Have you learned more for the internet or from reading gun mags?

What taught you more, gun mags or internet?

  • I have learned more from reading gun mags than reading and posting on the net.

    Votes: 16 8.6%

  • I have learned more from the net than reading gun mags.

    Votes: 151 81.2%

  • Not sure or about the same.

    Votes: 19 10.2%
  • Total voters
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Pretty much like bumm said. I learned mainly from hands on experience and gun mags; but there was a differnet caliber of writer then. Elmer Keith, Charles Askins, Jr., Julian Hatcher, Skeeter Skelton, etc. Those today write like they got their info from the web :uhoh: basically just shills for the mfrs.
 
I used to subscribe to Guns & Ammo but get no publications now. The web has been a good resource with forums, gun auctions, dealers and manufacturers web sites. I can research the ballistics of various cartridges right from my desk. I bought my last two guns from on-line auctions as well as ammo, holsters and concealment clothing from on-line dealers. How cool is that?
 
1: Father and uncle.
2: US Navy with an assist from the USMC at Pearl Harbor and the US Army at Schofield Barracks.
3: My own mistakes
4: THR/TFL
5: Friends
6: Guessing
7: Enemies (mainly prodded about RKBA)
8: Newbies with questions I had to ponder
9: Total strangers at the range
10: A few magazine articles over the years.
 
Magazines by far. But there are gun rags and gun magazines. The older issues of Rifle, Handloader, Game County, Varmint hunter, The Accurate Rifle, Precision Shooter and others were often more technical journals than plain gun rags. Places were writers like Ken Waters, Ludwig Olsen, Finn Aagard, Gil Strung and others would write adult level articles on everything from the 7x33 sako to the processes of truing the bolt face and lugs on a '98 mauser to the historical background of the Krag-Jorgenson rifle before it was adopted as a US battlerifle.

I still have crates of these old magazines. Yes i still read them a lot. When I need information I can trust I revert back to these people, and the years of study that they offfered.

Rifle and Handloader were just released in there entirety on data DVD, If you really want solid information that is a place to start.
 
Ooooooh, check out the grips on THAT one!!!

Magazines are just REALLY long ads that you have to read. Its like reading the articles in a Playboy, who would do that?!
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Close, Black Majik. They're exactly like a Playboy. Most of the guns in the glossy gun magazines feature custom-built, tuned and polished limited release models that cost a fortune and that you or I will never get to handle, let alone shoot. I'm never going to date a Playmate, and if I did, might my expectations of her be greater than the reality?

Truth is, the kind of woman I prefer is similar to my gun choices (Mosins, SKS, Makarov). They might not be the prettiest women you'll ever meet, but they are solid, utterly dependable, and they'll be there when I need them. And a plain-looking gun can be made to look very pretty, whereas if the gun won't shoot, it doesn't matter what it looks like, because I'm not keeping it.

(Hmmm-might be a new sig in there. :p
 
IMO I have learned a lot more from the net. Magazines got me started in my internet reasearch. Mainly form mags I only got a few personal reviews and a little technical info. But the net has provided me with more detail pics, some reviews, but mainly prices and aftermaket options.
 
I've learned far more from professional training than from either online sources or from gun magazines.

I've learned more from gun magazine articles written by professional trainers and knowlegeable writers than from online blather scribbled by 12-year-old wannabe warriors.

I've learned more from knowledgeable folks online than I have from gun magazine articles written by fools.

Sorting out which one is which is where the fun starts. :)

pax
 
Ain't that the truth...

I've learned more from gun magazine articles written by professional trainers and knowlegeable writers than from online blather scribbled by 12-year-old wannabe warriors.

I've learned more from knowledgeable folks online than I have from gun magazine articles written by fools.

Sorting out which one is which is where the fun starts.
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Online everyone is 6ft tall and makes the 1000 yard shot every time.

....except here of cource. :evil:
 
Well most of my information came from two sources.
1)My father retired Lt. Col. USMC
2)His best friends retired USMC one and all veterans all NAM to Desert Shield/Storm.
I have found that Survivors of all the S**T from every conflict of the past 46 years seem to have a very good idea of what you need to get you in and out alive in most situations in life.

God bless them all,
DarthBubba
 
Neither....

I have found that gun mags (along with most other mags) are just loaded with product placement and advertising. Gun reviews are simply the mfg's paying money to have their product in the spotlight. Thats hardly unbiased info.

The internet is full of many things. One of those is a crap load of arm chair quarterbacks. I know I have learned a ton online, but I like to think most of my gun learning has come from personal experience and from friends.
 
Sorting out which one is which is where the fun starts.
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That really is the key to all the info on forums like this. I read a lot (from many sources) so that I can seperate fact from fiction from opinion. I have definitely found some people on this forum whose writings are almost always extremely informative and objective. Of course you also run across a few who are ..... well, they're pretty much the opposite.

Mo
 
(I haven't read everyone elses responses so forgive me if I repeat anything someone else has said.)

The beauty of the web is that it is information on demand that is available as long as the site hosting it is running. Most people only reads what intests them at the time so they may flip through current magazines stopping at what fits their wants or needs. As for the web you can specifically search for exactly what you want to learn. Also, if you miss a months magazine addition while it is on the news stand you have to special order it or look for it online. The beauty of the web is the archival space so you can look at past info all you want. This is very helpful if you skimmed over an article about a gun you didn't have last month but, having just bought that gun, now want to read the piece in more detail.
 
*sings*
'The internet is for (gun)Pr0n!'

*sKerry Voice*
'I read the magazines before I read the Intarerrorwebnet.'

Seriously, I started with the mags, got tired of the 'every gun is perfect review' followed by a nice full page ad for said gun. The internet, while a little more work to verify and cross-reference to make sure you're getting all the info on a subject, contains much more knowledge and opinions, and occasionally, pictures of girls holding guns. Or so I'm told. :evil:
 
I have learned more from Kramer Krazy than the internet or mags.
But in all fairness, I have learned a LOT from being right here on THR.:)
Thank all of you for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us gun nuts.:D
I look forward to learning more as I spend more time on here.:)
 
You will always learn more from interactive conversations

If you feel that some of the information put out on the forums is being given by the so-called keyboard commandos then simply asked for verification in the form of a link.

Here as with all other sources of information it is up to the reader to research and determine the validity of the statement

If you fail to do that that is your shortcoming

I used to take gunrag articles as gospel until I got here and many of the things was taught by them were so soundly disputed
 
I think THR took a shot at Ayoob and he shot back.

There is a lot of information in all of the sources mentioned. It is important to get basic information from family or experienced people. The other sources are for entertainment and ideas. You can get wonderfully inaccurate information from dad, gun magazines or the internet. Best bet is to double check everything- by direct experimentation if it's interesting enough to follow up.
 
mec ~

Au contraire. That's French for, "You got it exactly backwards."

Ayoob specifically praised THR, though he also cautioned exactly as you did that the internet also contains errors and fools promulgating same, so be careful not to swallow everything you read online.

pax
 
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