


May 27, 2010
How to Shoot a Magazine for Fun and (Maybe) Profit
By Philip Bourjaily

We want you to take the July issue of Field & Stream out and shoot it. Well, not the whole magazine, but the target on page 49. It’s part of the special Gun Nut issue, in which DEP and I put this blog on the pages of the Field & Stream. In the section you’ll find shooting advice, lots of guns, Gun Nut rules to live by and such vital minutiae as my five favorite gun scenes in the movies and Dave’s nominations for the Three Meanest Gunwriters Ever. The issue hits newsstands on June 22nd.
Back to the target. We want you to shoot it. Really. With any gun, at any range. One shot or many – doesn’t matter – then shoot it again, this time with a camera. You can be in the picture, too. Whoever takes the photo our editors like best wins a Smith & Wesson M&P MOE in 5.56mm. And by “wins” I mean, we give it to you (via a registered FFL dealer) and you get to keep it. You can enter the contest here once your issue arrives.
I have shot a bunch of phone books (you test penetration by seeing how far in the alphabet the pellets reach) but I don’t recall ever shooting a magazine so you are on your own in your choice of guns and ammunition. My only advice is be safe, be creative, have fun, and send us your pictures.
There’s nothing in the rules that says you can’t send in pictures of more than one target. That will require buying more magazines which, of course, is all part of our insidiously brilliant plan. Magazines are supposed to be dying out, killed by the Internet as delivered on home computers, laptops, phones and iPads. Maybe someday, but for now, we are proud to say we have created an app for a magazine that can’t be replicated on a screen. Well, I guess you can shoot your laptop if you want to, but we won’t let you win a gun for doing it.
Comments (41)
Brilliant. Deviously brilliant.
dang! cant enter :(
Will do!
Sweet!!! I just purchased a new gun and camera just this week. Oh baby... watch out!
OMG OMG OMG where's my July issue! Do I get extra points if I'm wearing my Mossy Oak bikini??
hmmm sounds fun i just showed my grandpa and he said TRY IT!!
If squirrelgirl wears a bikini I'm wearing a speedo. Just kidding I wouldn't put anybody through that. Go for it girl!
This one I will have to try. Looking forward to creative entries, but squirrelgirl's sounds like the best so far.
Well, it's a Smith & Wesson. Should be top notch quality all throughout.
A Smith & Wesson M&P with what I believe to be Magpul furniture - buttstock, grip and forend, plus rear sight and magazine.
well, that is cool. i will do my best. it is about the only way i will get an ar-15. besides shooting it, i will leave it posted so others can see it as well.
Another fantastic idea to do more shooting.
I have a wonderful, (or Horrible depending on your view) of a young gun and his or her iPad with the digital version of FS and a small hole through the screen. Sure to be a winner of the photo contest!!!
Only one problem, Dan: due to Apple's shocking lack of interest in making their products indestructible, putting a bullet through the screen of an iPad would effectively kill the device, eliminating the image. I doubt even a Toughbook could withstand that, but you might be to capture the image if you had a skilled photographer take it in slo-mo...
*might be able to
I know dukkillr, but stopping bringing reality into my vision! :) Obviously this young gun would be able to photoshop a pic onto the screen bullet hole and all. Heck this could bring a whole new angle to it. I bet we would even see a bullet type/caliber debate on what was the best round to use to shoot an iPad.
OBOY OBOY OBOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oboy-oboy-oboy- squirrelgirl !!!!!!!
Hmmm ,.may shoot the target
But sho nuff,.. this aughta be a hoot waching ,. from a distance.
Did not know we had a squirrelgirl ( ? )
But GOOD !! to hear,. more of the feminie contingent is aware and even better,. they decide to participate.
The most feminine women I ever knew ( and I have known a few :) were women who genuienly liked to fish or hunt.
However,. in order to keep the playing field level,. camo tops, thongs,.. and speedo's should ( in my humble opinion ) very likley be prohibited or at least ridgedly restricted..
This promarily due to the fact that
some people have a very strange (and distorted) body immage.( IE:HOW THEY LOOK TO OTHERS )
Thusly,. as I woud prefer not to be soured on all women for ever.
due to the unintentional witnessing of a vison which would turn mere mortals into pillars of salt.
If gazed upon with out the filter we presently use in this reagrd . IE: Clothing: )
Please ,.to those in charge, set some parameters.
Case in point having attended recently (and never again ) what was called a "pool party " .
The guy who owns the pool is 67,and his girlfriend being 39,. so you get that picture.
She,. the girlfriend is in shape eough,that the two piece swimming / sunning attire,. she was wearing was flattering to her figure .
However shortly after her appearance/ entrance.
From somwewhere in the recesess of the cave / house rumbled forth.
What can only described as the dance of the
"hefa-lumps" .
Or better put the bouceing flapping Jiggeling stampede of women who should under absolutly no circumstances expose that amount of skin.
(Lord,. help my mind to recover: )
Obvioulsy fueled by a few high octain party refreshments,. seeking thusly.
The attntion of the sun ,. the pool boy and any other ( male bi-pedal carbon based unit) in the immdiate vacinity,.. me included.
Gotta say that just plane scared me YUK YUK ,.
and had I not had a couple belts,.. prior to witnessing this vissage of loose turgid flesh ,.
I may WELL BE,. at this momente a 6' 2" 230 lb pillar of salt still standing by the bar at the pool,.
Jaaaysus,. what a sight.
Accordingly in order to insure the continued mental physical, and emotional health of those.
Who may accedentally gaze upon a body type which damages them for life, possibly even casusing gender reversal ,. upsetting home hearth and economic well being.
Lets be concerened and considerate of the idea that some of us may actaully be turned to pillars of salt if we look . YUK YUK
"Guys just want a cold beer and to see something naked" ... Jeff Foxworthy
But when confronted at the senior home: "No! Not that!!!"
My retired neighbor who spends the winter in Arizona likes to tell you that sitting around the pool in Sun City ain't all it's cracked up to be.
LOL
Wow the turn some things can take huh?
yohan, been there, done that, and am trying to forget it.
I love my wife dearly, but there is a reason we only get naked in a dark room, 50 yr old bodies are not something to be looked upon in most cases. Definitely not in ours!
And to Squirrelgirl, welcome to the Gun Nut Bunch!
Nice to see another lady join the group. Where were all you gun loving gals when I was single???
Amazing how the phrase "Mossy Oak bikini" caught everyone's attention. I think this will turn out to be a photo contest more than a shooting contest. I've got some creative ideas for the location of the target.
This might be interesting...
Del don't you even think about!
I will wait patiently for Squirrekgirl's Mossy Oak Bikini.
8^0
Sly devils! What an extraordinary way to sell targets...er, magazines. I'm in!
count me i want to break out the mauserfor this one permitting my grampas likes if not i gota trick up my sleeve
yo, what did any of your purely imaginary useless verbiage have to do with shooting at the magazine targets? And what, if anything, do you do besides use up air that could be better utilized by a cockroach, and post stupid, overlong fantasies?
Cool, one more excuse to go shooting. Those will be some expensive targets, I wish there was 1st 2nd and 3rd prizes though,(hmmm do I shoot it to bits with the 22 or do I blast it with the 50cal... decisions, decisions...
squirrelgirl: I think you just might win!
I hope I win cause I ain't gona git an AR15 any other way
Geeze Louise, now we have guns, targets, bikinis, high octane party refreshments and Koldkut's creative ideas all in one place...we're gonna need a bigger blog! And please, no user photos of Del in KS.
Countitandone
Made me laugh out loud,.
,. parafrazing,. Guns, targets, high octaine refreshments, bikini's and "Sir Koldkuts" clandestine creative ideas.
Sounds like A PLACE in northern Wisconsin
We drove by it ,on the way to Canada .
Assuming it to be a bar, general store, and sporting goods afair,. it had a gas pump too.
On a big sign outside the establshment
it read.
GUNS AMMUNITION LIQUOR & BAIT. (YUK YUK )
I wanted to stop and go in there ,. but the guy driving
wasnt too keen on the idea ; )
Yup quite the combination,. possibly explosive : )
Still ,. think Im gonna have to wear the aliminium foil cone head hat, and the glasses.
The ones with the red and green lenses ,.that keep the aliens away. !!
When I look at pictures from this most notable proposed event.
Oh,. and by the way ,. some of the women at that "Pool Party'' were pretty young ,..
Unfortunatly ,.they had straped on the feed bag at one point and just never took it off.
Maybe winter weight ? , that swaray being last week
There was a heat wave in upper midwest 90+
But damn,. polar bears dont winter that well.
The immages which cuased the searing pain to my eyes and psyche are still floating around in my head.
Still in fairenss however ,. there were a few ( one early 50s) ,.in very good shape,. that made the entire affair less traumatic,. : )
Zermoid,.. with all possible respect and defrence to your lovely wife ,. that you are playing with her,.
and not one of your rifles,. is testemant enough to her beauty,. both inside and out.
Congrats !!
Until I need Depends, there will always be a need for Field & Stream magazine.
Del, I dare you to go with the speedo, SG go with the bikini.
dear lord... and thus shall we have the war of opposites.... Squirrelgirl vs Del, tho I believe she will win, Del's new .22-250 Shaw makes it very difficult for him to lose the shooting side LOL
What if you are under 18???
I'm not one to ever need much of an excuse to do some shooting...consider my magazine center massed upon arrival....
dear lord... and thus shall we have the war of opposites.... Squirrelgirl vs Del, tho I believe she will win, Del's new .22-250 Shaw makes it very difficult for him to lose the shooting side LOL
This is a great site.
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OMG OMG OMG where's my July issue! Do I get extra points if I'm wearing my Mossy Oak bikini??
If squirrelgirl wears a bikini I'm wearing a speedo. Just kidding I wouldn't put anybody through that. Go for it girl!
I have a wonderful, (or Horrible depending on your view) of a young gun and his or her iPad with the digital version of FS and a small hole through the screen. Sure to be a winner of the photo contest!!!
Brilliant. Deviously brilliant.
This one I will have to try. Looking forward to creative entries, but squirrelgirl's sounds like the best so far.
*might be able to
I know dukkillr, but stopping bringing reality into my vision! :) Obviously this young gun would be able to photoshop a pic onto the screen bullet hole and all. Heck this could bring a whole new angle to it. I bet we would even see a bullet type/caliber debate on what was the best round to use to shoot an iPad.
yohan, been there, done that, and am trying to forget it.
I love my wife dearly, but there is a reason we only get naked in a dark room, 50 yr old bodies are not something to be looked upon in most cases. Definitely not in ours!
yo, what did any of your purely imaginary useless verbiage have to do with shooting at the magazine targets? And what, if anything, do you do besides use up air that could be better utilized by a cockroach, and post stupid, overlong fantasies?
dang! cant enter :(
Will do!
Sweet!!! I just purchased a new gun and camera just this week. Oh baby... watch out!
hmmm sounds fun i just showed my grandpa and he said TRY IT!!
Well, it's a Smith & Wesson. Should be top notch quality all throughout.
well, that is cool. i will do my best. it is about the only way i will get an ar-15. besides shooting it, i will leave it posted so others can see it as well.
Another fantastic idea to do more shooting.
Only one problem, Dan: due to Apple's shocking lack of interest in making their products indestructible, putting a bullet through the screen of an iPad would effectively kill the device, eliminating the image. I doubt even a Toughbook could withstand that, but you might be to capture the image if you had a skilled photographer take it in slo-mo...
OBOY OBOY OBOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oboy-oboy-oboy- squirrelgirl !!!!!!!
"Guys just want a cold beer and to see something naked" ... Jeff Foxworthy
But when confronted at the senior home: "No! Not that!!!"
My retired neighbor who spends the winter in Arizona likes to tell you that sitting around the pool in Sun City ain't all it's cracked up to be.
LOL
Wow the turn some things can take huh?
And to Squirrelgirl, welcome to the Gun Nut Bunch!
Nice to see another lady join the group. Where were all you gun loving gals when I was single???
Amazing how the phrase "Mossy Oak bikini" caught everyone's attention. I think this will turn out to be a photo contest more than a shooting contest. I've got some creative ideas for the location of the target.
This might be interesting...
Del don't you even think about!
I will wait patiently for Squirrekgirl's Mossy Oak Bikini.
8^0
Sly devils! What an extraordinary way to sell targets...er, magazines. I'm in!
count me i want to break out the mauserfor this one permitting my grampas likes if not i gota trick up my sleeve
Cool, one more excuse to go shooting. Those will be some expensive targets, I wish there was 1st 2nd and 3rd prizes though,(hmmm do I shoot it to bits with the 22 or do I blast it with the 50cal... decisions, decisions...
squirrelgirl: I think you just might win!
I hope I win cause I ain't gona git an AR15 any other way
Geeze Louise, now we have guns, targets, bikinis, high octane party refreshments and Koldkut's creative ideas all in one place...we're gonna need a bigger blog! And please, no user photos of Del in KS.
Until I need Depends, there will always be a need for Field & Stream magazine.
Del, I dare you to go with the speedo, SG go with the bikini.
dear lord... and thus shall we have the war of opposites.... Squirrelgirl vs Del, tho I believe she will win, Del's new .22-250 Shaw makes it very difficult for him to lose the shooting side LOL
A Smith & Wesson M&P with what I believe to be Magpul furniture - buttstock, grip and forend, plus rear sight and magazine.
Hmmm ,.may shoot the target
But sho nuff,.. this aughta be a hoot waching ,. from a distance.
Did not know we had a squirrelgirl ( ? )
But GOOD !! to hear,. more of the feminie contingent is aware and even better,. they decide to participate.
The most feminine women I ever knew ( and I have known a few :) were women who genuienly liked to fish or hunt.
However,. in order to keep the playing field level,. camo tops, thongs,.. and speedo's should ( in my humble opinion ) very likley be prohibited or at least ridgedly restricted..
This promarily due to the fact that
some people have a very strange (and distorted) body immage.( IE:HOW THEY LOOK TO OTHERS )
Thusly,. as I woud prefer not to be soured on all women for ever.
due to the unintentional witnessing of a vison which would turn mere mortals into pillars of salt.
If gazed upon with out the filter we presently use in this reagrd . IE: Clothing: )
Please ,.to those in charge, set some parameters.
Case in point having attended recently (and never again ) what was called a "pool party " .
The guy who owns the pool is 67,and his girlfriend being 39,. so you get that picture.
She,. the girlfriend is in shape eough,that the two piece swimming / sunning attire,. she was wearing was flattering to her figure .
However shortly after her appearance/ entrance.
From somwewhere in the recesess of the cave / house rumbled forth.
What can only described as the dance of the
"hefa-lumps" .
Or better put the bouceing flapping Jiggeling stampede of women who should under absolutly no circumstances expose that amount of skin.
(Lord,. help my mind to recover: )
Obvioulsy fueled by a few high octain party refreshments,. seeking thusly.
The attntion of the sun ,. the pool boy and any other ( male bi-pedal carbon based unit) in the immdiate vacinity,.. me included.
Gotta say that just plane scared me YUK YUK ,.
and had I not had a couple belts,.. prior to witnessing this vissage of loose turgid flesh ,.
I may WELL BE,. at this momente a 6' 2" 230 lb pillar of salt still standing by the bar at the pool,.
Jaaaysus,. what a sight.
Accordingly in order to insure the continued mental physical, and emotional health of those.
Who may accedentally gaze upon a body type which damages them for life, possibly even casusing gender reversal ,. upsetting home hearth and economic well being.
Lets be concerened and considerate of the idea that some of us may actaully be turned to pillars of salt if we look . YUK YUK
Countitandone
Made me laugh out loud,.
,. parafrazing,. Guns, targets, high octaine refreshments, bikini's and "Sir Koldkuts" clandestine creative ideas.
Sounds like A PLACE in northern Wisconsin
We drove by it ,on the way to Canada .
Assuming it to be a bar, general store, and sporting goods afair,. it had a gas pump too.
On a big sign outside the establshment
it read.
GUNS AMMUNITION LIQUOR & BAIT. (YUK YUK )
I wanted to stop and go in there ,. but the guy driving
wasnt too keen on the idea ; )
Yup quite the combination,. possibly explosive : )
Still ,. think Im gonna have to wear the aliminium foil cone head hat, and the glasses.
The ones with the red and green lenses ,.that keep the aliens away. !!
When I look at pictures from this most notable proposed event.
Oh,. and by the way ,. some of the women at that "Pool Party'' were pretty young ,..
Unfortunatly ,.they had straped on the feed bag at one point and just never took it off.
Maybe winter weight ? , that swaray being last week
There was a heat wave in upper midwest 90+
But damn,. polar bears dont winter that well.
The immages which cuased the searing pain to my eyes and psyche are still floating around in my head.
Still in fairenss however ,. there were a few ( one early 50s) ,.in very good shape,. that made the entire affair less traumatic,. : )
Zermoid,.. with all possible respect and defrence to your lovely wife ,. that you are playing with her,.
and not one of your rifles,. is testemant enough to her beauty,. both inside and out.
Congrats !!
What if you are under 18???
I'm not one to ever need much of an excuse to do some shooting...consider my magazine center massed upon arrival....
dear lord... and thus shall we have the war of opposites.... Squirrelgirl vs Del, tho I believe she will win, Del's new .22-250 Shaw makes it very difficult for him to lose the shooting side LOL
This is a great site.
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