American Survival Guide is back!

[docsherm]

I just got a copy of the new ASG magazine. It is like the old version from the'80s and'90s with some changes. It has a lot of ads in it but it is the first copy. It has some very good articles and they got some legitimate survival people to write for them.

It is worth the money. I found it at Walmart.

[PrarieDog]

Cool, I was hesitant to pick it up. looked interesting but I did not have time to flip through and check it out.

[PA PATRIOT]

Who are the legitimate survival people writing for the magazine?

[docsherm]

Who are the legitimate survival people writing for the magazine?

Cody Lundin and Les Stroud.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Wow, really? That's pretty slick.

I'll have to buy my old man a subscription, that was one of his favorites.

Edit to add: do you know who the publisher is?

On another board there are two guys who use to write for them back in the day. According to them when the original owner died his daughter took over the magazine and geard towards a "family camping magazine" and would not allow any pictures on the cover of firearms any longer or firearm related articles. They said that is what killed them as 80% of their sells were news stand so no guns no purchases.

[cowpuncher]

I didn't think it was anything like the old ASG....I've got a bunch of old issues saved in pdf form on my external hard drive, so I went and looked at them too. Still not seeing it...

It's not bad, per se (the new version), but it really struck me as more of a yuppie-backpacker-soccer mom target audience. That's too bad, cause while I can take or leave Stroud, IMO Lundin is the best thing going for the general public on learning basic primitive living-type survival skills, and his books are humorous, readable introductions to the subject.

[docsherm]

I have about 8 years worth of magazines from the'80s and early'90s. It is different but still good.

[PA PATRIOT]

I didn't think it was anything like the old ASG....I've got a bunch of old issues saved in pdf form on my external hard drive, so I went and looked at them too. Still not seeing it...

It's not bad, per se (the new version), but it really struck me as more of a yuppie-backpacker-soccer mom target audience. That's too bad, cause while I can take or leave Stroud, IMO Lundin is the best thing going for the general public on learning basic primitive living-type survival skills, and his books are humorous, readable introductions to the subject.

Any chance of sharing?

[docsherm]

I can't believe i missed that. Share please.

[Robryan]

I used to have a subscription to American Survival Guide. The first few years they were a great magazine, but when the owner died, his wife made it a lot more politically correct and that is what did them in. I also remember that everyone that had a subscription to ASG when it went bust was given a subscription to another good magazine instead, I think it was American woodsman or something. I think the earlier issues were the best magazine I ever had, but know telling how much it cost me in having to go out and buy the newest gizmo that came out.