do you visit Gunblast.com?

How often have you visited Gunblast.com?

  • I visit regularly

    Votes: 96 32.1%

  • I visited the site once or twice

    Votes: 105 35.1%

  • I've never heard of it

    Votes: 98 32.8%
  • Total voters
    299
  • Poll closed .
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I visit Gunblast from time to time. Its a good place to catch up on what is new. A couple of years ago I sent Jeff an email mildly complaining about something of minor importance, and I was surprized to receive a lengthy, comprehensive reply from him. I appreciated that.
 
I've been there a few times. Mostly by accident when I'm looking up reviews or something.
 
I have also come across after a search. I don't recall ever reading or seeing anything terribly bad about anything he was reviewing. In fact, it made me think that just perhaps, I am in the wrong business! :confused: If there are some really NASTY negative reviews, kindly show them to me, as I would be interested in seeing them.

I like this site for getting "to the real down and dirty ~RESEARCH~!"
 
Of course Jeff never gives critical bad reviews. If he did the manufacturers would not send him guns to test and play with. Then again no manufacturer would send him a gun to review that does not work 100% so his reviews are probably accurate FOR THAT PERTICULAR GUN. His reviews are sort of like extended ads, no different than other paper and ink gun magazines where the manufacturers buy full page ads. Take magazines for what they are and enjoy them.
 
The Quinns are good men and I believe their work is honest.

One fact that folks cannot seem to come to grips with is that gunwriters as a rule don't do articles on defective guns. Period. If a gun is sent to a gunwriter and he finds that it doesn't work, he sends it back. The manufacturer may or may not decide to replace it with one that does. This is not a secret. This is not grounds for hanging. Their mission is to do an honest review of what would be considered a typical sample firearm. So it is stupid to think that if a writer receives a defective firearm that he should go ahead and do a review on it. This is one of many fabricated reasons to hate gunwriters.


his reviews are nothing short of butt kissing BS aimed at manufacturers in order to continue receiving free hardware to test and get factory tours.
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This is another. I would love to know where you get your facts because from what I know, gunwriters are required to pay for mechandise they keep and return what they don't. Simple. Yours is a prime example of misguided hatred stemming from what is probably pure jealousy.


Another fact folks like to ignore is that shooters, as a whole, do not like objective reviews. If a writer did an article on a gun that did not work, those pissing and moaning about it would VASTLY outnumber the sourpusses who think they're pandering.


If I really want to know something I'll come to a place like THR, gun magazines are much less useful than 'crowd sourcing' my info.
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Yes because we all know that nothing untrue ever gets reported on the internet by anonymous strangers with no accountability. :rolleyes:
 
I know someone who is an inspector for certain commodities people purchase. This person is extremely truthful to the point of actually putting down 'whatever' to tell the exact truth about the thing -- as they see it. This person can be assured they no longer get ANY business, whatsoever, from the people who make money on these commodities, however, the consumers love this person, as the person points out just what the people buying these things want to know, and that is, is this any good, or isn't it? :rolleyes: Should I buy this, or shouldn't I?

If one paints a rosy picture of everything that comes along, what good is that? A salesperson can do that and it doesn't cost a dime (EXCEPT for when one buys it and then realizes they have been TAKEN)!
 
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The reviews are short, sweet and to the point. I still do more research on my own. Bottom line is that I'd rather read a short review and see some actual shooting data or watch a quick under 5 minute video from gunblast than watch a 49 minute review of a pistol/revolver from nutnfancy that only has about 2 or 3 minutes of actual shooting.
 
CraigC said:
The Quinns are good men and I believe their work is honest.

One fact that folks cannot seem to come to grips with is that gunwriters as a rule don't do articles on defective guns. Period. If a gun is sent to a gunwriter and he finds that it doesn't work, he sends it back. The manufacturer may or may not decide to replace it with one that does. This is not a secret. This is not grounds for hanging. Their mission is to do an honest review of what would be considered a typical sample firearm. So it is stupid to think that if a writer receives a defective firearm that he should go ahead and do a review on it. This is one of many fabricated reasons to hate gunwriters.



This is another. I would love to know where you get your facts because from what I know, gunwriters are required to pay for mechandise they keep and return what they don't. Simple. Yours is a prime example of misguided hatred stemming from what is probably pure jealousy.


Another fact folks like to ignore is that shooters, as a whole, do not like objective reviews. If a writer did an article on a gun that did not work, those pissing and moaning about it would VASTLY outnumber the sourpusses who think they're pandering.



Yes because we all know that nothing untrue ever gets reported on the internet by anonymous strangers with no accountability. :rolleyes:
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You make some great points!
 
If a gun is sent to a gunwriter and it is broken, that should be part of the review. How did the gun get by QC to the customer, especially one who would be doing a review of the gun? To me, the company would bend over backwards to make sure the piece that gets written about is absolutely perfect. For it to be otherwise shows that the company just doesn't care!:rolleyes:

That is the kind of thing people want to know about, at least I know that is what I try to find out before buying something!:rolleyes:

Perhaps it would be good for their customer service, warranty department and repair department to all be graded by the gunwriter.
 
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So either a company does like Ruger and just pulls one off the shelf, ships it to the writer and they're somehow more noble. Or they send only the best cherry-picked examples and the review is skewed. It's a no-win situation, somebody complains no matter what. :rolleyes:
 
I subscribe to the youtube channel. I've visited the actual site probably 4 times over the past 4 years.

Jeff is a good ol' boy and I like his style. He sure does love everything he tries, though. Maybe modern guns are just that good. ;)
 
The way around that is to have the gunwriter go through the gun-buying process at a gun store and do it just like John Q. Customer has to do it!

Then, it would be a fair write-up all around. No one could then complain that someone was one way or the other, because no one knew what was going down other than the person doing the testing, inspecting and reporting on the weapon.

AND, should there be a problem, let them go through the same process you and I must go through to get the firearm repaired on warranty! Then the company can be graded by their merits alone.
 
To me, the company would bend over backwards to make sure the piece that gets written about is absolutely perfect.
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These days there are a boatload of gun writers and bloggers. I don't think they can afford to spend any more QC time than normal.

Doesn't matter too much to me as we never know if the gun in question is handpicked, just a standard sample off the assembly line or a engineering test mule. I take them all with a grain of salt.

If they did negative reviews, we still wouldn't get an honest review because all of the typical gun writer's names would be flagged and receive a little more preferential treatment than the rest of us when they deal with customer service.
 
If they did negative reviews, we still wouldn't get an honest review because all of the typical gun writer's names would be flagged and receive a little more preferential treatment than the rest of us when they deal with customer service.
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I agree. The person would need to do it totally anonomously!:eek:
 
I've visited his website on quite a few occasions.

I don't know if he's ever found a gun that he doesn't like.

Jeff Quinn might be Ruger's biggest fan ever.
 
This is another. I would love to know where you get your facts because from what I know, gunwriters are required to pay for mechandise they keep and return what they don't. Simple. Yours is a prime example of misguided hatred stemming from what is probably pure jealousy.
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i got "my facts" from glunblast.com. ;)


we all know he gets free hardware to test, then sends it back unless he wants to purchase it. all gun rag writers do this.


The Quinns are good men and I believe their work is honest.
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sounds like you know them better than the rest of us, which apparently clouds your version of reality. no one here stated they're not "good men", but simply that jeff's reviews are no more legitimate and are not taken any more seriously than any other gun rag writer. simply look at the poll ;)

sorry to burst your bubble there, craigC.
 
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One fact that folks cannot seem to come to grips with is that gunwriters as a rule don't do articles on defective guns.
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Nobody is debating that and your the first person to mention the word defective.

What we are noting is that Gunblast doesn't print negative reviews. Period. Every gun they handle is glitter and rainbows. That's fine, but it hardly makes them an unbiased source of information. It only becomes wrong if they're portraying themselves as such.

Ahem.

Face it, there isn't a gun that gunblast doesn't like. Fortunately, there's google for slightly more balanced opinions.
 
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