Introduction: How to Get Free Gun Magazines
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Go where they buy lots of guns and dig in their trash.
Your local police department for example.
You'll find much cooler magazines than at the 7-11, and it's totally free!!
Excellent photos by Saul Griffith
Step 1: Jackpot!
Here's the tip of a really tasty iceberg. We got about 50 lbs of 20 or so different magazines.
For those of you not familiar with the genre, think "holy shit".
Step 2: An Elevated, Modified Standing Position
So what's this gun loving lifestyle all about anyway?
Opening one of a magazines (Guns Magazine 2006 Combat Annual) at random, here's what we find.
The caption reads: "An elevated, modified standing position".
For your subscription, go to www.gunsmagazine.com
177 Comments
7 years ago
For free magazines you can go to freebizmag or valuemags.com and sign up for free subscriptions to different stuff like outdoor life, etc.
12 years ago on Introduction
Great write-up, fairly simple but informative! A few tips I have for fellow 'instructors'
Ask local businesses for the "hobbyist specials" as some people will sell their cars as "mechanic's specials". This really is more of a local business thing, usually they will direct you to the dumpster, parts bin, etc. For larger, corporate businesses, observe state laws and local ordinances set in place. Dumpsters are private property.
Try to make as many social connections as possible, resources become more abundant this way.
My town has "junk week" every year in late spring for people to set unwanted stuff at the curb, it's accepted and VERY common for people to sort through and take stuff. At the end of the week, the city takes any remaining trash free of charge excluding demolition material and home appliances.
Unfortunately, my town does also prohibit anyone from sorting through material at the public recycling center. So be careful even on public property.
Reply 7 years ago
I pick up magazines from the city recycling dumpsters. Have also gotten nice paper which an office store discarded, from the office paper recycling section of the dumpster. Just can't scrounge metals from there.
11 years ago on Introduction
I though you meant Magazines as in the clip that holds the bullets. I was really surprised to see you dumpster diving for such a thing.
Reply 7 years ago
'sok, I thought the same thing. Didn't think they would throw bullet magazines away, though I guess you never know.....
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Wait, how did you get that username?
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Oh wow I'm an idiot. If an Admin could delete these two comments that would be great, it won't let me remove them.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Yeah the place to put those comments was you're orangeboard.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Flag the comments you want gone.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
I'm "Beetle" brox. I spelled it wrong.
7 years ago
Top kek
7 years ago
I think I see what you did here.
8 years ago on Introduction
SWEET!!!
9 years ago
you will also get free bullets when the cops start shooting at you.
9 years ago on Introduction
i think they do but you would not want to get caught pulling that of
10 years ago
Me too
10 years ago on Introduction
Hmm at first I thought this meant the police throw out ammo mags in the dumpster.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
cool
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Yes, I also thought the same thing.
14 years ago on Step 2
just thought you might want to know because its kinda funny, i'm from new zealand, and not that long ago there was a article on the front page of the news paper saying a man had been arrested for theft doing this.... i've done "dumpster diving" loads of times and its really good! go to electronics stores, and check the dumpsters behind them, they through out any slightly damaged electronic gear, ps2 games, cameras, etc, hope this helps (not sure how)