Originally Posted By: Astro14
I don't doubt it...I've yet to read a negative review...
So, either they don't print negative reviews, or all the guns they test are pretty good.
My recent experience with new guns is that they're all pretty good...but either way, I have to relegate gun reviews to the category of "entertainment"...
It's the same problem with all of these enthusiast type magazines. They can't afford to, "bite the hand that feeds them". Magazines like Motor Trend take advertising dollars from car companies. They don't want to jeopardize those dollars by saying something negative about a car they're testing. That is made by the same people who spend big bucks on full page ads in their magazine.
It's much the same with the gun manufacturers like Remington, Winchester, and Glock advertising in Guns & Ammo, Shooting Times, and the like. If they praise the gun they are testing, they might be rewarded with more advertising. It really is a form of legal bribery. There was a publication out called "Gun Tests". That were supposed to be unbiased, because they refused to accept advertising from gun manufacturers. I was getting it for a while. But I don't know if they're around any more. But in the end it's like you said. Entertainment, and not much else.