Picking the best home defense handgun in 2026 is not about the smallest micro you can hide under yoga pants. It is about a nightstand gun you can actually shoot under stress: a full grip, enough rounds, a light rail, and a trigger you have already dry-fired until it is boring. The hallway is not [...]

The best hunting bipod of 2026 is one you forget you are carrying until the moment you need it. Then it has to deploy fast, level the rifle on a sidehill, and hold steady while your heart is pounding and the animal is about to step into the timber. A bipod that weighs a pound [...]

The best Canik pistols prove you do not have to spend a fortune for a great trigger. The Turkish maker went from budget import to a serious player with striker-fired guns that ship with holsters, extra parts, and triggers that embarrass pricier pistols. Today the lineup runs from slim 17-round carry guns to steel frame [...]

Want a Staccato but not the Staccato bill? Join a very large club. The best Staccato alternatives of 2026 give you the things people love about a Staccato, a crisp single-action trigger, a double-stack magazine, a heavy bull barrel, and flat recoil, for less money or with a different set of features. Staccato is still [...]

The best Girsan pistols bring 2011 and 1911 features down to working-man prices. The Turkish maker, imported by EAA, builds the Witness2311 double-stack line, polished MC1911 single stacks, and a .380 inspired by the Beretta Cheetah. Not long ago, a budget double-stack 1911 sounded like a joke. Girsan made it normal. Our writers have shot [...]

Few pistols get cussed and loved in equal measure like the Beretta 92. The best Beretta 92 pistols of 2026 span almost four decades of one design. The 92 family went to war as the M9 after the U.S. military adopted it in 1985, and today Beretta builds it as a classic service pistol, a [...]

The best 300 Blackout rifles of 2026 prove that a cartridge built for one very specific military job turned into one of the most useful rounds you can own. The 300 AAC Blackout was designed to put a .30 caliber bullet through a standard AR-15, using the same bolt and the same magazines, with supersonic [...]

The best Beretta shotguns come from the oldest gunmaker in the world, and the company still builds some of the softest shooting, most reliable semi-autos you can buy. The hard part is picking one. Beretta sells tactical guns, waterfowl guns and competition guns, and model names like 1301, A300, A350 and A400 do not tell [...]

The best pump shotguns are the most versatile long guns most people will ever own. One 12 gauge pump with a couple of barrels can hunt turkeys in the spring, birds in the fall, and deer with slugs, then stand guard by the bed at night. Pumps are also forgiving: they cycle anything from light [...]