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The best Springfield Armory pistols span almost every handgun style that matters today. Springfield sells a modular striker-fired duty gun, one of the first high capacity micro-compacts, double-stack 1911s, a modern Hi Power, and classic single stack 1911s from budget to custom grade. Few brands cover that much ground. Our writers have tested most of [...]

There is a difference between a budget gun and a cheap gun. A cheap gun saves you money right up until the moment you need it. A budget gun just costs less. Travis Pike drew that line in our greatest budget blasters roundup, and it is the right place to start. Nobody is impressed by [...]

Best LPVO Scopes for AR-15 (2026) The best LPVO debate in 2026 is not whether low power variable optics belong on an AR-15. That fight ended years ago on ranges, trucks, and 3-Gun stages. The real question is which glass earns the rail when you want both-eyes-open speed at room distance and enough magnification to [...]

Buying the best first handgun in 2026 is where good intentions go to die in a pile of YouTube holsters and uncle advice. Everybody wants to start with a micro pocket rocket because it looks cool on Instagram. Then they flinch through a box of ammo, hate shooting, and the gun becomes a safe ornament. [...]

The best cap and ball revolvers put you behind the same smoke and thunder that settled the frontier and fought the Civil War. They are loaded one chamber at a time with loose powder, a lead ball or conical, and a percussion cap, and every shot rolls out a cloud of white smoke. Under federal [...]

The best FN pistols come from a company that has armed militaries for more than a century, and it shows in how hard these guns run. FN America builds the 509 striker-fired family, the hammer-fired Reflex micro-compact, the Five-seveN, and big .45s like the 545 and FNX-45 Tactical. Our writers have put a lot of [...]

Here is the dirty secret of gun safe shopping: the hardest part is not picking the safe. It is getting 500 to 1,200 pounds of steel into the room where you actually want it. Up a staircase. Through a 30-inch doorway. Past a spouse who did not sign off on any of this. That is [...]

The best Kimber pistols built the company’s name on factory 1911s, and today the lineup reaches from pocket .380s to double-stack 2011s and a striker-fired micro-compact. Kimber is known for fit and finish, crisp single action triggers, and prices that sit above the budget brands. Our writers have carried and tested them hard. One carried [...]

The best shooting tripods give you a rock solid rest anywhere, whether you are glassing a mountain basin, sitting over a food plot, or standing in tall grass where a bipod is useless. A good tripod turns an offhand prayer into a supported shot, and for hunters who shoot from sitting, kneeling, or standing, it [...]