There’s Nothing Like a First Rifle: Passing the torch with Winchester’s Model 61.
BY RICHARD MANN, PHOTOS BY SABASTIAN “BAT” MANN

No Trap Doors: Phoenix Weaponry puts a new spin on a frontier classic with the .45-70 Auto.
TOM MARSHALL

You Need Another AR: Top new rifles for 2023 for your first, or fifteenth, AR.
TODD WOODARD

The Perfect AR Barrel: You won’t find it, but you can get pretty close.
PATRICK SWEENEY

How to Run Your AR-15 Like a Pro: The secret to shooting your AR is... running the right drills.
RICHARD MANN

Enough Gun … Or Something Like It: Using data and ballistic information to select a big game cartridge.
RICHARD MANN

Top 2023 Shotgun Picks: While tactical rifles and handguns always steal the spotlight, there’s no shortage of excellent shotguns available for 2023.
COREY GRAFF

Right Down the Middle: Swiss’ K31 is the best service rifle to never see wide-scale combat.
JOSH WAYNER

How They Are Made
Can Designs and How They Work.

The Best of CANCON
Top Products From a Fully Suppressed Range Event..

Grasshopper Mouse: Large format pistols versus “conventional” handguns for protecting your castle.
JOSH WAYNER

Play to Win: Lights, red-dots and suppressors give you an advantage in defending your home.
JOSH WAYNER

Shaken, Not Stirred: The Heym Express by Martini is an elegant twist on a classic big-game rifle.
PHIL MASSARO

A Rifle By Any Other Name: Unraveling the enigma of the scout rifle, and those guns that seek to mimic it.
RICHARD MANN

The Anatomy of a Defensive Bullet: Various construction elements, and what they’re really designed to do.
RICHARD MANN

Camouflaged for Daily Life: Easily concealed self-defense items … that aren’t guns.
JOSH WAYNER

Mossberg’s Patriot LR Tactical: Priced to fit any marksman’s budget, and provides the ideal gateway to long-range shooting.
ELWOOD SHELTON

A Solution for a Solved Problem?: Is the 8.6 Blackout a subsonic game-changer or short-range snake oil?
JOSH WAYNER


Volquartsen VT2 Takedown Rifle in .17 HMR: A sleek, accurate and highly packable hummer from the king of rimfire.
PATRICK MEITIN

Full-Sized .22 LRs: Long-range rimfire is no longer a “hold my beer” situation.
JOSH WAYNER

Better Barrel Builds: The right aftermarket Ruger 10/22 barrel will tighten your groups.
PATRICK MEITIN

Shotgun Shangri-La: Mossberg’s 940 Pro Tactical and Turkey shotguns.
BY RICHARD MANN

The Reincarnation of Big Green: Can the new Model 700 Alpha 1 be better than the Remington classic?
PHIL MASSARO

From Geek to Glorious: The complete rifl e makeover … all done from the comforts of home.
LUKE HARTLE

Red-Dot or Not: Red-dot, reflex, holographic and prismatic—all sights with a red dot are not created equal.

Big Bore, Little Noise: Considerations for suppressing the .45 ACP.

Sig P365 Aftermarket Parts Buyer’s Guide:
Top upgrades for one of America’s most popular CCW handguns.

How to Start a Training Regimen: 
Have a plan, and take one bite at a time.

Double-Fold AR Pistol: 
EDC an AR without alerting a soul.

The Revolver vs. the Semi-Auto: Which is better for self-defense? Follow the data.
RICHARD MANN

The Double Triad: How to improve your semi-auto defensive skills isn’t a mystery. It’s a process.
RICHARD MANN

Lost in the Shuffl e: The unfortunate saga of the Steyr GB pistol.
MIKE SEARSON

The Four Amigos: The bellwether cartridges of modern-day, large-bore deer hunting.
JOSH WAYNER

Five Blue-Collar Deer Guns: Rifles, muzzleloaders and scopes to hunt whitetails on a budget, wherever they live.
WILL BRANTLEY

Sig Sauer P322: This is the .22 pistol you’ve been waiting for.
RICHARD MANN

Unexpected Optics: Value riflescopes to meet your hunting, tactical and long-range needs.
ELWOOD SHELTON

Lead Isn’t Dead: The science, limits and use of lead projectiles in 2022.
JOSH WAYNER

Patterned Polymer Dyeing: Give your component a new look that lasts.
RECOIL EDITORS

The Guns of Yellowstone and 1883: The Western gets a modern spin with familiar gunslingers … and guns.
JOSH WAYNER

What Actually Happened to Remington?: The future of the storied and iconic American brands.
PHIL MASSARO

America’s Sweetheart: The radical 60-year evolution of the AR-15.
PATRICK SWEENEY

Golfi ng and Guns: Specific golf clubs are designed for specific distances. So are rifles.
JOSH WAYNER

Bushmaster of None? Questioning the value of the .450 BM.
JOSH WAYNER

Big-Block Glock: Momentum en masse with Guncrafter Industries’ .50 GI conversion.
PATRICK SWEENEY

The Dark Isn’t Your Friend: Choose your weapon-mounted light and flashlight carefully.
JOSH WAYNER

Castle Doctrine vs. Stand Your Ground: You must understand how they differ, and how they can affect you if you’re confronted with a deadly threat.
DR. ART JOSLIN, J.D.

Way Too Hot to Holster: Walther’s Meister Manufaktur Series of Q5 Match steelframe race guns.
PATRICK ROBERTS

One Double-Ought Six: The mighty Smith & Wesson 1006 in 10mm.
BY JIM HOUSE

Girls Just Wanna Have Guns: The best concealed carry handguns, as chosen by women.
DICK JONES

Mathsplaining Red-Dots: If you’re considering a red-dot for your CCW gun, here’s how to maximize its potential.
PATRICK ROBERTS

Fanny Packing: Realistic carry methods and strategies for regular people.
JOSH WAYNER

Grande Puissance: Springfi eld Armory’s new SA-35 is a high-honored nod to the Browning Hi-Power.
RICHARD MANN

Lessons From the Case of Kyle Rittenhouse: Self-defense involves much more than the act of in-the-moment survival.
DR. ART JOSLIN, J.D.

The Vudoo Three60 Rimfi re: Technology that replaces ‘plinking’ with ‘precision’ for the dusty ol’ .22 LR.
MICHAEL R. SHEA

Reduced-Caliber Rifl e, Full-Caliber Training: Testing the AR-15 rimfi re for plinking and training when .223 ammo is nonexistent.
PATRICK ROBERTS

Ruger 10/22 Modifications: A little tweaking can go a very long way. PATRICK ROBERTS

Simple 1911 Upgrades: Options to improve your 1911 that require minimal fitting. JOSH WAYNE

Upgrading a Classic Gun: Should you even consider it? RICHARD MANN

The Glock 48MOS Thin Green Line EDC Pistol: Carry gun considerations from a law enforcement professional.
LT. JOHN NORES

Enjoyable EDC Training: It’s like a competitive game of beanbags … for the armed citizen.
RICHARD MANN

Imperfect Strangers: A threat will come when you least expect it.
MIKE SEARSON

The Truth About Riflescope Light Transmission: Objective lenses, light movement and your eyes.
PHIL MASSARO

Why Kalashnikov: The origin of the AK.
MARCO VOROBIEV

You Gotta Believe: Shrink groups and increase success by expanding your confidence.
JOSH WAYNER

The Taurus GX4 Micro-Compact 9mm: You’ve come a long way, baby!
WILLIAM BELL, PHOTOS BY JORDAN BELL

The Diet of a Pocket Gun: Proper ammo choices for today’s tiny defensive handguns.
JOSH WAYNER

So, You Want to Build a 1911? Building vs. buying a 1911.
JOSH WAYNER

The Woodmans’ Keeper: The classic Colt Woodsman … and the classic collector.
JOE ARTERBURN

The Perfect Travel Companion: Choosing a rifl e for traveling North America.
PHIL MASSARO

Long Live the Patriot: Worldwide travels with a rifl e of exquisite character and grit.
RICHARD MANN

Nine, Ten and Eleven (Point Five): Every single interaction between bullet and target is a unique event.
JOSH WAYNER

Buy it Cheap, Stack it Deep: How to find ammo when there is none.
MIKE SEARSON

Range Bag Essentials: Range days end in either pure joy or pure frustration. Stack the odds in your favor.
RICHARD MANN

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