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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 [...]

Federal’s 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak is not another new cartridge begging you to buy another rifle. It is a high-pressure Peak Alloy load that pushed a 130-grain bullet past 3,100 fps and made the 6.5 PRC look over its shoulder.

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 [...]

I’m talking about a true gun belt — one designed to bear the weight primarily of a handgun but also of the other gear we might strap, lash or loop onto a belt. With that, here are my top five everyday carry belts.

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 [...]

The best Smith & Wesson revolvers have been the default American wheelgun for more than a century. The Military & Police, now the Model 10, dates to 1899. S&W’s J, K, L, and N frames still cover pocket carry, duty, home defense, and big game, and partners like Lipsey’s keep bringing back classic configurations without [...]

The best Springfield Armory rifles cover more ground than most shooters realize. Springfield is famous for the M1A and the Hellcat, but its long gun lineup now runs from the SAINT family of AR-15s and AR-10s to the Hellion bullpup, a retro SA-16A2 and the Model 2020 bolt action rifles built for hunters, from the [...]

The best FRT triggers promise something that sounds impossible: a semi-automatic AR-15 that runs at a cadence close to full auto, with no NFA paperwork. A forced reset trigger, or FRT, uses the rifle’s own bolt carrier to push the trigger forward after every shot. You still have to pull the trigger for each round, [...]