#4254710 - 05/01/16 04:23 AM
The Journal of Professional Adventurers
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For some reason I was deeply regressing to past memories of an 80s magazine I used to read as a kid called Gung-Ho. Anyone remember that magazine? So I Googled it and found out that Gung-Ho was just an offshoot to the mother of all adventurer magazines called Soldier of Fortune ... and it still exists! Lots of interesting info! ... https://www.sofmag.com/
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#4254746 - 05/01/16 11:43 AM
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No wonder you guys are so whacked! Nah, growing up late-70's/early-80's, the only rags I was reading was my bother's hand-me-down "Hot Rod", "Stereo Review" and "Hi Fidelity", along with the occasional "Playboy" and "Penthouse". Later a friend would hook me up with a stash of "Club International". Never heard of these combat/survivalist magazines except for "Soldier of Fortune", but I didn't have any. ++++++++++ Reminds me how cool magazines were back in the day. We had no computers, no consoles, no cell phones, no devices at all. As an early teen I had in my bedroom a small black & white TV with 4 stations that I didn't give a crap about, and a stereo with an ever growing music collection. After school or in summer the choices were to either get on my bicycle and ride around my neighborhood collecting enough kids to play ball in a field, or to sit in my room listening to music and reading rags.
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#4254906 - 05/01/16 11:52 PM
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I used to have a load of these when I was a kid in the 80s'. Used to have some great data and cutaways on various weapon systems. Combat and Survival eh? Looks like a good mag! Bit of a strange coincidence that I decided to post about SOF now because last month's issue was the final printed issue after over 40 years! Theyve gone digital only as of this month ... http://soldiersystems.net/2016/03/01/the...s-digital-only/Here are the covers of the first and last issues ...
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#4254909 - 05/02/16 12:00 AM
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I think it was the cover of Soldier Of Fortune right after 9/11 that showed an animated picture of an eagle sharpening it's talons on a grinding wheel. Never been able to find that image again though.
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#4255026 - 05/02/16 11:22 AM
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Me and my brother always got that and Popular Science. Remember "Omni" magazine? I read that one as well as "Popular Science".
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#4255160 - 05/02/16 05:05 PM
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Been a Soldier of Fortune subscriber for years, Started getting the magazine in 1978 and they had some great stories out Southern Africa, when Rhodesia fell. Many from Congo to and West Africa. Today, I have an online subscription and the magazine has taken a serious drift to stupid stories. Regretting keeping it. Popular Mechanics is my favorite.
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#4255161 - 05/02/16 05:08 PM
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The last print magazine I subscribed to was National Geographic but I cancelled it around 2006 or so.
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#4255204 - 05/02/16 07:09 PM
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#4255210 - 05/02/16 07:19 PM
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I don't get digital magazines. Defeats the whole purpose of them when Google is right there in your face.
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#4255215 - 05/02/16 07:38 PM
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