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should you correct gun mags?

marinebadgermarinebadger Member Posts: 115 ✭✭
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
Before I get lost in all the other banter to partake of....do any of you notice misinformation about guns in magazines and feel it necessary to write and tell them about it? I sometimes feel like I shouldn't just because it is their job, not mine. What got me started was an article that said Glock invented the polymer frame pistol. I figured it was my duty to set them straight. What do you fellow gun nuts think?

"a Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean amother"
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  • TazmuttTazmutt Member Posts: 862 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Absolutely - and if they are worth beans they will mention it in the next issue. I see it quite often in the American Rifleman. Ive seen a few over the years that I thought I should bring to their attention but never seem to find the time.
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  • marinebadgermarinebadger Member Posts: 115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Taz!
    I just got thru readin the Aglore hullaballoo and started to feel like this might be kind of snitch-ish. But I think it is just that I want to avoid arguments before they get started, in this instance on who first made the polymer pistol. I also love Tales of the Gun, but find several times when they leave out info to make the featured gun/gunmaker look better. (in Colt episode, no mention of S&W or Rollin White's bored thru cylander and metallic cartridge--just touted the greatness of the SAA)

    ****Dude! I just got my first star!
    "a Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean amother"

    Edited by - marinebadger on 08/10/2002 04:15:07
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  • TazmuttTazmutt Member Posts: 862 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    M-B - Kinda like selective memory, aint it ? People write what they want you to believe and what they think is gospel. I also like to bring to peoples attention when I see an add for a sporting good type thing being improperly used. Latest - in Sportsmans Guide they shoe a guy using a shooting rest with the barrel resting on the front rest rather than the stock. Gonna get some AWESOME groups like that ! I emailed them and told them they should pay better attention to the details

    ps - Kudos to your first star. May you recieve many more

    Edited by - Tazmutt on 08/10/2002 05:40:58
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  • ndbillyndbilly Member Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Absolute pet peeve. I won't continue reading a book or magazine article if I find a glaring error about firearms. It makes the the rest of the writing suspect. If the author couldn't take the time or make the effort to get a particular reference correct...
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  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greetings, marinebagd'r it ain't snichin' if you tell them. it just improves their scholarship. i know h & k had a polimer out a decade be for glock, the p9s in 9mm and 45cal. it had some other inovations also like dao and a unrifled twist barrel, very accurate, but only a single stacker. still i don't know if that was the first polimer frame. respt submitted dads-freehold
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yeah, I'd tell them if it bothered me enough to make the effort to write in. Sometimes I figure an error's an error and let it go. But I read corrections in AMERICAN HANDGUNNER's letter column just last night, so people do -- this was something about knives.

    These gun magazines can be laid out months in advance so you often have to wait a while to see your response even if they decide to print it; I think things work a little faster now in the age of e-mail, but they plan their magazines months ahead, except for the most obvious "news out of Washington" type columns.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would correct them, but remember there only human and prone to mistakes.I think Glock was the first big Success with Polymer Pistols.Who did first Introduce the Polymer Pistol?


    Thanks in Advance!!

    Rugster
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  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just like here, there are gun people who have been mislead or misinformed and relay the information. It is important to correct the record so as not to perpetuate the mistakes.

    I believe the first polymer frame pistol to be successfully (?) marketed was the Heckler-Koch VP70Z, which came out in 1970. While they are ungainly and ugly, they are fun to use to irritate Glock owners on the polymer frame issue. At the time, the 18-round magazine capacity was also a sensation.
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