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I have a choice of American Rifleman, American Hunter, American Freedom.
Which one did you choose and why?
Thanks.
I enjoy rifles, handguns, shotguns and everything hunting.
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I pay the extra $12 or $15 and get both Rifleman and Hunter.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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I moved over to American Rifleman a few years ago. I'd rather read about guns than the same article over & over on 'getting the big buck', or whatever.
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There has been significant improvements in both magazines in the last year. My SCI chapter meets at NRA Hdq. & last year the editor of the magazines met with us. The budget has been expanded & even several articles by Mule Deer have been included. I expect the magazines to continue to improve. Incidentally, NRA donates free subscriptions to our military in Iraq & Afghanistan & donates 100's of both magazines that we ship to our troops.
Life Members SCI & NRA. NRA Instructor & RSO. What have YOU done to support hunting & gun rights?
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I like 1st Freedom because I get other hunting magazines and they all seem to have stories all along the same lines and I can find out stuff on new or updated guns on the Internet.
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I have a choice of American Rifleman, American Hunter, American Freedom.
Which one did you choose and why?
Thanks.
I enjoy rifles, handguns, shotguns and everything hunting. You should ask for "Troll Boy Illustrated".
I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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What my brother and I did was swap.
He got Hunter and I, Rifleman. Then swapped every couple months.
Dan passed to the Great Hunting Grounds in 2003.
I miss him so much.
"wanna hear God laugh? Tell Him you have complete control now!"
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If you are a gun looney get the Rifleman. If you'd rather read about hunting, get the Hunter. Simple as that, or as one guy suggested, pay the extra money and get both.
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For the first 10 years, or so, of NRA membership, I got the Hunter mag. I switched to the Rifleman when I tired of essentially the same "how to get a 'monster' buck" over and over and over. Much the same reason I stopped subscribing to Outdoor Life, Field and Stream and other such mags. Now, I don't peruse the Rifleman as I used to, either. Maybe it's just me.
Someday I hope to be the person my dogs think I am . . .
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
Someone once said "a nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
Shiloh Sharps . . . there is no substitute.
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I pay the extra $12 or $15 and get both Rifleman and Hunter. Yep.
"For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand."
James Elroy Flecker
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About one thumb-through is all I get with AR. Frankly, I have zero interest in antique guns, the guns of the Wherethehellistan Army, the latest wondergizzie pistol or (God help us) the 734th "new" 1911 clone.
About the only feature I faithfully read is "The Armed Citizen."
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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I get the rifleman and my wife is also a member and gets the hunter.... so I read both...
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About one thumb-through is all I get with AR. Frankly, I have zero interest in antique guns, the guns of the Wherethehellistan Army, the latest wondergizzie pistol or (God help us) the 734th "new" 1911 clone.
About the only feature I faithfully read is "The Armed Citizen." Yep - that's a pretty good summary. I get AR, dad and brother get AH but the above is about what I really get from it (although I will still read about the 734th "new" 1911 clone  ).
Never give up on something you can't go a day without thinking about.
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I get the rifleman and my wife is also a member and gets the hunter.... so I read both... Same here, or maybe its the other way around?
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I switched back to the rifleman a few months ago. tired of the the Africa hunts, "old" Africa hunts and the guns with prices unreachable to the common man( or woman).
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I get AR but i read a friends AF. Same-same political articles, same armed citizen, which is my favorite part!
Then a bunch of articles about stuff I'm never gonna buy.
A government is the most dangerous threat to man�s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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For the first 10 years, or so, of NRA membership, I got the Hunter mag. I switched to the Rifleman when I tired of essentially the same "how to get a 'monster' buck" over and over and over. Much the same reason I stopped subscribing to Outdoor Life, Field and Stream and other such mags. Now, I don't peruse the Rifleman as I used to, either. Maybe it's just me. Pretty much how I feel, though I haven't switched from AH to AR. When I started out, I got myself a life membership, and the wife and kids 1yr memberships, so we got a couple copies of each.
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American Hunter. The Rifleman is great if you like reading about M1 carbines, 1911's and Garands over and over.
I switched to the Hunter and my FIL and I trade when we're done.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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Rifleman for me, I read hunter at work, they show up on the lunch tables, one of my friend's brings them in.
Something clever here.
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