No doubt that the quality of the articles has been on a steady decline over the years. IMO the biggest waste of pages are the Light Gunsmithing articles, they are just informative enough to get a beginner in trouble by "bubba-ing" a rifle.
I really enjoy the Weiland articles though, his writing is similar to Seyfried - he can get me interested in rifles and calibers that I would not normally have an interest in.
drover