As another old guy...
with enough health problems to limit the shooting and hunting that I once did, I can relate to several of the posts above. Since I can still sit at my computer and whale away at the keyboard I was disappointed when PS closed it's doors last fall. I had a job writing for them for 22 years; a job I enjoyed a lot.
With the demise of PS I found there was no magazine that was remotely appropriate for the stuff I write. Can anyone imagine a 3000 word article on neck turning in Outdoor Life? It also left me with no magazine reading material. As a member of the press I get free subscriptions to several gun magazines. I glance thru some of them when they come but rarely find anything of interest. I average about one article a year in Guns magazine that I am mildly interested in. Some of the magazines I just throw away without looking inside.
I met Vince Bottomley (Vinceb above) at Kelbley's around 2005 at the World Championship Benchrest Match and we hit it off. Recently I remembered enough of our conversations to Google "Target Shooter" his publication. I read an issue and thought, "This is more like it". It cost me a total of $2.65, payable with VISA or PayPal.
I contacted Vince and he was very interested in my writing for him. My first article for Target Shooter was published Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the October issue. It feels good to be writing again.
Like it or not, and a lot of us old guys don't, the future of magazines is digital. I'm sure that part of the reason PS went belly up is Brennan's absolute refusal to adapt to the electronic age. The man wouldn't even email. He used to call me up and ask if PS was getting any mention here on BRC.
Try getting and reading one issue. It will take you back to the better days of PS. The writers are shooters. The art work is excellent.
Like it or not, I'm going to have to buy me a Kindle or some such device. (I'm told by my expert that Google Chrome is the way to go.)
Like the man says, "Try it, you'll like it".
Dick Wright