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The P1 is a fun and affordable piece of history. If you have ever thought about owning one, now is the time. In a few years, they will be collectible and un-affordable. Your kids and grandkids will thank you.

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 [...]

In a tribute to handgun hunter Mark Hampton, I use Cutting Edge Bullets to hunt in Mark’s honor.

If you live in the Golden State, you’re aware that there are significant limitations on which firearms you’re legally allowed to possess. That means Californians interested in exercising their Second Amendment rights must pick and choose from a CA-compliant roster of handguns

Sixty-plus years in, .223 Remington still delivers cheap practice and low recoil, but its ceiling shows fast. We ran it through hunting, defense, and training use to see exactly where it still wins and where it taps out.