why dont the newbie hunters, instead of asking what gun should I buy,....?

[MountainMan1]

Why dont they check out hunting magazines where all the gun studies are located on the next whiz-bang caliber?....and who's selling what ?

 

[10minuteslate]

Because most gun mags are too complicated. Honestly, I don't even like to read them and I know what i'm talking about (somewhat).

Imagine... You know NOTHING about guns, not even what an action is, a mag, dry-fire, etc, then open an article that has charts of ballistics, velocities, grains, windange variants and ALL advertising $1200+ guns, it can be daunting.

 

[JohndeWitt]

You've pretty well answered your own question. The articles in the popular gun magazines are nothing but thinly disguised and longer-than-average advertisements.