What's really funny is when a magazine runs an article that not only praises the merits of a "new" gun, but publishes accuracy data for a gun that does not exist yet. The modus operandi is typically getting a few pre-production photos of non-functional mock-ups or prototypes, fabricating a story and some "data," and then voila!
Before they became PC then went under I always liked American Survival Guide.
I currently am reading back issues of Backwoods Home and really enjoy Massad Ayoobs & the Claire Wolf Articles.
They seemed more down to Earth and budget minded.