20 Pistols That Are Better Than Their Sales Numbers Suggest
Sales numbers can tell you what is popular, but they do not always tell you what is good. Some…
20 Guns That Are Scarcer Than They Should Be and Worth Every Effort to Find
Every gun counter has a ghost story or two. The one that got away. The model a guy sold…
20 Pistols That Were Designed in a Decade When Reliability Was Non-Negotiable
There was a stretch of time when pistol makers weren’t trying to impress anybody with marketing buzzwords or wild…
The 20 Rifles I Would Take Into the Backcountry Over Anything Newer
Backcountry rifles don’t get judged on a bench with a clean mat and a calm wind. They get judged…
20 Rifles That Were Made for One Cartridge and Turned Out Better With Another
Every so often a rifle gets married to a cartridge in the public imagination. The ads push it, the…
20 Revolvers That Are Still the Most Reliable Thing in the Safe After Thirty Years
Every safe has a couple “new and shiny” guns that get babied, talked about, and shown off. And then…
20 Guns That Experienced Owners Hold Onto for a Reason
Experienced gun owners usually get less sentimental about mediocre firearms. After enough years of buying, trading, shooting, and repairing…
20 Guns That Proved Themselves When Newer Models Failed
Newer does not automatically mean better. Fresh designs often bring better optics mounting, lighter frames, higher capacity, or more…
20 Firearms Owners Are Quietly Stockpiling Before Prices Rise
The easiest time to buy an overlooked firearm is while everybody still assumes another one will be available next…
The Best Carry Revolvers That Aren’t the J-Frame
If you carry a revolver long enough, you learn something: the little five-shot snubs get all the attention, but…