'GUNGAMES'. 'SHOOT' seems to have a large advertising base and a good sized subscription base so it should be profitiable. I think there is a market for a strictly shooting competition magazine, not that I'll be risking any of my vast fortune to back up that claim. 'GUNGAMES' was mostly an IPSC and Fast Draw oriented magazine with a tidbit here and there on other shooting sports. I think Wally didn't cover enough of the other sports to build a large enough audience/advertising base and overspent on the quality of the magazine. He may have been a couple of years early as well and missed the real boom in SASS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Not a gun mag but will make your mind stronger "National Review". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 I used to read American Handgunner and still like the purty pictures, but they have really joined the "Tactical Cartel" and can even quote Voigt and Koenig to make them sound down on USPSA. Like I said in the magazine articles humor postings, when they bumped an article on TGO's perfect year (2002) to publish another article about some mall ninja's IDPA scowl and yell practice session in his garage, I had to start looking elsewhere. I guess we are back to wishing Front Site had more meat in their tournament coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 I guess we are back to wishing Front Site had more meat in their tournament coverage. One of the nicer things about Front Site is we, the average reader, can actually contribute to the magazine and get our articles published instead of just pirated by the editorial staff. I've had several articles printed, as have other forum members. If you want more tournament coverage, go shoot the matches and then write the article! Hey, they'll even pay you for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Front Sight is really the only magazine with a good blend of articles on various aspects of competition shooting. Their shortfall is that it's a USPSA-only magazine, so they don't treat IDPA, SASS, etc. But for USPSA it's pretty darn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasag93 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 GUN TESTS. I get American Rifleman, but that comes with NRA membership. Gun TESTS takes no advertising $$$ so they can tell you when a gun is crap!! TXAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 I thought American Handgunner was a really cool magazine until I found five or six copies of AH from the mid-eighties at a gun show. Folks, that magazine back then was something. The March/April 1984 edition had the following articles included: 1984: The year of the 9MM auto?- an article concerning the move to 9mm for the US military and the rivalry btwn S&W and Beretta for the contract. The 1983 IPSC World Shoot--A 3 1/2 page write-up on the World Shoot in Yorktown, Virginia. Rob (TGO) Leatham was the winner. Lots of pictures and sidebars. 1983 National Police Revolver Championships A well written article that described the courses of fire and competitors. As I look through the magazine, I notice lots of adverts for pistol leather, .45's of every description, 9mm handguns, new and old and lots of revolvers. .38 supers were few and far between and not yet used in IPSC competition yet (I think TGO won the 1984 nationals with one of the first), and .40 and 10mm weren't even designed yet. But I looked throughout the entire magazine and didn't see one advertisement for a ninja blade or a single article of camo clothing. I guess, the best we can possibly hope for in gun rags from now on, is an occasional article on a really big match or a gun review from one of our favorite BE gun-writers because I, for one, don't intend to carry a ninja blade or run around in the dark wearing NVG's and facepaint with black BDU's. But someone does, and I guess that's who pays the bills. just my two cents worth. dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRG65 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 I've given up on the handgun/competition mags. I like Shooting Times, Handloader, and Successful Hunter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 High capacity (higher than standard capacity) mags for STI, SV, or Glock tuned by Beven Grams or, at least running his followers, basepads, and springs. Oh... you were talking about the OTHER kind of magazine. Uhm... uh... errr... I'll get back to you on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 humm. how about the Dillon catalog? side note: i had a subcription to 'gungames magazine' until it went belly up. in it's place the new owners or whoever is now sending me...no get this, the cowboy action shooting magazine, 'shooting' (?name) and i get 'swat' magazine until my 'gungames' magazine expires. now, i don't mind the 'swat' mag so much, but the cowboy action mag is embarrassing . at least it comes in an evelope. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Has AH been getting any better lately? I'm asking because at the STI/Handgunner match last year they promised to shape up somewhat. Given lead-times, such shaping-up should be kicking in around now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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