Double Guns Journal

[neill mcinnis]

I would like to poll the Parker gun membership who receive the Double Guns Journal if they have a problem receiving their magazine on schedule. I live in Fayetteville N.C. and at times my magazine may take 2 months or better to arrive. I have called DGJ to complain and they state it is the postal service. My Fall issue arrived 3 weeks ago and the winter is yet to show. I love the magazine but this is quite frustrating. Of all my subscriptions,Shooting Sportsman, Skeet Shooting Review and Sporting Classics DGJ is the only one that presents this problem. I would like to hear from others if they share the same experience.

[Joe Wood]

Look at it this way, Neill.....it just gives you more time to anticipate its arrival. Sorta like having a piece of candy when you were a kid--then with one gulp it's gone.

Seems as though most of us at one time or another have the same problem you're experiencing. It's a frequent topic over on the Double Gun Shop BBS and no one has ever been able to find rhyme or reason for it.

[Dean Romig]

The only thing that makes any sense at all is that it is a result of the the regional or local USPS handling and delivery policies on media mail.
According to both Village Press and Double Gun Journal their entire issue mailing gets dropped at the post office on the same day for distribution by the USPS. From there it is out of the publisher's hands.

[Linn Matthews]

I always thought the Postman liked to read the DGJ as much as I did

[Dave Fuller]

Anymore, it's about the only thing that comes in the mail that I don't through away. My winter edition arrived here on the west coast about two or three weeks ago.

[Mike McKinney]

Evidently, for this type publication including PP the NC sorting at the post office must be some of the last. By the time I get my PP people have already stoppped raving about how great this issue is. Our publication is always as good as described but I usually know what to expect from the comments on line. There must be a postal regulation/deadline and NC must push it to the limit.

[Dave Suponski]

Some of this may fall on the way the folks at DGJ package their product. I received the fall issue taped to another issue for a customer in northern CT. I forwarded it to him.

[neill mcinnis]

Dave,
My fall issue came bundled with two other issue for others in Fayetteville. I fowarded one and knew the other person so I dropped it by his office.

[Richard Flanders]

The speed of the arrival of my DGJ is directly dependent upon how much Eukanuba the USPS dog driver feeds his huskies. My DGJ and PP are usually pretty late in coming.

[Dale Zywina]

Its hard enough to get a good gun book here in Canada, so I was sad when my local book vendor told me that no more DGJ would be brought into his shop anylonger due to DGJ nolonger selling to vendors, well this was a highlight of myself and my friends month when we could go in and pick up our journal! Now I have nothing to look forward to get every few months due to new policy? The Vendor even inquired into pre ordering the magazines personally to bring in for me and my friends, a flat no was the awnser! I know, just order a subscription, but I hate getting a magazine in the mail as they end up half destroyed by the time they reach all the way up here into Northern Canada, sorry for the rant, But damb I missing my DGJ, and am going into withdrawl's for the last 6 months! Dale Z!

[calvin humburg]

Thats odd there were some for sale at the mag shop I visited when I was shopping. ch

[Rick Losey]

I am still getting it at the magazine rack at a local supermarket as well-

even though the DGJ web site states

"Beginning with the Winter 2010 issue, the Double Gun Journal will no longer be available in Bookstores.
Due to the overwhelming internet activity we have decided to concentrate our focus on direct and internet sales only.
Thank you, Daniel & Joanna Côté Publisher"

[Tom Carter]

Hi Dale, I receive my DGJ well packaged in cardboard and a plastic envelope. The postal depart of any country would have to exert a consentrated effort (which some are capable of) to inflict any damage to the magazine. Yours would probably be shipped the same way. Cheers, Tom

[Rich Anderson]

Dale I agree with Tom in that the DGJ is very well packaged and should arrive in good condition.

My winter issue just arrived a few days ago. It seems there is less content that is of interest to me as I ponder over the renewal.

[neill mcinnis]

My DGJ has always arrived unharmed. The problem is that in quite a few instances my DGJ arrives so late the next issue is being sent out . This year my renewal will come due and I have yet to receive the last magazine. Im sorry to beat a drum to death but it bothers me to pay for a product and not receive it.

[Bill Davis]

I pay extra for priority delivery and it gets here in a day or two of mailing--weeks before many others receive it. DGJ offers this if you want to pay extra for it. To me it's worth it. It's about $30 extra a year, but solves all delivery issues.

[Dean Romig]

I can't imagine anyone not renewing their subscription to the Double Gun & SS Journal. The mere fact that it is frustrating that it might arrive late, to me, is not reason enough. Name one other magazine dedicated to the old guns we so admire that even comes close to the content and quality of the DGJ. Why punish Daniel and Johanna for something that they have no control over?

[Bill Davis]

I couldn't agree more. DGJ is a labor of love and it will never be duplicated again. It's a one of a kind masterpiece that deserves every gun lovers support. I doubt they are getting rich with their endeavor! Please--EVERYONE subscribe!!!

[Bill Murphy]

I'll make it easy for all of you. Buy my full set for $1000, slipcases and indexes included. Pull one out every month, starting at the beginning. No late deliveries and all new information for many of us. This stuff has no expiration date. The twenty year old issues are full of pertinent information.

[neill mcinnis]

The thread was merely a question to see if anyone else was experiencing the same problem, not to criticize the magazine. DGJ is a outstanding magazine that I enjoy very much. I never stated that I am not going to renew. I have had a subscription for many years to include index and slipcase so I well imagine I will continue. Check in the mail. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season.

[Mike Shepherd]

To add insult to injury the Winter 2011 edition was at our local Gander Mountain when I went there today.

Best,

Mike

[Phil Yearout]

Mine is typically one of the late arrivals; I attribute it to the slow stage drivers out here on the prairie ;-).

With regard to the winter issue. mine was well in hand when the complaining started on the boards! Maybe they're mailed out according to some sort of random luck o' the draw?

[neill mcinnis]

Nothing in N.C. Maybe one day. I have plenty of publications here to occupy myself for a while. I understand there is a great article on Fox guns. Cant wait to read it.

[Dave Suponski]

Neill, There is also a good article on Parker Single Barrel Trap guns....:rolleyes:

[Steve McCarty]

I live in central Oregon. Right next door is Timbuctoo. There is not only no "there" here there is no "here" either. I'm in the boonies. My Winter issue showed up yesterday, the day after Christmas. I have had issues renewing my subscription in the past, but in the past two years things have been tripping right along just fine.

I love the magazine! I keep them all, of course. Among other things I enjoy following the prices of guns as time moves along. Not many advertized for sale in recent issues. I think people are holding on to expensive guns until Obama is defeated, or the economy improves, which may never happen.

[Steve McCarty]

Neill, There is also a good article on Parker Single Barrel Trap guns....:rolleyes:

I have had my issue one day and have already read the article twice.

[Rich Anderson]

I have all the issues and both index's. Dean had made referrance on another thread regarding the AAHE trap gun that once belonged to our own John Dunkels grandfather and I went back and reread it plus a lot of other interesting things. I think it was Jack Puglisi who advertised a DHE 28 in 90% CC for less than $18K:eek:

Regarding renewal IMHO there was more content of interest in the older issues than in the current ones. Ever since they added the single shot rifles I think it's somewhat gone downhill and I love a good single shot rifle and am in the midst of haveing one custom made. In that venue I have yet to see anything on the Dakota M10 or Ruger #1 and that gun was a major factor in the single shot revival of sorts.

[Steve McCarty]

I hate getting a magazine in the mail as they end up half destroyed by the time they reach all the way up here into Northern Canada,

Double Gun mag is pretty well packaged in corrigated cardboard. They seldom show damage, but the PO does it's best to destroy them, just as it does to all magazines.

The publishers obviously go to great lengths to produce it, one would think they'd put an equal amount of effort into its distribution.

My wife gave me two great shotgun books for Christmas and I highly recommend them. They are: Parker Guns Shooting Flying and the American Experience, by Muderlak and Gamefield Classics by McIntosh and Headrick.

Photos look like ones in DGJ. They are great, sit in front of the fire and read gunbooks, books. You can get them on Amazon.

[Dale Zywina]

Guys thanks for the reply's, I have ordered other US based magazines threw the mail and found the delivery dissapointing, and magazine was ussually folded and sometimes ripped, good to here DGJ getts there in one piece. It is interesting that no magazine shop in my large hometown ,nolonger carries DGJ, and I was told DGJ would nolonger service these emporiums in Canada? Can anyone comment on this? Thank guys, Dale Z in Canada!

[neill mcinnis]

I knew when I started this thread that there would be lots of interest and all replies have been welcomed. I must agree with Steves comment. DGJ does go to great length to make sure that your DGJ arrives in one piece and I feel they have suceeded in this. But, I still sit with no DGJ as of 28 Dec. My last DGJ that arrived was two and half months late when most received theirs already. When I called DGJ they said they could not help what the USPS did or not. I feel that if you are in a business of distributing a publication it should be timely and if its not then look into what it would take to remedy this problem. Again, DGJ is the best publication on double guns out there but to respond with the old saying "its in the mail" and give it a few more weeks seems weak. Im not making this a gripe session but wanted to know if this was a common problem.

[Steve McCarty]

My issues are strung out all over the house. Any place I sit, if I reach over I pick up an issue. Non-stop Double Gun.

I started my subscription in 1997 and have never ordered an old issue. Do any of you guys do that?

[Craig Larter]

I have authored a couple of articles for DGJ and can only say Daniel and Joanna Cote are great people. I never have had a delivery issue here in NY, but if I did I would upgrade to first class mail.

[Rick Losey]

I started my subscription in 1997 and have never ordered an old issue. Do any of you guys do that?

I started reading DGJ just a year or two before you - I ordered some back issues at that time, I found most the missing issues on that auction site.