Whats happened to Ross Seifried ?
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Seyfried got fired form Wolfe publications...
He "doesn't play well with others" and in many of his columns he ended up disagreeing with other columnists and making everyone sad.,
Too bad, he had some great stuff t read. I have ZERO interest in owning some black powder elephant gun form 1826, but damn..I liked reading about it...
He can still be read in some publications, I believe "double gun journal" and maybe a few others...####ty, as he is well beyond "Guns and Ammo" or "Hunting" but perfect for handloader and Rifle...
He "doesn't play well with others" and in many of his columns he ended up disagreeing with other columnists and making everyone sad.,
Too bad, he had some great stuff t read. I have ZERO interest in owning some black powder elephant gun form 1826, but damn..I liked reading about it...
He can still be read in some publications, I believe "double gun journal" and maybe a few others...####ty, as he is well beyond "Guns and Ammo" or "Hunting" but perfect for handloader and Rifle...
Gatehouse said:Too bad, he had some great stuff t read. I have ZERO interest in owning some black powder elephant gun form 1826, but damn..I liked reading about it...
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I liked liked reading his stuff as well. A few things always stood out about his writing.
First off you never felt like he was a shill for the industry. you can't even buy most of the stuff he wrote about.
If he said something would work, it did.
His unbridled enthusiasm was contagious. I may never have a blackpowder elephant gun but I would slit throats to get a .577 NE double.......
CanAm said:
I htink most hunitng/shooting rags are pretty lame, especially the Petersons productions. Even the Wolfe publications can be hit and miss these days. But, I need somethign to read while I sit on the throne, so I keep buying Handloader.
Besides, some of the stuff in the WOlfe mags is very good.
I still remember laughing back around 1990, when Don Hinchley suggested one need only buy 18-24 months of any gun publication to have a lifetime supply.
He was right.
Recycled articles, and pimping for the advertizers is just the norm. Every once and a while, a new gun or issue comes up, but now we have the internet.. Bye-Bye print media.
He was right.
Recycled articles, and pimping for the advertizers is just the norm. Every once and a while, a new gun or issue comes up, but now we have the internet.. Bye-Bye print media.
The various gun magazines are billions of dollars marketing tools for "must have" gun related products, from trucks, camo clothing to bullets.
So it appears that if a gun writer, like Ross Seifried, "steps out of line" of the "needs" of the gun related marked place and marketing practices of variouis gun magazines, they are out ?
Not much freedom of the press here. Thanks for the internet
So it appears that if a gun writer, like Ross Seifried, "steps out of line" of the "needs" of the gun related marked place and marketing practices of variouis gun magazines, they are out ?
Not much freedom of the press here. Thanks for the internet
.NAA said:Answer is who cares....
Mike Venturino rocks!
Mike Venturino is interestign if you are interested in his stuff..Which is Old west stuff..Which he is an authority on.
Sefried was interestesd in everything from guns from 1700 era, to single action revolvers , to high speed modern cartridges and everthing in between,,
Seyfried and Barnsnes were the best ever writers for Wolfe. Venurino is good in his area, but he aint' no Ross...
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There was a very long discussion over on the 24hr. Campfire about R.S.
I liked hiss articles, but in person he was entirely different apparently.
This from many in the gun writing fraternity.
He stepped on some toes, but I am not sure of it was because he
"stepped out of line" as such, I think it may have been worse than that!
Sad really, because the guy was a very enjoyable read!
But apparently one of my childhood heroes, Warren Page, was not the upstanding gent either, according to some...
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I liked hiss articles, but in person he was entirely different apparently.
This from many in the gun writing fraternity.
He stepped on some toes, but I am not sure of it was because he
"stepped out of line" as such, I think it may have been worse than that!
Sad really, because the guy was a very enjoyable read!
But apparently one of my childhood heroes, Warren Page, was not the upstanding gent either, according to some...
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Page was one of my childhood heroes as well. I kept several letters I recieved from him in response to some lame questions I asked.
Of the newer breed of writers, I found Seyfried to be the most enjoyable to read, and found he had some very useful tips to pass along, one of my favorites being the "jaeger carry". For anyone not familiar with it - Hold the rifle vertical in your right hand, pass your left arm through the sling so the rifle is resting on the front of your left shoulder, now force the barrel behind your left arm. This carry is not terribly useful in the bush, but allows the rifle to be brought into action very quickly.
Of the newer breed of writers, I found Seyfried to be the most enjoyable to read, and found he had some very useful tips to pass along, one of my favorites being the "jaeger carry". For anyone not familiar with it - Hold the rifle vertical in your right hand, pass your left arm through the sling so the rifle is resting on the front of your left shoulder, now force the barrel behind your left arm. This carry is not terribly useful in the bush, but allows the rifle to be brought into action very quickly.
I liked a lot of his stuff...didn't "dumb" it down for the "Bubba'" crowd. I noticed his absence as well.
As for Shooting Times & G&A...I think after my latest two-year subscrition runs out I'm not going to renew it. Same articles, truck reviews & most of the "good" writers for both publications are gone. I miss Rick Jamison from Shooting Times, as well as Mike Venturino. I can still catch the latter in Handloader, but... It seems like most of the writers there now are simply going thought the motions of pimping themselves...articles are usually way too positive or problems/defects with a reviewed firearm are glossed over too speedily.
I still pick up a copy of Weapons for Law Enforcement & Military now and then, & SWAT when its available. I'm already a subscriber to Rifle & Handloader.
I've been thinking about subscribing to GUNS as my local magazine shop can't get it. I used to love that mag. Has the quality declined on this one too? The other is Gun World. I haven't seen that one on racks in ages.
Handguns used to be good, but now they're part of the G&A family, its just the same old articles again.
Rifle Shooter used to be a decent read, but then they cut back the number of issues per year and reduced content...again, getting recycled articles.
As for Shooting Times & G&A...I think after my latest two-year subscrition runs out I'm not going to renew it. Same articles, truck reviews & most of the "good" writers for both publications are gone. I miss Rick Jamison from Shooting Times, as well as Mike Venturino. I can still catch the latter in Handloader, but... It seems like most of the writers there now are simply going thought the motions of pimping themselves...articles are usually way too positive or problems/defects with a reviewed firearm are glossed over too speedily.
I still pick up a copy of Weapons for Law Enforcement & Military now and then, & SWAT when its available. I'm already a subscriber to Rifle & Handloader.
I've been thinking about subscribing to GUNS as my local magazine shop can't get it. I used to love that mag. Has the quality declined on this one too? The other is Gun World. I haven't seen that one on racks in ages.
Handguns used to be good, but now they're part of the G&A family, its just the same old articles again.
Rifle Shooter used to be a decent read, but then they cut back the number of issues per year and reduced content...again, getting recycled articles.
I learned how to shoot & draw handguns to the level I do due firstly to reading and re-reading RS articles, I also got into high performance 45 Colts due to RS.
RS wrote some of the best that I have ever read it is to bad that he isn't around much anymore but then again I don't buy gun mag's like I used too...
RS wrote some of the best that I have ever read it is to bad that he isn't around much anymore but then again I don't buy gun mag's like I used too...
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Ross did an article on the Cold Steel "outdoorsman"knife. I bought one still use it and its the best Hunting knife I own!!! JITC
i miss RS's writing as well and think that rifle and handloader are much poorer in his absence. who else writes about paradox's, cape guns, newton rifles, black powder military rifles, high performance 22's, 22 wmr, extreme handguns, etc? and he is that last guy i can remember doing a decent article on the 303 british.
venturino? i am mixed on him, i find him a good read when he is writing about things like BPCR, but i really think he drops the ball when writting about more "modern" firearms.
for years i used to buy the petersen titles, now i rarely do as they might! have one article that is interesting, when i stopped buying G&A, the only reason i had left was to read jeff copper. and since they package their milsurp articles periodically, i just buy that one.
venturino? i am mixed on him, i find him a good read when he is writing about things like BPCR, but i really think he drops the ball when writting about more "modern" firearms.
for years i used to buy the petersen titles, now i rarely do as they might! have one article that is interesting, when i stopped buying G&A, the only reason i had left was to read jeff copper. and since they package their milsurp articles periodically, i just buy that one.
I htink Venturino knows about as much as anyone on the topic of "cowboy" guns and has enough knowledge of military and modern guns to write a decent article. His writing style is nice to read as well....Problem is..He rarely writes anything that *personally* interests me.
