Gun & Gear Reviews

Our overall gun guides are the perfect place to start your journey in choosing a new gun.

• Best Home Defense Gun
• Handgun/Pistols for Home Defense
• 7 Best Handguns for Women
• AR-15 Buyer's Guide
• Tactical Shotguns for Home Defense
• Rimfire Rifles for Beginners
• Best Sniper/Precision Rifle
• Beginner Hunting Rifles

Not sure of the best places to buy ammo online?  Or what specific ammo to choose for home defense & bulk range shooting?  Look no further!

• Overall
  • Best Place to Buy Ammo Online
• Specific Calibers
  • 9mm Ammo Guide for Self-Defense & Range
  • Best AR-15 (.223/5.56) Ammo
  • .45 ACP Ammo Guide
  • .40 S&W Ammo Guide
  • .357/.38 Ammo Guide
  • .22 LR Ammo Guide

Read our unbiased reviews of the most popular pistols and revolvers out there.

• Concealed Carry
  • Top 5 Best .380 Pistols for CCW
  • Best Single Stack Sub-Compact 9mm
• Roundup Lists
  • 7 Best .45 ACP Pistols That Aren't 1911's
  • Best 1911 Pistols for the Money
  • All the Glock 9mm Models
  • All the Glock .45 ACP Models
• 1911
  • Best 1911's for the Money
• Beretta
  • Beretta 92FS
• Colt
  • 1911-22 LR
• CZ
  • CZ 75
  • CZ P09
• FNH
  • FNS-9
• Glock
  • Micro Roni Stab - Glock Conversion
• Hi-Point
  • Hi-Point .45
• Sig Sauer
  • Sig Sauer P320
  • Sig Sauer P250
  • Sig Sauer P238
• Smith & Wesson
  • M&P 2.0 .45 ACP
  • Bodyguard .380
  • SW22 Victory .22 LR
• Springfield Armory
  • XDm .45
• Taurus
  • PT-1911
• Revolvers
  • Top 9 Best .357 Magnum Revolvers
  • S&W 686
  • Ruger GP100
  • Taurus 627

We’ve got a dedicated section for the AR-15 HERE.  We cover everything from upgrades to building your own over there.  But still some of our best review goodies live below for both the AR-15 (.223) and it’s bigger shooting brother, the AR-10 (.308).

• Essential Guides
  • Buyer's Guide to the AR-15
  • Essential AR-15 Upgrades
  • AR-15 Furniture & Accessories
  • Featureless AR-15 FAQ
• AR-15 Reviews
  • Aero Precision M4E1 (.223)
• AR-10 Reviews
  • Aero Precision M5E1 (.308)

Any rifles that aren’t AR-15’s live here.  From AK’s to surplus…we’ve got a little bit of everything.

• General
  • Best 3-Gun Heavy Metal Guns
• CZ
  • CZ Scorpion Evo 3 S1 Carbine
• Norinco
  • SKS
• Remington
  • Remington 700 - All Variants
  • Remington 597
• Ruger
  • Best 10/22 Upgrades
  • Ruger American
• Saiga
  • Saiga .223
• Surplus Rifles
  • Best Surplus Rifles You Can Buy on the Cheap

Ah…the ole scattergun!

• Overall
  • Best Tactical Shotguns for Home Defense
  • Best Semi-Auto Shotguns
  • Best Shotguns for Competitions
• Maverick
  • Maverick 88
• Stoeger
  • Stoeger Condor Over/Under

We’ll cover everything from red dots to magnified scopes…and everything in between.

• Overall
  • Best Scopes & Optics for the AR-15
  • Best Budget Red Dots for Under $200
  • Best Affordable Optics
  • How to Choose a Rifle Scope
  • Best EOTech Holographic Sights
  • Best Place to Buy Nightforce Scopes
• Shotgun Sights
  • Best Shotgun Sights
  • Should You Put a Red Dot On Your Shotgun

Everything you need that doesn’t go on your person or your gun.

• Overall
  • Essential Shooting Range Gear
  • Essential Gunsmithing Tools
  • Self Defense Insurance: USCCA Review
• Gun Safes
  • 10 Great Safes for Home & On The Go
  • Best Bedside Gun Safes
• Cleaning
  • Ballistol
  • Hornady vs Harbor Freight Ultrasonic Cleaners
  • Spartan Accuracy Oil
• For the Range
  • Best Range Bags
  • Patriot Stencils
  • Everything About Tannerite
• Training At Home
  • Laser Ammo Cartridge + Targets

Not sure what holster to get?  Not even sure what IWB (inside the waistband) or Kydex means?  Check out our overall guides and individual holster reviews.

• Overall
  • Best Concealed Carry Holsters
  • Best Kydex Holster Makers
  • Women: How to Conceal Carry
  • Best Glock Mag Holsters
• IWB (Inside Waistband)
  • Bravo Concealment DOS
• OWB (Outside Waistband)
  • Bravo Concealment w/ Light

All the stuff that goes on your body…from ear protection to armor plate carriers.

• Soft Gear
  • Best Rifle Slings for Your Specific Purpose
• Hearing Protection
  • Best Electronic Hearing Protection Ear Muffs

Want to know our favorite shooting ranges and firearms training programs?  Check here for periodic updates!

• Shooting Ranges
  • Angeles Shooting Range (Los Angeles, CA)