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Henry’s first revolver combines .357 Magnum authority, heirloom-grade details, and accuracy that borders on showing off. The Big Boy does not merely wear the Henry name. It earns it.

The Arken EP-5 GENII 7-35×56 delivers sharp glass, confident tracking, and competition-ready controls for $749. It is not perfect, but this precision rifle scope performs well above the price printed on the box.

The RCBS MatchMaster Precision Case Trimmer promises to trim, chamfer, and deburr brass in one pass. After 523 cartridges and 78.5″ of brass removed on the same cutter head, I found out just how hard this $699.99 precision machine can work.

The SIG P226 TacOps earned its reputation the hard way, with training, hard use, and more than 1,000 rounds without a failure in this original test. More than a decade later, Legion, SAO, E2-style grips, optic-ready models, X-Fives, and the P320 have changed the shopping landscape, but not the basic question: Is the old-school hammer-fired P226 still worth the money?

Before Russell Johnson became the cerebral Professor on Gilligan’s Island, he flew 44 combat missions in B25 Mitchell bombers and survived being shot down in the Pacific. His real life was considerably more dangerous than anything that ever happened on that uncharted island.

After more than 1,300 rounds and 12 months of regular carry, the Kimber CDS9 has become my go-to EDC. It is accurate, distinctive, and flawless for me unsuppressed, although suppressor testing exposed one weakness worth knowing about.

The $529 Glenfield Model A looks every inch like a budget hunting rifle, but our 6.5 Creedmoor test gun punched out .78-.92 inch groups with its favorite ammunition and went 120 for 120. Ruger’s revived Glenfield name may be cheap where it can be, but this rifle puts the important money in the right places.

The Tenet Vesper combines an 8-inch Grade 5 titanium body, sub-10-ounce weight and unusually strong sound reduction. After shooting both versions, it is subjectively the quietest centerfire rifle suppressor I’ve personally tested.

The FN SCAR 15P crams battle-proven SCAR DNA into a 7.5-inch 5.56 package that is compact, brutally loud, impressively reliable, and capable of groups just over 1 MOA with the right ammunition. After running it hard, suppressed, hot, and dirty, I liked it enough to buy it.