Human interest pieces that one can either relate to, or that show a side of the world one wouldn't usually see, are another item lacking from today's magazines. Some of the finest writing of the past wasn't always really about the guns themselves, they were present mind you, but involved the personalities around the guns. Charlie Sherrill's stories as told here are probably one of the best examples of this human interest segue from firearms, or even the antics of Travis the Roofer, Realtor Bob and the assorted hood rats of Michigan.

Without the human angle, one is left with technical writing. The essence of technical writing is the large manuals that used to accompany computer software packages. The ones that no one would ever read and would eventually be burned for firewood.