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Gun Tests Master Index 1989 to 2025

2025 HANDGUNS Issue Date AMT DAO Back-Up 40 S&W (GT Classic) Feb 2025 Astra A-100 45 ACP (GT Classic) Dec 2025/Jan 2026 Auto-Ordnance General (GT Classic) Mar 2025 Bersa Thunder...

Top 10 38 Special Revolvers for 2025

Also known as the 38 Colt Special and, more generally, as simply the 38 Special, this cartridge was developed by Smith & Wesson and...

Best Guns & Gear of the Year

Toward the end of each year, I survey the work R.K. Campbell, Robert Sadowski, Tracey Taylor, and Joe Woolley have done in Gun Tests,...

Heckler & Koch VP9 Match or 81000553 9MM Luger

We decided to call this match-up 9mm target pistols in lieu of 9mm match-ready pistols because a true competition pistol is a specialized and...

Smith & Wesson Model 629 Mountain Gun 14041 44 Magnum

Hiking, hunting, or any activity that can bring you in contact with a brown bear means you should be prepared for the encounter. Or...

Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P9 M2.0 Competitor 13718 9MM Luger

We decided to call this match-up 9mm target pistols in lieu of 9mm match-ready pistols because a true competition pistol is a specialized and...

Glock G17L MOS Gen5 9MM Luger

We decided to call this match-up 9mm target pistols in lieu of 9mm match-ready pistols because a true competition pistol is a specialized and...

10 Best 380 ACP Pocket Pistols for 2025

Over the years, Gun Tests Magazine has reviewed dozens of concealable pistols chambered in 380 ACP. The smallest of these sidearms are the subcompact...

Brief Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Hawaii’s ‘Vampire Rule’ Decision

Several gunowners-rights groups have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Wolford v. Lopez, urging the Court to reverse the Ninth...

Ruger Redhawk 5043 44 Magnum

Hiking, hunting, or any activity that can bring you in contact with a brown bear means you should be prepared for the encounter. Or...

Want a New York Carry Permit? Well, Let’s Go!

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is inviting people to apply for non-resident firearms-carry licenses under a recent settlement with New York State and several...