George. Ichiro Nagata also does the photography for GUNS magazine. I agree. He is the best in the field. Looking at the quality, I would imagine he uses some kind of large format camera. I never was able to get that kind of sharpness from my equipment.(35MM and 2 1/4x2 1/4)
My favorite gun magazines are in this order top choice first, HANDLOADER and RIFLE, GUNTESTS, GUNS, SHOOTING TIMES, RIFLESHOOTER, AMERICAN HANDGUNNER, and last of all on the very bottom of the pile, GUNS AND AMMO. Since Robert Peterson sold out the outfit that bought it has screwed it up horribly. One of the writers who quit, and now writes for GUN WORLD, said they only want writers who look good in cowboy hats. It looks to me as if they are disposing of all the old writers, probably because they don't have to pay the newcomers as much. I do agree with one point. All they are now is salespersons for the various gun companies and related equipment. Why is it that they always get sub-MOA rifles, but the one I get couldn't his a bull in the butt if he was tied down? I have rifles that are sub-MOA, after I did a lot of tune-up work.
I have a friend who is an Alaskan big game guide, who had the doubtful pleasure of taking one of the big-shot writer out on a hunt. Caribou and moose it was. Tried a handgun first, a single shot type. Made a mess of that, and turned to the back-up rifle he was carrying, and messed things up even more. Finally, my friend had to finish the caribou off. The fiasco with the moose was not much better.
If I was that bad, and screwed up that much on any game animal, I'd sell my guns and never go out again.
It does go to show though, that the "egg-spurts" in the gun rags are not as truthful as we believed them to be.
I said nothing about the AMERICAN RIFLEMAN because I have noticed a slight change lately. They seem to be getting more "gunny" again. I'll reserve judgement for a bit and see what happens.
Paul B.