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Post by bisleyfan41 on Aug 12, 2021 17:38:49 GMT -5
The wife likes to go running around the local thrift and antique stores looking to find a deal or some lost treasure. Sometimes I go to be her emotional support animal. And every once in a while, I get rewarded for being a great husband with a pretty great find. This is one of them. One booth at the local antique emporium contained several gun magazines from the 70s and 80s. They were packed 5 or 6 together in clear bags. And while you could see the outer 2 titles, the ones between them were more or less a lottery situation. Don't know what you'll get. Well, upon opening one of those packs, I discovered this beautiful 98-page copy of Shooting Times Magnums from 1981. As you can tell from the cover, it was destined to be good. But going to the Table of Contents revealed this little gem's true worth. Among others, there are 2 Skeeter articles and 4 Bradshaw articles! Jackpot!!   |
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Post by leftysixgun on Aug 12, 2021 18:55:56 GMT -5
Thats pretty cool!! And all for $2.95......lol
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Post by bullseye on Aug 12, 2021 19:21:45 GMT -5
Enjoy! Today's gun magazine offerings pale in comparison to what was available back then.
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Post by ezekiel38 on Aug 12, 2021 20:15:53 GMT -5
How fun is that!
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Post by contender on Aug 13, 2021 8:37:10 GMT -5
Gee,, I not only remember that magazine,, I think it's in my "stuff" around here. I may have to see if I can "dig up that treasure" !!!!!!!  |
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Post by blackmamba on Aug 13, 2021 13:13:44 GMT -5
Wow, super grab, looks like some great articles!
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Post by taffin on Aug 13, 2021 15:39:49 GMT -5
Today's gun magazine offerings pale in comparison to what was available back then.[/quote]
The problem is the market. 40 years ago the sixgun was King and the articles in this old annual which I purchased originally and still treasure covered the guns the market wanted. Today there are only three firearms available, at least according to the majority of the market. They are #1) 9 mm pistols; #2) ARs; #3) everything else. So with this in mind most of the magazine articles have to follow the market. I'm still given a lot of leeway and what I want to write about in AH and GUNS, and of course in my books there are no restrictions.
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Post by contender on Aug 13, 2021 19:43:26 GMT -5
" I'm still given a lot of leeway and what I want to write about in AH and GUNS, and of course in my books there are no restrictions." Thank God for that! |
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Post by dobegrant on Aug 13, 2021 20:09:31 GMT -5
Nice find, have a copy myself
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Post by bisleyfan41 on Aug 14, 2021 17:20:22 GMT -5
The cool part is that it only cost me $12 and thats with the other 5 or 6 magazines included with this one. And going through those 1970s issues and seeing the various ads of the time, really shows the contrast to today's "allowable" ads. The cigarette ads, liquor ads. There was even one with a mostly nude female model. Not that it bothered me a whole lot  , but I can imagine just how well those would be tolerated today. Only read a couple of the articles so far and those were really good. I can't remember the last time I picked up any magazine with this many articles and every single one of them appeals to me. Every one! |
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Post by parallaxbill on Aug 16, 2021 13:36:47 GMT -5
I was a steady subscriber to ST in those days and believe that I still have that special issue.
Great find!!
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Post by bluebird on Aug 16, 2021 16:09:43 GMT -5
I was a steady subscriber to ST in those days and believe that I still have that special issue. Great find!! I was also a subscriber back then, loved Shooting Times. |
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Post by taffin on Aug 16, 2021 18:58:27 GMT -5
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST COPIES OF "GUNS", "GUNS & AMMO", AND "SHOOTING TIMES"? I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I FOUND THE FIRST COPY OF "GUNS", JANUARY 1955. "G&A" STARTED AS A QUARTERLY IN 1958. "ST" WAS A NEWSPAPER FORMAT WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT. SKEETER MADE ST SPECIAL.JUST TALKED TO BART SKELTON AT LENGTH LAST WEEK. HE IS STILL IN DEMING. ANOTHER FAVORITE WRITER OF MINE BACK THEN WAS KENT BELLAH.
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Post by contender on Aug 16, 2021 20:41:25 GMT -5
I'm not old enough to remember the beginnings of those magazines,, but I sure enjoyed them when I found them. Skeeter was truly a favorite of mine! (Still is!)
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Post by kgb on Aug 17, 2021 9:36:25 GMT -5
Guns and G&A were dad's subscriptions, learned a lot through those magazines when I was growing up.
Does anybody know of a resource to search for past articles from those magazines? I'm looking for one where a guy restored a lower grade 16ga Parker, probably early-mid 1970s, and believe it was in one of those titles rather than the hook and bullet types.
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, but I can imagine just how well those would be tolerated today.
