I subscribe to a few gun magazines, one of which is "Handguns."
My firearms preference is for handguns and modern sporting rifles (the scary black ones). A magazine devoted to handguns with no articles on four wheel drives, beef jerky, hunting, and wooden-stock rifles is refreshing. "Handguns" gives me what I'm looking for.
Some of the writers at "Handguns" have opinions that differ vastly from my own. That's ok. If I wanted my own opinion, I'd just stare into the mirror and talk. But if a writer insists on spewing nonsense time and time again, it soon becomes impossible to ever believe another word he writes. James Tarr is one such writer. The guy is a pretty good wordsmith, but possesses little knowledge of guns. To compensate, he just makes stuff up.
You be the judge:
In April, James Tarr wrote an article on the Kimber EVO, describing it as a "striker-fired 1911." An alert reader wrote in, noting that the EVO bears little resemblance to a 1911. Instead of retracting his statement and admitting that he had played fast and loose with the truth, Tarr doubled down, claiming that the EVO is in fact a striker-fired version of the Micro 9, which is a compact 1911.
I nearly fell out of my chair when I read that craziness. The EVO is nothing like a Micro 9, and a Micro 9 is nothing like a 1911.
I don't think I'll cancel my subscription to "Handguns," but I take it for what it is. If you want facts, read "The Wall Street Journal" or "Firearms News." If you want mindless fluff, read "People" or Handguns."
If I'm mistaken, please correct me.
My firearms preference is for handguns and modern sporting rifles (the scary black ones). A magazine devoted to handguns with no articles on four wheel drives, beef jerky, hunting, and wooden-stock rifles is refreshing. "Handguns" gives me what I'm looking for.
Some of the writers at "Handguns" have opinions that differ vastly from my own. That's ok. If I wanted my own opinion, I'd just stare into the mirror and talk. But if a writer insists on spewing nonsense time and time again, it soon becomes impossible to ever believe another word he writes. James Tarr is one such writer. The guy is a pretty good wordsmith, but possesses little knowledge of guns. To compensate, he just makes stuff up.
You be the judge:
In April, James Tarr wrote an article on the Kimber EVO, describing it as a "striker-fired 1911." An alert reader wrote in, noting that the EVO bears little resemblance to a 1911. Instead of retracting his statement and admitting that he had played fast and loose with the truth, Tarr doubled down, claiming that the EVO is in fact a striker-fired version of the Micro 9, which is a compact 1911.
I nearly fell out of my chair when I read that craziness. The EVO is nothing like a Micro 9, and a Micro 9 is nothing like a 1911.
I don't think I'll cancel my subscription to "Handguns," but I take it for what it is. If you want facts, read "The Wall Street Journal" or "Firearms News." If you want mindless fluff, read "People" or Handguns."
If I'm mistaken, please correct me.