No, but I used to put more stock in them. I recently liked the look of the Remington R1 Enhanced. I read as many reviews as I could and they all raved about the quality and reliability not to mention the features. The magazines even mentioned buying from a generations old company was smart since they would have experience and good customer service. I wanted a 9mm so I bought one. It was nothing but trouble. It wouldn't cycle and had a failure rate of 30-60%. All kinds of jams. After the first range day I disassembled and inspected it. When I removed the slide the ejector feel out. I called Remington and they sent me a new one with a new pin. I installed it. The second range day was no different than the first. I went home and checked the extractor and it wouldn't even come close to holding an empty case. It was actually a 45 extractor. I called Remington and they sent another one. When it arrived it looked exactly like the first one and yep it also was a 45 extractor. I called Remington back up and they admitted that they had missed up the 45 and 9mm extractors and couldn't tell the difference. You would think they could or at least order new ones of each and discard the old one. Well I finally got them to let me send it in. That's when I found out that Remington can't repair their 1911s in house, they send them to a third party contract repair facility. You would think with all that reviewing going on someone would have pieced together some of this information especially considering the problems Remington wad with the 700 rifles, Marlin lever guns and the R51.
Sorry for the rant but after the issues I and others have had you would hope there would be at least ne review that actually gave an unbiased (paid for) review.
The good news is I bought a Springfield range Officer and it has run perfectly right out of the box as any 1911 should. it has over 2500 rounds through it without a hick-up. its the gun the Remington should have been but wasn't.
I do read magazine reviews but mostly for the specifications only.