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  • SSK-50 Contender


    When I first saw a Thompson/Center Contender in the mid-1970s, I knew what it was but had never seen one in the flesh.

  • Springfield Armory Echelon


    The latest high tech combat handgun to come out of the Springfield Armory skunk works is the 9mm Echelon. Launching into a crowded field already full to bursting, the Echelon...

  • Springfield Armory Saint Victor .308 Pistol


    It’s no secret the world isn’t a very nice place right now. In fact, by the time these words hit subscriber mailboxes and the newsstand, things might even be worse —...

  • The Guncrafter Polara 1911

    Guncrafter Polara


    Available as a full-sized 5" 1911 and a Commander-sized version, the Guncrafter Polara caught my attention and I think you can see why.

  • Customized Ruger Wranglers


    The Ruger Wrangler is a great blank slate for gun customization

Benchmade Mini Bedlam

8 New Knives For 2025

Whether you’re in the market for a new EDC, a...

Winchester THSX 640 Thermal Hunting Sight

Winchester Supreme Optics Thermal Optic Line

The all-new Winchester Supreme Optics thermal hunting...

Colt Safety Impact Award

Vote: Colt “Safety Impact Award”

Voting is open through Jan. 31, 2025, for Colt’s...

The First New Revolver In 50 Years

A look back at the first revolver to be made by High Standard and the first really new, different revolver on the American scene in 50 years!
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Brent created this photo a few years ago to illustrate a GUNS article. The picture was shot on a picnic table under a covered porchat the range and it only took 60 exposures to get this single photo!
The Problem With Firearms Photography

A combination of firearms photography how-to and a philosophy discussion, along with a healthy dose of whining, griping and low-level bitching.
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S&W Model 61 Escort

The 1968 Gun Control Act put a serious dent in the availability of small imported pocket autos. Regardless of quality, the operative phrase was “Saturday...
Read Full Article Payton Miller
LabRadar LX Doppler Radar Chronograph

As a hunter, competition shooter and handloader, I need to know the velocity of factory and handloads. I suffered the many frustrations of shoot-through...
Read Full Article Alan Garbers
Everything You Wanted to Know About...

I don’t really care “who put the ram in the ‘rama lama ding dong’” but I would like to know who invented the concept of spinning a projectile so...
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The Holster Wardrobe

We don’t wear the same clothes every day, in every season, for every occasion. For the law-abiding armed citizen, the same is often true of firearms.
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Building A Budget Battle Shotgun

I think it started when I was about 16 years old. I was pretty involved in the cutthroat world of showing and training paint and quarter horses. I routinely...
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Simply Rugged Holsters

Sometimes a little swagger is excusable, at least I hope so. I had just ridden a horse 15 miles through some serious high desert chasing big cats and was...
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Are You Packin’?

The annual report on concealed carry in the United States, published by the Crime Prevention Research Center, has some eye-opening details about the number...
Read Full Article Dave Workman
Sometimes “Too Much Fun” Is...

Last month in the Insider, I discussed the first part of my recent trip to the Czech Republic as the guest of Sellier & Bellot (S&B) ammunition. This month...
Read Full Article Brent Wheat

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Handguns, Rifles & Shotguns

Mag-na-port Putting Bling...

So, in celebration of all things gunny — and fun — we present this arguably over-the-top Springfield Armory Range Officer Target Model, as boldly...
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Savage Impulse...

“Shoot again!” I bellowed, with no one nearby to zipper my mouth. Silence might have improved the outcome.
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Side-by-Side Shotguns

Ask a shotgunner if they like side-by-sides and the answer is usually “of course, who doesn’t?” Side-by-sides are sleek and sexy, they’re...
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Discover

Remington Sixguns Part I:

Sam Colt brought forth the first successful repeating firearm with the five-shot Paterson in 1836. Remington goes back even farther than Colt.
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Concealed Carry On The...

Flying with guns isn’t hard, but I didn’t want to pack an arsenal. I needed a single compact yet powerful handgun along with the carry gear to hide it....
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Are Your Guns Ready?

Nothing is more important than sighting in your guns for the hunt of a lifetime. Heck, even local hunts require sighting-in for success. We owe it to the...
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Podcasts

our dumbest gun stunts
Our Dumbest Gun...

We did it so you don't have to! Brent T. Wheat and Roy Huntington share some of their more infamous gun "stunts" over the years.
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Meet the Writer: Wayne van Zwoll
Meet The Writer:...

Host Brent T. Wheat sits down with GUNS Magazine contributor Wayne van Zwoll, who has published 16 books and nearly 3,000 magazine articles on firearms,...
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Perfect Packin' Pairs GMP #267
Perfect Packin'...

Host Brent T. Wheat and Roy Huntington are back with another spin on John Taffin's phrase, "Perfect Packin' Pistols." We're talking rifle/pistol combos that...
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