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The Taurus TX22 Braced takes an already impressive .22 LR pistol and adds a folding brace, optics-ready slide and suppressor-friendly setup. It ran cheap ammo surprisingly well and delivered plenty of fun, but the missing manual safety and a stubborn brace button left me with a few complaints.

The FN SCAR has grown from the 5.56 rifle reviewed here into a full family spanning fast-handling carbines and 20-inch precision rifles. For 2026, the question is no longer whether the SCAR is interesting. It is whether the 16S, 17S, or 20S makes enough sense to justify one very serious swipe of the credit card.

The ATN ThOR 6 Elite LRF 640 packs a 15mK sensor, onboard ballistic calculator, and laser rangefinder into a surprisingly light thermal scope. After time on coyotes, cattle, and 627-yard steel, this thing proved it is more than spec-sheet bait.

A young Italian officer stole a brand new submarine to drag his nation into war, then helped shape the frogmen who inspired modern special ops. It sounds like Clancy, but it actually happened.

The old Colt Python earned a reputation as one of the finest revolvers ever built, then disappeared long enough to become painfully collectible. Colt brought the snake back in 2020 with stronger construction and redesigned internals, giving 2026 buyers a much harder question: buy the legend, or buy the modern gun built to shoot?

In a significant shift in federal firearms policy, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced on October 9, 2026, that it will no longer enforce key National Firearms Act (NFA) requirements for short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs), silencers (suppressors), and “any other weapons” (AOWs). The change, detailed in an Open Letter [...]

After our first SIG P385 deep dive, viewers came back with more technical questions, so we went straight back to SIG Sauer for answers. In Part II, Eric McKenzie addresses future P385 models, AXG grip modules, other calibers, the manual safety, FCU interchangeability, threaded barrels and suppressor compatibility, MIM parts, U.S. manufacturing, durability, slide finish, [...]

The FP-5 Flamingo is a roughly 13,000-pound pink cruise missile carrying a 2,540-pound warhead out to extraordinary distances. Its origin story involves Ukrainian startups, worn-out jet engines, international misdirection, and one of the strangest weapons to emerge from the war.

California just put the Glock 43X CA on its handgun roster, giving Golden State Glock fans something many of us thought we might never see again: a genuinely new Glock option.