AirGun World memorabilia

[London177]

Hello everyone,
I've quite a few airgun magazines dating back to the early 1980's. Although the quality of printing was inferior to today's mag's the content was much much better. I can read good airgun reviews and quite often a review told you the truth about an airgun: It was not very good!
Where can you read a bad review of an airgun today? Hardly ever. My local gunshop is stuffed full of poor quality airguns. Publishers make money on advertising and not circulation. I bought a copy of the 2013 Airgun World 2013 Buyers Guide last week. A waste of time. It just re-prints the advertising blurb from the maker/distributor. No real info' at all. It because of this approach that I rarely buy airgun related mag's. The same goes for motorcycling. Journo's are more akin to salesmen than bringers of useful reviews and news.
Just my tuppence worth......
Alan

[DaveC]

I still got my first issue of Air Gun World, in fact it's right in front of me, I love looking back through the old ones.

I have the first 5 years of AGW, starting at the first ever issue, Issue 1 - Volume 1 - August 1977 - 35p

Its falling apart mind you, been read so many times now.

I even have some of the Air Gun World Annual from 1983


Oh, the memories.....