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Tested: Ankle-Worn Medical Kits from Galco and Rescue E »
Roger Eckstine | June 20, 2019
When it comes to mainline sports and recreation, safety precautions are as common as the activities themselves. Visit any sporting-goods store, and you’ll see helmets being sold in the bicycle department, life preservers in the boating department, and first aid in the camping aisles.However, that’s not always true for the shooting sports. More
VALUE GUIDE: SHORT-ACTION RIFLES (MULTIPLE CHAMBERINGS) »
June 20, 2019
VALUE GUIDE: SHORT-Action Rifles (MULTIPLE CHAMBERINGS) GUN NAME ISSUE GRADE COMMENTS Savage 110 Apex Storm XP 57344 6.5 Creedmoor, $605 June 2019 A- Best Buy. Accurate, reliable, and fast handling. The Vortex scope is a credible optic. Mauser M18 M18065P 6.5 PRC, $628 June 2019 A- Accurate and reliable. The rifle is expensive compared to the others. Savage Axis II XP Rifle 57289 6.5 Creedmoor, $400 June 2019 B+ A credible choice. We would save a few more weeks to buy the Apex. … More
Interpretations of ‘Scouts’ from Ruger, Savage, Mossberg »
Robert Sadowski | June 20, 2019
While these three rifles did check off some of the boxes for the Scout specs, they all fell short of being a true Scout Rifle, at least going by Cooper’s definition. But would we want to carry these rifles for long periods of time, and could we easily hit a target out to 100 yards? Yes, most definitely. More
VALUE GUIDE: 9MM HANDGUN RANKINGS »
Gun Tests Staff | June 20, 2019
VALUE GUIDE: RECENT 9MM HANDGUN RANKINGS GUN NAME ISSUE GRADE COMMENTS Springfield XD(M) 4.5 XDMT9459FDEHCE TB 9mm, $505 Apr. 2019 A Our Pick as a personal-defense, home- defense, and tactical pistol. Glock G34 Gen5 MOS PA3430103MOS 9mm, $710 Apr. 2019 A The Gen5 guns are the best yet, with superior accuracy and features over earlier Glocks. CZ-USA CZ P0-9 91620 9mm Luger, $402 Apr. 2019 B Best Buy. CZ has managed to pack a lot of value into the P0-9. 19-round magazine. … More
9mm Slimline Pistol Shootout: New Glocks & Mossberg Vie »
Gun Tests Staff | June 20, 2019
The growth of the concealable 9mm Luger handgun market continues to grow apace, with seemingly dozens of new models being introduced every year from makers all over the world. This suggests a vital and interested market because manufacturers wouldn’t be building guns for people who wouldn’t buy them. That includes Gun Tests readers, of course, who are always on the lookout for a better mousetrap. Here, we look at three new models from two manufacturers, Glock and Mossberg. Yep, you read that right. The well-known shotgun and rifle maker is dipping a toe into the sidearm market as well — and why not? Perhaps Mossberg has studied the pistol market long and hard and found holes in the function and form of the existing selections. Our range testing would find out. More
Speedloader Enthusiasm »
June 20, 2019
Readers have had a lot of challenges finding good wheelgun reloading devices. We were happy to help. Also, Reader Gail wonders about the 6.5 PRC, but not so much that a change is in the cards. More
Download the Full July 2019 Issue PDF »
June 20, 2019
Tested: The Glock 43X, Glock 48, and Mossberg’s MC1sc, all designed for concealed carry. Which is most easily concealed, reliable, accurate, and hard-hitting? We liked one in particular. More
Don't Buy Glock Full-Auto Switches »
Tood Woodard | June 20, 2019
CNN has reported that federal authorities are searching for thousands of conversion devices that render semi-automatic Glock pistols into fully automatic weapons that are considered to be machine guns. More
Gun Tests Ammunition Comparisons »
Multiple Authors | July 10, 2019
Here's a compilation of head-to-head ammunition testing conducted by Gun Tests magazine. More
Editorial
A Good Time to Buy
It seems gun companies are suffering from a lack of “fear-based buying” because consumers aren’t worried about stricter gun control while Donald Trump is in office. Also, ammo sales have been hit by consumers buying fewer bullets because they stockpiled during past scares, according to Markets Insider, a stock-tracking firm (Markets@BusinessInsider.com). Read More
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VALUE GUIDE: Centerfire Bolt-Action Rifles (Multiple Chamberings)
A directory of all bolt-action centerfire rifles we've reviewed in the past three or so years. Read More
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Reloading Advice from Veterans
I want to thank you for publishing the article on automatic powder dispensers. Although I think you may catch some flack for those who think Gun Tests should just test guns, and maybe ammo, I find that articles such as these are very helpful and informative for those of us who pursue reloading, gunsmithing or other peripheral “hobbies.” Read More
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Police Department Implements Viridian Weapon-Mounted Camera »
Gun Tests Staff | August 15, 2018
Viridian Weapon Technologies announces that the West Hennepin Public Safety Department located just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota has deployed the FACT Duty Weapon-Mounted Camera (WMC) to all of its officers. More
Which Window Stickers Scream 'Gun Inside' to Car Burglars? »
Todd Woodard | July 19, 2018
Sergeant Parkerson posted on the Nextdoor.com app, "Burglary of Motor Vehicle suspects were recently caught breaking into vehicles in what they considered to be an upper-scale apartment complex. Their objective was to locate and steal guns from vehicles they identified on the property. Their method for choosing which vehicles they would break into was to simply locate any vehicle on the property that had some form of Law Enforcement, Fire Department, or Military-style decal on it. From their experience, they [the suspects] have learned that these vehicles would have a higher probability of having a weapon in it that they could then steal." More
Judge Brett Kavanaugh: A So-So Gun Guy? »
July 18, 2018
From the standpoint of gunowners' rights, will Judge Kavanaugh be "fer us or agin’ us" if he's elevated to the Supreme Court? Or, said another way, will he be a "good guy on guns” or just a so-so one? "Right now, nobody knows for sure how a 'Justice Kavanaugh' might rule on gunowner rights at the SCOTUS level," said Gun Tests Editor Todd Woodard. "But the tea leaves, the entrails, the penumbras suggest he strongly leans our way." More
More Legal Problems for SIG's P320 »
July 16, 2018
In response to social media rumors questioning the safety of the P320 pistol, a variant of which was selected by the U.S. government as the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS), SIG SAUER, Inc. has full confidence in the reliability, durability and safety of its striker-fired handgun platform. There have been zero (0) reported drop-related P320 incidents in the U.S. commercial market, with hundreds of thousands of guns delivered to date. More