For those of y'all who don't get it in the mail, my review of the Springfield Armory Echelon in
Shooting Illustrated is up in its entirety on the website...
I actually wear several hats as a gunwriter. When I’m writing editorially—such as in my “Handguns” column here at Shooting Illustrated or on my own personal blog—I’m free to opine on things that are purely subjective, offering readers my opinion on topics like “Why cats make better pets for introverts than dogs” or “Why .312-inch-diameter projectiles launched with sufficient energy are ideal rounds for normie-private-citizen-CCW use and all y’all folks who call them ‘mouseguns’ are just wrong.”
But, when I’m reviewing a firearm for the magazine, it’s my duty to set all that aside and be completely objective. When it comes to firearm reviews, I need to stick to classic journalism ethics, so sorely forgotten these days, and deliver just the “Five Ws:” the Who, What, When, Where and Why of the firearm in question. Just the facts. Part of that is treating the gun being tested as a unique firearm, in and of itself, without dragging in personal biases.
