The best night vision of 2026 gives you something no flashlight ever will: the ability to see in the dark without announcing where you are. I spent a lot of nights under tubes in the military, and I can tell you that owning the night is a massive advantage. For decades, that advantage belonged almost [...]

The best lever-action ammo is built around one problem that has followed lever guns since the 1860s: the tubular magazine. Cartridges sit nose to primer in the tube, so pointed bullets can set off the round in front of them under recoil. That is why traditional .30-30, .44 Magnum, and .45-70 loads use round-nose or [...]

The best Winchester rifles carry more history than almost any other American brand. The Model 70 was called the rifleman’s rifle, the Model 94 has probably taken more deer than any other lever gun, and the 1886 was the first lever action strong enough for big black powder cartridges. Today Winchester also sells budget XPR [...]

The best HK pistols are built to a standard most makers do not try to meet. Heckler & Koch designs its handguns for police and military contracts and NATO durability testing, and it shows in their reliability and price. Today’s lineup includes the striker-fired VP9 family, the U.S.-designed CC9, and the hammer-fired P30, while classics [...]

The best Holosun red dots are a big reason pistol optics went mainstream. Holosun took features that used to cost extra, like solar backup, shake awake, side-loading batteries and multiple reticles, and put them on optics that working people can afford. The problem is the model numbers. 407, 507, 508, 509, K, C, X2, Comp, [...]

The best thermal monoculars of 2026 have changed night hunting more than any rifle or cartridge in the last decade. A handheld thermal lets you scan a pasture, find every hog and coyote by its heat signature, walk your hunting partners into position, and track a wounded animal after the shot, all without pointing a [...]

The best Ruger 10/22 upgrades turn America’s favorite rimfire into whatever you want it to be: a tack driving target rifle, a compact bullpup, a quiet suppressed plinker, or a packable survival gun. Ruger has sold millions of 10/22s, and the aftermarket for them is so deep that you can replace every part of the [...]

The best Mossberg shotguns have armed soldiers, cops, turkey hunters, and homeowners for decades. Mossberg makes the 500 and 590 pumps, the budget Maverick 88, the magazine-fed 590M, the non-NFA Shockwave, and the 940 autoloaders, plus field guns and over-unders. There is a Mossberg for almost every job and budget. Our writers have run them [...]

The best Chiappa guns are some of the most unusual firearms you can buy. The Italian company is famous for the Rhino, a revolver that fires from the bottom chamber of the cylinder, and it also builds tiny single-shot Badgers, lever guns based on the Model 1892, and rimfire rifles with a classic look. We [...]