There are numerous kinds of articles and good and bad in each variety. There are the opinion articles like which maker is best and which caliber is the best deer rifle caliber. It is hard to make these kinds of articles good reading without centerfolds.
There are the Puff articles which usually correspond with a large advertisement in that same magazine issue. The sentences are mainly made up of as many complimentary adjectives as possible. These also include photo ops of fancy lodges in pretty places.
Then there are the "Me & Joe Went Hunting" articles which are also eminently skipable.
We have the research articles which can be extremely interesting for folks like me who like those sorts of things. The various Sherman Bell articles come to mind. Also the article on Lindners comes to mind.
Then we have the question and answer sections usually written by someone who thinks they have good general knowledge. These are usually very forgetable.
We also have the columns by "gun experts" who usually show how much they do NOT know. I remember one by a decent writer who is only a hack gunmaker. He was explaining how to make gun screwdrivers only to get it EXACTLY wrong becoming ever more a famous joke amongst his fellow gun makers. On the other hand we have a collaboration between MM and that ex-Brit up in Maine (forget his name at the moment)
). It is a treat to read anything they put down on paper.
We have the pure photo ops of either famous guns, fancy grades, unusual guns, or fancy custom guns that can be fun or even helpful research to compare similar guns which may or may not be upgrades.
We also have the adventure articles which may be Peter Hathaway Capstick qualty or the Bear that Et ma Foot quality.
There are also pure historical articles on people or guns.
I am probably forgetting some kinds, but these cover most of them. We only have one magazine which is consistently good, DGJ. That is not a lot, but we are lucky to have it.
