Jon Hodoway

While it seems like just about everybody is making the AR, the name Colt still carries a lot of weight when it comes to this design. They were the “first” in the minds of many civilian shooters, and the company has a long history of producing the design’s martial sibling for the U.S. military. And now, with the M4 Expanse, Colt is offering a great gun at a great price.

If you already own a safe, almost everything I describe in this article can be done for free; but there’s no free lunch, and every choice has its pros and cons. You will have to weigh your options when deciding the placement of your safe and how to anchor it.

The 805 Bren S1 Carbine from CZ-USA delivers a civilian-legal, semi-automatic variant of a Czech battle-ready 5.56mm to U.S. consumers. Read on for the full test.

the new SUB-2000 Gen II from Kel-Tec gives users a 9mm carbine that feeds from pistol magazines and can fold down to around 16 inches.

The FN M4 Carbine in the Military Collector Series line brings you the closest thing a civilian can own to a true military 5.56mm M4 Carbine.

A dangerous terrorist lives right here in our land. Folks, if you don’t know it, our electrical grid is under attack.

The Bond Arms Backup packs a lot of power into a small package. It has twin barrels and can be switched between 9mm and .45.

Of the new crop of semiautomatic 9mm carbines on the market today, this one has got to be my current favorite. The gun is intuitive to shoot, aesthetically pleasing, light, and fast. The current MSRP is $1,049.00, and the CZ Scorpion compares well to other guns on the market in this price range.

The FN M249S is a semi-automatic, closed bolt version of the M249 SAW made by FN. It feeds from disintegrating link belts or AR-15 magazines. In our test it ran perfectly once the belt was laid in correctly, with a smooth trigger of about 4 1/2 pounds and controllable fire at 100 yards. It weighs [...]