Gun magazines in general, and the groupies that follow their resident "type-writer" jockies do make interesting reading on the forums. I love it when a good dialog is going and someone tries to trump in with "so and so" wrote this and anything else is wrong. Well, excuse me, that says the rest of the world is too dumb to think or have an opinion. Their is some legitimate research that occasionally comes out of the fog, but, most of what has been posted or quoted from publications is a regurgitation of a previous work or opinion. And, when it comes to opinions, we know how much weight they carry. Want, proof ~ look at the threads that argue what the best caliber is or ballistic tables.
I've got to where I research a writer as much as the article or book. Most have their own agenda ($$$), and in the end we all have to form our own "opinions" about what we read.
My rag rant... I still buy, "Guns of the Old West" at the news stand.