Jimbo57 Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Picking up on the closed thread about the advantages of BASC over the amateur organisations like SACS, I have just cancelled my DD for Shooting Times. One of the points that was missed on the previous thread was that for half the cost of a subscription to Shooting Times, you can get a full year's subscription to BASC and, in addition to all the insurance, firearms representation, etc. that you get from BASC, you also get a magazine that is 100 times better than the Shooting Tomes or any of the other comics you see in WH Smith. You don't get that with any of the other orgs. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becassier Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Jim SACS - amateur orginasion is that your opinion. Many here may take exception to that term. Have you any legal standing for making such a statement or is it purely your personal opinion? Of course they say that opinions are like haemorrhoids! Becassier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babka3487 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Thats a good point jimbo, and relevant as more and more people seem to be complaining about the price of basc. I have to say I think the basc magasine has been much improved in the last year or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I would agree that the BASC magazine has improved recently, but personally would quite put it in the same league as Shooting Times. However, on a similar note, I have decided to cancel my direct debit for Sporting Shooter. I was significantly unimpressed with the latest edition, and decided that's it! webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cushat Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I flick through the BASC magazine when it arrives but don't find it particularly impressive and certainly not up there with Shooting Times. If there was an option of a reduced BASC membership rate without the magazine then I'd definitley take it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I flick through the BASC magazine when it arrives but don't find it particularly impressive and certainly not up there with Shooting Times. If there was an option of a reduced BASC membership rate without the magazine then I'd definitley take it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm a subscriber to ST, Sporting Shooter, The Field and Sporting Rifle. I am also a BASC, CLA, NFU and CA member. For topical, accurate and well-written entertainment and news, ST leads by a country mile. The BASC mag is dull, in my opinion. I read it thoroughly, and on occasion (like the article on trespass in the current issue) it is damned useful. However a lot of the content is out of date by the time it lands on my doorstep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 i flick tho it but i find shooting times alot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Fox Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) I flick through the BASC magazine when it arrives but don't find it particularly impressive and certainly not up there with Shooting Times. If there was an option of a reduced BASC membership rate without the magazine then I'd definitley take it!! agree with that! Edited November 7, 2008 by Hot-Shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm a subscriber to ST, Sporting Shooter, The Field and Sporting Rifle. I am also a BASC, CLA, NFU and CA member. For topical, accurate and well-written entertainment and news, ST leads by a country mile. The BASC mag is dull, in my opinion. I read it thoroughly, and on occasion (like the article on trespass in the current issue) it is damned useful. However a lot of the content is out of date by the time it lands on my doorstep. I agree the BASC mag is dull, it lacks useful articles of interest to us ordinary shooters and has too many highbrow ads, the quarterly Custodian mag from BASC is a competely different take on shooting and game management, its aimed at Keepers but imo the BASC should be including this with normal membership as part of the main mag. D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 don't worry it'll improve once the dedicated media centre is built. Lets not forget that BASC aren't magazine writers but experts in representing the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 i too had a dd for sporting gun when it ran out no one contacted me so i did not renew in part as i also get the basc mag normally a cracking read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 iv not bought shooting times for years now, find it rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drut Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 "The BASC mag is dull, in my opinion. I read it thoroughly, and on occasion (like the article on trespass in the current issue) it is damned useful. However a lot of the content is out of date by the time it lands on my doorstep." Well said ! I also found the article on trespass usefull, but a lot of content just reminds me of my place (poverty stricken peasant) in life I must admit some of the photography is outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJUK Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 http://www.magazinesubscriptionsipc.com/ip...=YSS&pc=ISS £81.90 for 12 mags *choke*. Ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 http://www.magazinesubscriptionsipc.com/ip...=YSS&pc=ISS £81.90 for 12 mags *choke*. Ouch. £81.90 for 52, its a weekly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkfooty Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Worth mentioning that, in addition to "Shooting & Conservation" (big, glossy magazine every two months - current issue has 106 pages) BASC also has its "Wildfowling" magazine that goes free to all wildfowling members and "Custodian" that goes free to all gamekeeper members. It is probably not fair to judge commercial magazines like Shooting Times, Sporting Shooter, Sporting Gun, etc by the standards of Shooting & Conservation but there are two things I like about S&C - the first thing is that the ratio of advertising pages to news and article pages is lower than with the commercial ones; the second is that S&C carries a lot more about "ordinary" shooters' sport like pigeon shooting, wildfowling, roughshooting, vermin control, etc rather than the "posh" kinds of shooting covered by, for example, Shooting Times. As for the suggestion that some members might like a cheaper subscription without the magazine, I'm afraid all you would save is the postage costs as the production costs are fully covered by the advertising income. Like others who have contributed to the thread, I agree that the quality of S&C has improved greatly over the past couple of years. (although there is one monumental cock-up in the current issue which, hopefully, not too many readers will notice!! Don't ask! No-one ever suggested that BASC was perfect - just better than most. :unsure: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter De La Mare Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 The cover of the current issue is stunning. I read it, but admit that much of the content is totally relevant and completely alien to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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