Ten Tips for Firearms Safety In Your Home
As the leading gun-evaluation-and-recommendation resource for the serious shooter, Gun Tests Magazine takes its role in ensuring safe and accessible firearms use even more...
Gun Storage Check Week: June 1-7
Gun Storage Check Week is a national campaign of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)—the firearms industry trade association—to encourage all gun owners to...
DOJ, ATF Give in on Forced Reset Triggers
On May 16, 2025, the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) and Texas Gun Rights (TXGR) entered into a settlement agreement that stops further...
New Shooter’s Guide: Muzzle Control at the Range, and in the Toilet
Most of you should be very familiar with the four rules of firearms safety as promulgated by Col. Jeff Cooper:
Every gun is always...
21 Sharp Evaluation: We’re Not Impressed with the Round
On September 18, 2024, Winchester introduced a new rimfire cartridge called the 21 Sharp. The company said the new 21 Sharp rimfire cartridge was...
Holsters for the SIG P365 and Other Concealed-Carry Handguns
The concealed-carry holster should be chosen as carefully as the carry gun or defense load. There isn’t a shortage of manufacturers and custom makers,...
Practical D.O.P.E. for Long-Range Rifle Shooting
Do you gather and organize D.O.P.E. (Data On Previous Engagements) to improve your long-range rifle shooting? In this National Shooting Sports Foundation video, Ryan...
Shot Timers: Kestrel, PACT Competition Electronics, and CED
Earlier this year, Gun Tests reader Matt W. requested a comparison of popular timers. We thought he had great insight about the value of...
Tripods: We Test Boghunt, Two Vets, Leofoto, and Vortex Units
It is an accepted fact that the rifle shooter will be able to place his hits more accurately when using some type of supported...
New Lawsuit Challenges Washington D.C. Magazine Ban
Bans are particularly inviting targets of pro-2nd Amendment litigation because there is so little support of them in the country's history. Toward that end,...
Ammo Price Increases Are Coming
Since President Donald Trump’s announcement on April 4 about new tariffs — a 10% blanket tariff on all imports, plus targeted reciprocal tariffs —...