| Editor | Jim Bequette |
|---|---|
| Staff writers | Craig Boddington, Jeff Cooper, Abe Walsh, Patrick Sweeney, Massad Ayoob |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | InterMedia Outdoors |
| First issue | 1958 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Los Angeles, California |
| Website | www.gunsandammo.com |
| ISSN | 0017-5684 |
| OCLC number | 59807780 |
Guns & Ammo is a magazine dedicated to firearms, hunting, competitive shooting, reloading, and other shooting-related activities in the United States.
The magazine primarily offers reviews on guns, ammunition, scopes, and shooting gear; as well as gunsmithing tips, historical articles, gun collecting, self-defense and alerts on gun rights. In addition to those departments, each issue contains a few featured articles and personality profiles of people in the firearms industry as well as press releases of new products. It has a readership of 5.8 million per month and is published on a monthly basis.[1]
History[]
Guns & Ammo was founded by Robert E. Petersen in 1958 and has featured writers such as Craig Boddington, Jeff Cooper, Abe Walsh, Patrick Sweeney and Massad Ayoob.[2] Former National Rifle Association of America president Charlton Heston authored a gun rights column for the magazine titled "From the Capitol" until 2007.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carter, Gregg Lee (2002). "Gun Magazines". Guns in American Society: A - L. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-57607-268-4.
- ↑ Hevesi, Dennis (27 March 2007). "Robert Petersen, Publisher of Auto Buff Magazines, Dies at 80". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/business/media/27petersen.html.
The original article can be found at Guns & Ammo and the edit history here.