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FN rebooted the SCAR 16S 17S 20S for 2026 with a hydraulic buffer, extended receiver, and true suppressor focus. We shot them side by side and the improvement is instant.

The best 9mm pistols of 2026 are better than anything most of us carried a decade ago, and that is exactly the problem. Walk into any gun counter and you will find forty black polymer pistols that all claim to be the one. Most of them will run. A few of them will run, shoot [...]

And if we want to keep our rights and keep our people safe, we should be the ones leading the conversation with honesty and common sense.

Anything you attach to a gun requires you to be skilled in its use. Today is all about the know-how when it comes to using weapon lights for defensive shooting.

Lopez lays out a scenario where, in under 20 minutes, a routine traffic stop can spiral into handcuffs, all because an officer illegally ran your gun’s serial number.

If you ever needed proof that the federal government treats gun owners like second-class citizens, look no further than the FBI’s warrantless NICS Monitoring Program.

In a ballistic reenactment, Herrera manages to duplicate a similar ricochet effect into a ballistic dummy, demonstrating how the small .22 LR round could follow an unpredictable path through soft tissue after deflection.

Seven decades in and the 243 Winchester still runs flat, hits hard for its size, and keeps varmints and whitetails honest while treating your shoulder kindly.

There is an AR-15 for every budget. Here are the best for each price point.