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This guy annoys me, but I suppose that's beside the point. In this article he recommends that everyone change their sights on their handguns to adjustable sights. He also furthers the internet, gun writer BS about overzealous prosecutors and suggests using whatever ammo your local law enforcement uses ( which may be a good plan depending on where you live and what ammo your local PD issues) or better yet doing what he does, using FMJ. :rolleyes:


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I’d say he is misguided.

The dude might be a nice guy but I have 30 plus years of seeing the criminal justice system testifying and training and I’m not agreeing with what I have read. Along with my list there are too many wide ranging variables he throws out

1 while bullet weight can and does matter leave the extreme examples out. In 9mm or 38 cal range how many people truly run an 80 grain bullet. 115-147 is close enough on the accuracy for a Defensive situation

2 Adjustable sights having more moving parts will have an issue. unless you are a competitor adjustable sights are probably better off not in the gun especially one that is carried will get banged around holstering unholstering and use .

3 the ole “One hand slide manipulation” that is a BS sales pitch to sell sights. How many times outside an enemy at the gates Alamo type Military combat does that really happen?? it doesn’t and is Tactical Ninja talk more times than not. While I get the technique more time should be addressed in sight alignment grip and trigger press and I roll my eyes when folks even have to spend time on it especially when that’s not even the topic. just saying!

4 A Prosecutor doesn’t need beyond a reasonable doubt to charge you just to win a conviction. (Look at Rittenhouse) so that whole thing is hogwash. It doesn’t take “aftermarket parts” to have an overzealous Prosecutor. You can do everything legal and still get out through the grinder. A legal shoot is a legal shoot but there is still the Aftermath people don’t realize it’s not always like the movies where presumed good guy goes home.

Even with a bone stock Glock your shooting is investigated as a Homicide or attempted homicide the only thing a YouTube trigger job or aftermarket competition parts will do is make you shoot when your not legal to shoot that’s the issue. It’s been more of a detriment issue for the shooter when they dig up the shooters prior social media stuff than that aftermarket parts (but if they like those tacky enscripted back plates by all means they should do them I guess)
 
I would not want to be a “gun writer” and have to come up with new topics every month or so, since there are already so many articles available since the internet age dawned. Then again, a gun shooting 1.5 feet off at 7 yards seems ridiculous to me. Seems to me it was either originally a piece of junk or had been damaged somehow.
 
somorris said:
I would not want to be a “gun writer” and have to come up with new topics every month or so, since there are already so many articles available since the internet age dawned. Then again, a gun shooting 1.5 feet off at 7 yards seems ridiculous to me. Seems to me it was either originally a piece of junk or had been damaged somehow.
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For sure. It's like politicians. Most of the time there really isn't anything they NEED to do, so they dream up all these BS laws and debates to justify their existence. Back in the day before the internet I suppose gun writers were necessary to disseminate information through magazines and books. Now there really aren't many aspects of it that haven't been covered ad nauseum. At a minimum though you would think a guy who is supposed to be a professional shooter wouldn't write an article espousing things he clearly has little knowledge about. Carrying FMJ instead of defensive rounds ( i.e. hollow points) is dangerous for more than one reason. And adjustable sights on a carry gun ?

Sounds to me like this guy is a competitive shooter. He should stick to that topic.

If your gun is off 18" @ 7 yards you have way bigger issues than your sights.
 
Bassbob said:
For sure. It's like politicians. Most of the time there really isn't anything they NEED to do, so they dream up all these BS laws and debates to justify their existence. Back in the day before the internet I suppose gun writers were necessary to disseminate information through magazines and books. Now there really aren't many aspects of it that haven't been covered ad nauseum. At a minimum though you would think a guy who is supposed to be a professional shooter wouldn't write an article espousing things he clearly has little knowledge about. Carrying FMJ instead of defensive rounds ( i.e. hollow points) is dangerous for more than one reason. And adjustable sights on a carry gun ?

Sounds to me like this guy is a competitive shooter. He should stick to that topic.

If your gun is off 18" @ 7 yards you have way bigger issues than your sights.
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In a way I feel like some of these writers are part of the reason some of these companies come up with their BS they sell and “those guys” loose their s&$t over and just have to buy. I guess I’m that old guy now but I see it every day when I’m working on the range or teaching.

Not some of their fault as they are just getting into firearms but they read these articles (bad then about the internet it’s made Andy Warhol 15 minute comment way too relevant) and you spend a large portion let’s just say undoing bad information!

The other issue there is the Technical side (competition) and application side (defensive use)z as Competitive shooting is fine I did it it’s a blast. And they are some of the best Technical shooters as far as running a gun HOWEVER making a group 1:8” smaller or split times .18 doesn’t really make you assess a shot in a defensive shoot aka the application side
 
When you write about test guns, being critical probably means you will have less future work. If you do find an issue, you probably want to finesse it so it doesn't seem like it's the gun's (or ammo's) fault. It's like the home appraiser. If you do not return good values, you will not get business. Just saying.
If I was interested in best bullseye accuracy, I would look for ammo the gun likes and not necessarily an adjustable sight. I have two Ruger Blackhawks with adjustable sights, the rest are fixed. I haven't moved those sights in decades. Some of my guns are picky, most are not.
 
I only pay attention to a less-than handful of gun writers now-a-days.

It seems like the vast majority are just writing fluff pieces. A while back I talked with an industry insider and was told that the majority of "so-called" writers cater to the whims of the industry in order to gain favors of various types.

When you see articles that read like press releases, and are almost identical to others, you know something fishy is going on.

My .02
 
my buddy at the mom/pop gun store, gave me his July issue of "Shooting Times"

in it, a gun writer named, Joel J. Hutchcroft, reviews the Tisa brand, more specifically, the Tisas 1911 Carry B45BA.

personsonally he gives the Tisas a good review, and apologizes for not reviewing the Tisas brand long ago.

i have not read the article yet, got too jch to do today, but i will soon enough.

my buddy had said that this writer is pretty darned good....

i dunno, i don't read gun reviews.

in fact, the USCCA and S/A magazines that i do get.??

i toss them out, as they have more ads than substance.
 
The "old" Shooting Times magazine prior to the Guns & Ammo buy-out was a good magazine with legit write-ups.

After the buy-out ST went down hill.

Right now I only rely on two gun magazines for informative articles, and sometimes "The Firearms News", depending on the writer.
 
Annihilator said:
Only gun writers I ever admired are passed, Skeeter Skeleton, Col Jeff Cooper and the father of the .44 magnum, Elmer Keith…..
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Of the modern writers that I see writing articles in print and online these days i find four that tend to have, in my opinion, decent intelligently written, informative articles.

Massad Ayoob, Robert Campbell, and Scott Wagner and Grant Cunningham. I sm sure there are others I am not thinking about, these 4 come to mind.

There are some like Gary James and Mike ventorino that I like but are less active these days but quite good.
 
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Talyn said:
The "old" Shooting Times magazine prior to the Guns & Ammo buy-out was a good magazine with legit write-ups.

After the buy-out ST went down hill.

Right now I only rely on two gun magazines for informative articles, and sometimes "The Firearms News", depending on the writer.
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I still read Guns magazine and American Handgunner, but to, they have changed a lot in the past years......
 
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