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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 [...]

The best Browning rifles mix old-world fit and finish with modern accuracy. Browning sells the X-Bolt bolt action in dozens of flavors, the BAR semi-auto hunting rifle that has been in production since 1967, the BLR lever gun that runs pointed bullets from a box magazine, and the BL-22 rimfire that has taught a lot [...]

The best ranch rifle of 2026 is the one that rides behind the truck seat for years, gets dragged out for a coyote at 200 yards or a hog in the feed pen at 40, and never asks for anything in return. It is not a benchrest gun and it is not a safe queen. [...]

The best rangefinders of 2026 fix the most common reason hunters miss, and it is not the rifle. It is the guess. Most people are terrible at judging distance, especially across open country, canyons, or water. A deer that looks like 300 yards is 420, and a bull across a basin that looks like a [...]

The best FN rifles come from the company that builds machine guns and service rifles for the U.S. military, and you can feel it. FN makes the SCAR, the FN 15 family of AR-15s and a semi-auto version of the M249 SAW, and its civilian rifles carry the same hard use DNA. Our testers have [...]

The best MP5 clones put the most famous submachine gun of the last fifty years in civilian hands as a semi-auto pistol, braced pistol, or registered short-barreled rifle. Heckler & Koch’s MP5 earned its reputation with counter-terrorism units around the world, and the reason is its roller-delayed blowback action. The rollers hold the bolt closed [...]

The best .22 Magnum guns give you a real step up from the .22 LR without jumping to centerfire recoil, noise, or ammo prices. The .22 WMR throws a 30 to 40 grain bullet much faster than a .22 LR, which turns a plinker into a capable varmint gun out to 100 yards and more, [...]

A holographic sight is the optic you buy after a cheap red dot dies on you at the worst possible moment. Or after you finally look through one with both eyes open and realize the window is the size of a small TV. Either way, the best holographic sights of 2026 come down to a [...]

The best AK-47 rifle of 2026 is not the cheapest one on the rack, and it is not always the one with the coolest furniture. It is the one built right where it counts: a properly headspaced barrel, a forged or machined trunnion, straight sights, and rivets that are actually tight. Get those things right [...]