Expert Guides

Sightmark’s Shade 3.5-28×30 thermal scope zeroed fast, grouped tight, and delivered the kind of real-world night-hunting performance that makes a $999.97 price tag look downright dangerous to the competition.

The best hunting bipod of 2026 is one you forget you are carrying until the moment you need it. Then it has to deploy fast, level the rifle on a sidehill, and hold steady while your heart is pounding and the animal is about to step into the timber. A bipod that weighs a pound [...]

The Holosun IRIS-3 made a big splash for a reason. It delivers the kind of clean, useful VCSEL illumination that used to feel locked behind much pricier options, and it does it in a compact package that is actually pleasant to live with.

A 6.2-lb Savage 110 wearing carbon fiber in all the right places, including a Proof Research barrel, then casually stacking a 0.46-inch best group in 308 Win. If you have ever wished the 110 could go full mountain mode, this is it.

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. [...]

We took Armasight’s Commander 640 thermal weapon sight and Warden 640 thermal monocular into a West Texas night hunt where game cams love to lie. The thermals did not. Here’s what impressed me, what annoyed me, and how the rig performed when hogs finally showed.

Bushmaster’s 450 BM SD is a straight wall hammer that carries like an AR-15, hits like a sledge, and stays manageable thanks to smart parts and a good recoil pad.

In most states, your squirrel hunting gun needs can be covered with either a rimfire rifle, a shotgun, or a muzzleloader. But which one do you choose? 

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