GunsAmerica Product Reviews – Rifles

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 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 [...]

Fast to shoulder, light in the woods, and still pure Americana, the Winchester Model 94 remains a freezer filler and a bucket list lever for hunters who actually hunt.

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, [...]

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 [...]

This budget-friendly 6.5 Creedmoor hunts light, cycles smoothly, and stacks tight groups. After Ruger fixed an early extraction hiccup, the rifle flat-out performed.

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, [...]