Quick little backstory then I’ll get to my point. I like to try and pick celebrities who would be the same in person as they are on screen. There aren’t many, and I could be dead wrong either way. Keanu Reeves, maybe a few others. The rest I tend to believe are as fake as their acting.

So, I tend to not trust many YouTube firearm reviewers.

Short list:
Ben Stoeger

Maybe honest outlaw? Humble marksman?

Do any of you personal experience with these folks that would validate or change my opinion?

I watch mainly for specs and size reference. Rarely do I take any opinions to heart.

I watch a few. A couple that come to mind are Hickok45 and Honest Outlaw. They seem honest and don’t seem to be shill for gun manufacturers. I still keep an open mind though as far as complete trust. One that I wouldn’t trust is that Scootch guy. I can’t recall his exact name, but it’s obvious that he’s a shill.

HumbleMarksman is definitely one of the best in regards to guns in a competition standpoint and practical shooting. Jim's Armory does quite a few weapons breakdowns.

While he's down to just 1 video a month of YouTube, SageDynamics is still an awesome review and the first place to go for optic reviews. Every so often it's worth spending $5 on his Patreon to binge a lot of reviews and Q&As.

RDR Gear is a good channel and since he's also in the industry has a lot of info on LE Holsters and Safariland modifications to go with his gun review.

Hickok 45, I trust. The others I take with a grain of salt.
Its all about clicks $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
Ben Stoeger

I like Ben.

I like Rob Orgel, too. We've met and chatted for a bit. I'll see him again in a couple months for the EVT shoot. Nice guy, honest, and I think he's pretty objective, but that's all suppressor-specific stuff that he does. It's kind of niche.

I used to think Garand Thumb was pretty decent, but... there was a whole, huge blowup with his personal life that got splattered (lol) all over the internet. It's why Micah Mayfield and Charlie Cox have their own channels and do their own thing. Haven't met Micah, possibly might in October, I don't know.

I do like the guys who do Dirty Kid. Probably not that accessible to anyone over 45 or so, but they make me laugh. I got one of their "I do not understand the course of fire" shirts, that one's fun to wear to matches.

Hickok45. Honest Outlaw (better if he would back off a little on 7K 2011s) and TFB.

I have met Hickok45 (shot show last year)

very nice guy, great to have a convo with,


otherwise, I rarely watch any gun vids,

I do watch Paper Cartridges, and the British Muzzleloading guy,
and sometimes Bloke on hte range,

Tim Sundles of Buffalo Bore is pretty good. He's a bit crazy, which you kind of have to filter out, but he's a good story teller, owns an assload of guns, many of which regular folk own, and is brutally honest in his appraisal of them. He panned the new Colt Python as being unworthy of it's parentage.

He tends to talk more about calibers than the guns themselves, but he always mixes the two discussions and gives good information, as well as integrating his own hunting stories.

Pretty entertaining guy when he isn't talking about how Charlie Kirk wasn't killed with a 30-06.

I don’t follow any but like these two, when I happen to run across their videos.

Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons.

Paul Harrell, God rest his soull.

I like Tools and Targets for ammo reviews.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
Tim Sundles of Buffalo Bore is pretty good. He's a bit crazy, which you kind of have to filter out.

I do like Tim’s videos. And I agree with you he can be a bit over the top with his political rants, and his wife chiming in seems to annoy him as much as me lol.

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Originally posted by 12131:

Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons.

100%. Ian is a gem to the gun world.

James Reeves (Obey here on the Forum) is probably my top

Aaron Cowan, Sage Dynamics

Ian McCollum

Military Arms Channel, forgetting the dudes name at the moment.

Mr Guns and Gear is pretty decent

Don't forget Mas Ayoob..

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Originally posted by Black92LX:

Mr Guns and Gear is pretty decent

I believe he's a member here as well.

I've been following HRFunk for many years. He's a retired police chief and Marine MP. He does honest reviews of firearms, optics, and other products. He mostly does affordable items that the average shooter will use. He'll give his opinions and show any failures or problems that he encounters. He also did a series where he shot and reviewed police qualification courses from all 50 states.

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Originally posted by Greymann:
I like Tools and Targets for ammo reviews.

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Yes, he's consistent in his method and good at comparing apples to apples, and gets right to it.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
Tim Sundles of Buffalo Bore is pretty good. He's a bit crazy, which you kind of have to filter out.

I do like Tim’s videos. And I agree with you he can be a bit over the top with his political rants, and his wife chiming in seems to annoy him as much as me lol.

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Originally posted by 12131:

Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons.

100%. Ian is a gem to the gun world.

I also like Tim. I like to listen to people that have been there and done that, he has.
As far as his wife, he sent her packing when they were last in Africa.
He re-started his channel so she would not have any involvement now, and after the divorce.

I guess it depends on what type of guns you want reviewed. Modern guns I have no idea who I'd watch. For older guns I like:

*C&Rsenal

*Forgotten Weapons

* British Muzzleloaders (Rob not only review them but shoots them in period appropriate uniforms).

There are others but these are my go to.