roadkill Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 having had long subscriptions to some of the main shooting mags i have started to feel that they are going over the same ground each year and as the times are getting hard i have cancelled my subscriptions . With nothing to read now i accidentally came across a new shooting paper ( to me anyway ) and it was such an interesting read with a different format to the mags . Its called The countryman's weekly . What a refreshing change and a joy to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 How much, and is it a national mag? I've had to cancel my subs as well...shooting, cars x 2 and digital photography....soon gets to be a lot of dosh I will have a lookout for a copy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 How much, and is it a national mag? I've had to cancel my subs as well...shooting, cars x 2 and digital photography....soon gets to be a lot of dosh I will have a lookout for a copy ! its a weekly newspaper and comes at a steep price of 2quid a week but the content is second to none . for me it works out at 8 quid a month but i just cancelled 4 mags that were cosing me a tenner a month so im still in pocket and i now get a good read every week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan73 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Its a good read if you can find a copy - only large WHSmiths or the odd little village corner shop seems to stock it....I know what you mean about mags, my New Years resolution was to stop buying them - I was spending nearly 15 quid a month on them. TIP - As I've gone 'cold turkey' on them this month, I just wandered in to WHSmith the other day and read the articles I was interested in during my lunchbreak - I was quite surprised to see quite a lot of people doing the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 All "specialist" magazines, boating, flying, Land Rover, shooting, etc., are 50%+ adverts, the same boring adverts, every month. The articles repeat about every 30 months, there's only so much that can be written about any subject. You'll soon become tired with the editor's views and comments and the same old columnists saying essentially the same thing every month. I would imagine that they live by attracting "newbies" and holding them for as long as their patience holds by which time there'll be a new bunch with cash to spare to replace them. To my mind, the latest magazine to be worth reading is Clay Shooter which is a freebie and only to be found at limited locations. That is until it has run its inevitable 30 months............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berettaman Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Cancelled sporting shooter when my subscription ran out and went over to sporting gun before xmas but i only take them when they are offering a half price deal,after 12 months of the mag i wait to be offered half price again if it doesnt come through then its off to new and cheaper pastures,i think there is a messagein there for magazine producers,YOUR PRODUCTS COS TOO MUCH and i wont pay it as much as i love shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonevo Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 countrymans is **** used to be good but same old **** full of ads there are no decent shooting hunting mags anymore, the companies behind them just think of £££££££ before content appeal shooting times sporting gun gun mag countrymans weekly sporting shooter :o the field :( very disapointing content mostly for the snobs wanting to buy berretas/purdeys for £30.000 + would be nice for a proper down to earth fieldsports monthly mag to come out,including working dogs/ferreting /snaring trap making/ shooting now that would be a sucess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berettaman Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 countrymans is **** used to be good but same old **** full of ads there are no decent shooting hunting mags anymore, the companies behind them just think of £££££££ before content appeal shooting times sporting gun gun mag countrymans weekly sporting shooter :o the field :( very disapointing content mostly for the snobs wanting to buy berretas/purdeys for £30.000 + would be nice for a proper down to earth fieldsports monthly mag to come out,including working dogs/ferreting /snaring trap making/ shooting now that would be a sucess Unfortunately its not going to happen,the producers of these magazines realize that by recycling the same old rhetoric the new shooters that come around are suckered into what they think is new info for the sport,its only the older dyed in the wool type shooters like us who eventually learn to give them a body swerve.As long as we spend they wont change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosshair Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Been subscribing to Countrymans Weekly for more years than I can remember, formerly called Gamekeeper and Countryside I believe, and before that just "Gamekeeper". Again if I remember right the anti's torched the printers premises some years back. One of the first articles I read in the magazine was of a farmer seeing a fox jumping into his pigsty which contained a sow with a litter of newborn piglets, he grabbed his gun and went to the pigsty, quietly looking over the wall he witnessed the sow finishing off the remains of what was left of the fox. I find it a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Sporting Rifle is my favourite mag!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12borejimbo Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I was just about to say sporting rifle Bullet boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I was just about to say sporting rifle Bullet boy! I've bought all the Shooting mags in the past but I only buy one now and it's the best by a country mile IMO and that's Sporting Rifle!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrelsniffer Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Another one for sporting rifle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Sporting rifle has to be the best. so far, no repeated stories etc. Has anyone got the first edition that they don't want, or wish to sell? I have every edition bar this one. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Good write-up on Page 10 in Feb '11 issue entitled "The Price Is Right"-well done Steve on the good write-up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Good write-up on Page 10 in Feb '11 issue entitled "The Price Is Right"-well done Steve on the good write-up! Thanks Mark. Not good enough to win the bottle of whisky though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I used to read Countrymans Weekly years ago and it was excellent. I picked one up a couple of years back and couldnt believe what had happened to it. It was little more than adverts interspersed with a few very, very 'niche interest' articles that were not very well written. I have seen a few copies since, and whilst some seemed better than others, I wont be bothering with it any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Its a good read if you can find a copy - only large WHSmiths or the odd little village corner shop seems to stock it....I know what you mean about mags, my New Years resolution was to stop buying them - I was spending nearly 15 quid a month on them. TIP - As I've gone 'cold turkey' on them this month, I just wandered in to WHSmith the other day and read the articles I was interested in during my lunchbreak - I was quite surprised to see quite a lot of people doing the same. Oh, was it you I had to elbow out of the way to get to the top shelf mags? Edited January 23, 2011 by philr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I am surprised - no mention of SHOOTING GAZETTE. It is a monthly but to my mind it is the best and most interesting of all the shooting magazines. I also get Shooting Times but sometimes think it is a bit "thin" on content and struggles to find enough material to fill each weekly issue. I do enjoy John Humphreys though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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