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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 [...]

The best Taurus handguns have shaken off the brand’s old reputation. Taurus still sells some of the cheapest reliable pistols on the market, but it now also builds an optics-ready duty gun that ran 1,000 rounds with two stoppages, a .22 competition pistol, a budget carry gun that put four shots in one hole, and [...]

Every few years somebody on the internet declares the .45 ACP dead. Then another batch of new .45s ships, sells out, and shows up at the range carried by people who never got the memo. The best .45 ACP pistols of 2026 are proof that John Browning’s fat, slow, 230-grain answer to hard problems is [...]

The best Kel-Tec guns are some of the strangest and most useful firearms you can buy. The Florida company, now styled KelTec, builds folding carbines, bullpup rifles and shotguns, high capacity rimfire pistols, a 50-round 5.7 that folds in half, and one of the lightest pocket pistols ever made. Few brands take more design risks, [...]

The best Staccato pistols of 2026 are not the same guns that made the brand famous. Staccato has moved most of its lineup to the HD platform, which drops the grip safety, adds fully ambidextrous controls, mounts optics directly to the slide, and, most important for a lot of buyers, runs Glock-pattern magazines. At the [...]

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Pulsar Trail 3 LRF thermal scopes bring a 1,500-yard laser rangefinder and better battery life to Pulsar’s fan favorite hunting lineup.