Is there any gun Jeff Quinn (GunBlast) DOESN'T like?

That's a fair explanation, donato. I can see where you're coming from. It sounds like we don't disagree about the approach, so much as in we differ in terms of how much value we find in that particular reviewer's contribution to the pool.

For what it's worth, I don't view thetruthaboutguns reviews as gospel, or weigh their value above any other reviewer's comments. I prefer to find as many "warts and all" reviewers as I can, and check for common themes. thetruthaboutguns is just one of many sources that I check out.
 
I enjoy his channel.

Obviously, he is not going to keep getting T&E weapons if he trashes them.

Just like the gun magazines.

Hickok45 is better when it comes to shooting it straight, so to speak.

For instance, he had a really bad experience with the S&W M&P handgun, cracked frame, etc. and he reported it as it happened.

Oh, yes, by the way, if any gun maker wants to start sending me guns for testing for my YouTube channel, I promise to only say wonderful things about them, you know, like every gun magazine out there.

When is the last time you've EVER read a negative review in a gun magazine??

NEVER..yes, that's the right answer.
 
Gunblast is my favorite gun related channel, but he did steer me wrong on the PK380. He didn't mention that the slide is made of zinc, that the recoil spring is the hardest thing in the world to get back in or that it's made by an airsoft company and the quality is junk.
 
It's the P22 that uses the "pot metal" slide, but that often gets attributed to the PK380 as well, possibly because the PK380 and P22 look so much alike.
 
Okay, he only publishes reviews of the guns he likes or halfway likes. That's fine with me. His review - or non-review - is only one of many out there.

I think some people need to learn to read between the lines.

John
 
I am quite sure that he would not waste his time and his readers time reviewing a known POS. I would also assume that if a well known company that advertises on the show sent a product to him for review it would have gone thru some serious QC and testing before being sent to him.
 
I too, like Jeff's reviews, always helpful with great pictures and data. Good site to check before buying a new handgun.
og
 
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

I take a lot of his reports with a grain of salt, but not in a bad way.

I do like his un bias (seemingly) report's on a specific gun.

Sometimes his reports bore me, but maybe I have A.D. D., I think a lot of gun or gun related companies send him there examples on there dime for testing.

I think if he went on and started calling guns a piece of crap, he just might be stigmatizing himself out of business.

I think if a gun he reports on has a problem, he talks in a round about way about it. Honest or not, I don't think he lies (wink wink).

Jeff Quinn, keep up the good work.
 
"I would also assume that if a well known company that advertises on the show sent a product to him for review it would have gone thru some serious QC and testing before being sent to him."

You'd think so, but in my experience from my time with American Rifleman, that's never a given.

We got several firearms, both new products and established, from major manufacturers that had SERIOUS problems.

One, the Colt AA2000, the gun designed to "save" Colt, was perhaps the single most flawed test piece ever created.

The first one we received was so inaccurate that we literally couldn't measure the groups. Our target holder/backstop/bullet trap had a roughly 4x4 foot opening, and some of the shots at 25 yards were missing that and impacting the back and side walls and floor.

Subsequent iterations sent to us weren't much better.

My personal theory is that AMT had NO quality control processes. They sent us a 10mm Magnum Automag that would disassemble itself on every shot.

And one manufacturer, can't remember which one, sent us a shotgun where every time the trigger was pulled the action jammed because the locking bolt was badly out of spec.
 
Jeff and Boge are both good honest stand up guys who do not 'get special guns', or 'gloss over' anything. They do reports on the guns they like, or think others will like, that work and perform at least adequately. Crap guns get no air time. It is that simple.
 
I trust Jeff Quinn 200%, I like his review and he is a good guy, it's so easy to bash others work...
 
So what? I've never shot one I didn't like either. That doesn't mean I want to keep every one I've shot, or that I didn't like something else better, but I've liked them all.
 
Ky,
We've gone all over why junkers & clunkers are not written up in numerous past threads.
Space is too valuable & editors/publishers won't waste it on something not worth writing about.
Denis
 
Gun Writers and Magazines

I don't trust any off 'em anymore. Jeff Quinn wrote on the Kimber Crimson Carry ( which I bought and love). But he stated "real wood" laser grips. Mine came with plastic...I called Crimson Trace. At that time they were not marketing "real wood" (now they are, at a premium). Either Kimber played a "switcher-roo" with Jeff's gun or he can't tell plastic from real wood.
Then, Richard Mann writes a 4 page spread about Lightning Strike Technology's "Gaboon". I ordered one and waited a year, with nothing but BS procrastination. After I got firm with them, they offered a refund/cancellation. Now I'm waiting for my money. I have not seen ONE REPORT other than Richard Mann's testimony on actually shooting the "Gaboon". I would love to hear from the "hundreds of Gaboon owners out there" if the damn thing actually works...if it even exists. I'm thinking it might be a scam and Richard Mann, gunwriter, either is party to it (since the owner of LST - Gaboon is his "god son) or he was duped as well as those of us that invested in this thing. I'm out $1000 and my complaint is registered with the Attorney General.
In any event, I think these forums are the BEST source. You're dealing with REAL PEOPLE here with no bias. There is strength in numbers. If 90 out of 100 owners like something, chances are it's a good product. I cancelled my subscription to HandGunner mag and will relie solely on forums, Thank you very much.
 
Yeah, you're dealing with real people here.... :rolleyes:
You have no idea who you're dealing with on the Internet & have to apply the same standards here as you do with the gunmags- you critically review info, and judiciously use it. You can't just assume some anonymous poster has good info without establishing a good pattern for reliability over the long run & noting whether he really seems to know what he's talking about, and you should approach the gunmags the same way.
At least the gunwriters put up their real names & faces and stand behind what they write publicly.

What you see here can be posted by a 17-year-old kid regurgitating what he's heard from some 17-year-old buddy who got it from his mis-informed Unca Joe after 9 beers around the campfire.
It can also be posted by some very knowledgeable & competent people who know exactly what they're talking about.
The assumption that the gun forum is automatically either more cast-iron reliable than a gunwriter, or that you get anywhere near as complete a picture of a given gun, is delusional.
There are competent & reliable gunwriters, there are competent & reliable forum posters.
You can find erroneous info in both, and I've seen infinitely more of the latter on the various forums than I have in print.

Also, it's quite possible for a writer to get a sample from a startup company for review that doesn't actually make it to the market. It doesn't mean there was a scam by the writer going on.
That was one problem I had with the old American Western Arms people.

Also quite possible for a writer to get an early version of a gun that has one or two different features from the production version that finally ships to your gunshop. Doesn't mean an inability on the part of the writer to "tell plastic from real wood".

Denis
 
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