stinkeypete
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Being a gun reviewer must be a tough job.
On one hand, your reputation is crucial. On the other hand, you have to make money and keep your sponsors happy.
Hickock 45. I like his reviews. He shows the gun in his hands, shows how they shoot at assorted plinking ranges, and shoots once or twice at an 80 yard gong. Basically the gun can hit the gong on the first shot or it doesn’t. Often disassembled and compared to other stuff, and I get Hickock’s opinion if he likes it or not. Malfunctions are shown. I like the presentations all being about the same, on the same range.
About the only negative is he’s a big tall man so his impressions about size might not match mine.
Jeff Quinn. Another great homespun reviewer. I suspect Jeff knows a lot about the firearms industry. His videos clearly have a much higher production value, great music. He’s another big guy, but I still get a lot of information seeing guns in his hands and being fired.
I like that he does ransom rest tests, too. Jeff Quinn always has something good to say about anything he reviews, yet I can still tell those he really likes a lot.
Negatives? I think if Jeff doesn’t like it, he simply doesn’t review it. That’s not really negative. I trust his opinions.
Jerry Miculek... I just watched his review of the Glock 42. The review starts out very funny, then I threw up my hands and started shouting at the video.
The gun is shooting left, and Jerry Miculek says he is probably holding the gun wrong or his trigger control is poor, or because he has a bandaid on. No. I don’t buy that for an instant, he’s a Jerry Fning Miculek and that gun needs it’s rear sight drifted. This is being too nice to the manufacturer. He’s able to compensate for the error and is being too “nice” about it.
Jerry shows he can shoot it real fast. I shout at the screen again. Jerry can probably shoot a Contender real fast. I bet he can run out to the parking lot, steal wheel weights, cast round balls and win a competition with a Ruger Old Army. Even discussing competition speed guns, “Jerry can shoot this thing really fast” is meaningless.
Jerry has a failure to feed. “I probably caused that or broke the gun somehow by being clumsy.” Once, maybe. Second time? No. Still he claims that it’s probably his fault. If anyone else said Jerry Miculek was causing failure to feeds, we would all shout at them. By the end, it’s become “there must be some engineering principle of design I don’t understand.” Jerry struggles to say “it’s got a failure to feed issue” in a way that’s so “nice” I can’t stand it.
Jerry chronographs various ammunition. Meh. Big deal. What comes up is some ammo really doesn’t like to feed at all. Lots of chrono testing.
I forget who does the “what’s for dinner” test where they make a pistol eat every type of factory ammo they can find. That’s useful! I wish I could recall who those guys are.
Jerry shoots at a 100 yard gong in high wind with a berm that lets him see where he is missing. After a couple shots, Jerry can hit the gong. I am not impressed. Jerry could do that with a rusted old copy of a pietta copy of a navy cap and ball revolver with the sights filed off.
Jerry shoots a .357 magnum snub nose. “HooEeee!” Twice. “That’s about all the fun like that I care to do..” Jerry Miculek thinks two shots is “enough fun”? Just say it. “Ow!” Of course .357 is more power, and what Jerry Miculek can handle has nothing to do with most people.
The guy is an amazing talent. Clearly a nice guy and super knowledgeable. What he can do with a pistol tells me very little and he’s not going to say anything bad no matter how many jams he’s got. I don’t trust him to ever say “Sorry, really sorry, but this thing is rubbish. At least this one is.”
Let’s face it, I would not go one-on-one at an idpa match against Jerry unless he had to use a Contender, and even then the results are not guaranteed.
Positives- the guy is amazing.
Negatives- I don’t trust him to tell the negatives straight out and what he can do or compensate for has little to do with my skill level and the type of shooting I do. If I Shot idpa I might feel differently.
I admit I sometimes like Demolition Ranch, about all I learn is “stuff got blowed up” but it’s fun to watch.
Thanks for letting me vent.
As another thought, it’s amazing to me how the Glock 42 and Shield 380 EZ seem to have gun reviewers in confusion. It’s too big to carry in your wallet and doesn’t pack a wallop for shooting at people, so what’s it good for?
I am a weirdo that likes to walk in the woods and sometimes shoot tin cans and pinecones. I like to shoot paper targets at the range. I’ve already satisfied my curiosity about “what’s the biggest handgun and rifle I can withstand the recoil from?” I still like shooting. I think .380 is a fine round as sort of being “the .22LR equivalent but centerfire.”
On one hand, your reputation is crucial. On the other hand, you have to make money and keep your sponsors happy.
Hickock 45. I like his reviews. He shows the gun in his hands, shows how they shoot at assorted plinking ranges, and shoots once or twice at an 80 yard gong. Basically the gun can hit the gong on the first shot or it doesn’t. Often disassembled and compared to other stuff, and I get Hickock’s opinion if he likes it or not. Malfunctions are shown. I like the presentations all being about the same, on the same range.
About the only negative is he’s a big tall man so his impressions about size might not match mine.
Jeff Quinn. Another great homespun reviewer. I suspect Jeff knows a lot about the firearms industry. His videos clearly have a much higher production value, great music. He’s another big guy, but I still get a lot of information seeing guns in his hands and being fired.
I like that he does ransom rest tests, too. Jeff Quinn always has something good to say about anything he reviews, yet I can still tell those he really likes a lot.
Negatives? I think if Jeff doesn’t like it, he simply doesn’t review it. That’s not really negative. I trust his opinions.
Jerry Miculek... I just watched his review of the Glock 42. The review starts out very funny, then I threw up my hands and started shouting at the video.
The gun is shooting left, and Jerry Miculek says he is probably holding the gun wrong or his trigger control is poor, or because he has a bandaid on. No. I don’t buy that for an instant, he’s a Jerry Fning Miculek and that gun needs it’s rear sight drifted. This is being too nice to the manufacturer. He’s able to compensate for the error and is being too “nice” about it.
Jerry shows he can shoot it real fast. I shout at the screen again. Jerry can probably shoot a Contender real fast. I bet he can run out to the parking lot, steal wheel weights, cast round balls and win a competition with a Ruger Old Army. Even discussing competition speed guns, “Jerry can shoot this thing really fast” is meaningless.
Jerry has a failure to feed. “I probably caused that or broke the gun somehow by being clumsy.” Once, maybe. Second time? No. Still he claims that it’s probably his fault. If anyone else said Jerry Miculek was causing failure to feeds, we would all shout at them. By the end, it’s become “there must be some engineering principle of design I don’t understand.” Jerry struggles to say “it’s got a failure to feed issue” in a way that’s so “nice” I can’t stand it.
Jerry chronographs various ammunition. Meh. Big deal. What comes up is some ammo really doesn’t like to feed at all. Lots of chrono testing.
I forget who does the “what’s for dinner” test where they make a pistol eat every type of factory ammo they can find. That’s useful! I wish I could recall who those guys are.
Jerry shoots at a 100 yard gong in high wind with a berm that lets him see where he is missing. After a couple shots, Jerry can hit the gong. I am not impressed. Jerry could do that with a rusted old copy of a pietta copy of a navy cap and ball revolver with the sights filed off.
Jerry shoots a .357 magnum snub nose. “HooEeee!” Twice. “That’s about all the fun like that I care to do..” Jerry Miculek thinks two shots is “enough fun”? Just say it. “Ow!” Of course .357 is more power, and what Jerry Miculek can handle has nothing to do with most people.
The guy is an amazing talent. Clearly a nice guy and super knowledgeable. What he can do with a pistol tells me very little and he’s not going to say anything bad no matter how many jams he’s got. I don’t trust him to ever say “Sorry, really sorry, but this thing is rubbish. At least this one is.”
Let’s face it, I would not go one-on-one at an idpa match against Jerry unless he had to use a Contender, and even then the results are not guaranteed.
Positives- the guy is amazing.
Negatives- I don’t trust him to tell the negatives straight out and what he can do or compensate for has little to do with my skill level and the type of shooting I do. If I Shot idpa I might feel differently.
I admit I sometimes like Demolition Ranch, about all I learn is “stuff got blowed up” but it’s fun to watch.
Thanks for letting me vent.
As another thought, it’s amazing to me how the Glock 42 and Shield 380 EZ seem to have gun reviewers in confusion. It’s too big to carry in your wallet and doesn’t pack a wallop for shooting at people, so what’s it good for?
I am a weirdo that likes to walk in the woods and sometimes shoot tin cans and pinecones. I like to shoot paper targets at the range. I’ve already satisfied my curiosity about “what’s the biggest handgun and rifle I can withstand the recoil from?” I still like shooting. I think .380 is a fine round as sort of being “the .22LR equivalent but centerfire.”
