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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 revolvers of 2026 solve a problem revolver shooters have complained about for decades: ammo cost. Our writer found 9mm for about 18 cents a round when he shopped around, compared with roughly 50 cents for .38 Special, at the time of his comparison. That is the whole pitch. You get a wheelgun’s [...]

The best Savage rifles prove an affordable bolt gun can shoot with rifles that cost twice as much. Savage built its name on the Model 110 and the AccuTrigger, and the current lineup runs from the AXIS 2 Pro (an MSRP of $599 at the time of review) to Proof Research carbon barrels, a straight-pull [...]

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 [...]

An AR-15 is a scalpel. A battle rifle is a sledgehammer, and some days you want the sledgehammer. The best battle rifles are the full-power, 7.62x51mm NATO semi-autos that armed the free world through the Cold War, plus the modern designs that replaced them. Do not mistake one for an AR-15 with a bigger number [...]

The best snub nose revolvers of 2026 are still the guns people underestimate right up until they need one. Ask anybody who has carried a lot of hardware in a lot of places, and the short-barreled wheelgun keeps earning its spot for one simple reason: it works when everything else about the situation is going [...]

The best .50 BMG rifles are the biggest guns most civilians will ever shoot. The .50 Browning Machine Gun cartridge was built for heavy machine guns, and a standard 660 to 661 grain ball round carries about 11,000 foot pounds at the muzzle, roughly three to four times a .308. Owning a rifle that fires [...]

The best Ruger rifles cover more ground than any other American rifle maker. Ruger builds the most popular .22 ever made, a budget bolt gun that shoots sub-MOA, a classic ranch carbine, a modern AR-15, a scout rifle, a long-range hunter, a precision chassis gun, and a takedown 9mm carbine. Most of them cost less [...]

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.