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The best derringers are still the simplest handguns you can carry: two barrels, or one, a heavy trigger, and a frame small enough for a pocket, boot, or purse. Derringers have been around since the 1800s, and they never quite went away, because a modern stainless steel derringer is reliable, easy to understand, and can [...]

EDC lights are extremely handy tools and sit beside pocket knives in their usefulness. Most people will probably get more use from their EDC light than they ever will from their guns.

The best 1911 in 2026 is still a single-stack gun with a thumb safety, a grip safety, and a trigger that makes polymer pistols feel like they were designed by a committee. You do not need a double-stack Prodigy or a Witness2311 to join the club. Those live in the high-capacity lane. This guide stays [...]

The best top-break revolvers of 2026 are a mix of faithful reproductions and battle-tested originals, and every one of them shares the same party trick. Unlatch the frame, tip the barrel and cylinder down, and a star-shaped ejector kicks out every empty at once. In the 1870s, that made the Smith & Wesson Model 3 [...]

Every serious shooter I know owns at least one .22 pistol, and most of them will tell you it made them a better shot than any expensive training class. The best .22LR pistols of 2026 are cheap to feed, quiet enough to shoot without your ears ringing for a week, and honest about your trigger [...]

Every semi-auto .22 rifle makes the same promise: cheap ammo, light recoil, and the kind of fun that empties a brick of ammo before lunch. Most of them keep that promise right up until the first bad box of rimfire ammo, a gritty trigger, or a takedown job that needs three hands and a prayer. [...]

“If you could have any caliber, what would you choose”. Taking everything into consideration, the 308 Win. meets and sometimes exceeds all the parameters.

The Mil-Dot system is exceptionally versatile – if you know how to use it. If you shoot a rifle, you can use mil-dot to hold the correct amount over a distant target. There’s a lot of fancy math behind the whole mil-dot thing, but we’re going to ignore most of that here and explain the concept, and more importantly, how you can use it, in plain English. There won’t even be a quiz at the end, I promise.

I found tons of apps, gadgets, and gizmos that I’ve loved in my dry fire journey, and I want to share those with you.