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10 Best Shotguns for Self-Defense 2025

Over the decades, Gun Tests Magazine has reviewed dozens of self-defense shotguns chambered in 12 gauge, 20 gauge, or other bores. Some have been configured with...

Gun Groups File Suit to Overturn National Firearms Act

Several gun owners-rights groups and individual gun owners have sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives seeking to have elements of the...

DOJ Decides not to Continue Appeal of ATF’s Pistol-Brace Rule

The federal government has agreed to a joint dismissal of the government’s appeal in the Mock v. Bondi lawsuit, an action that effectively kills...

SHOT 2023: Uintah Precision Modern Sporting Muzzleloader

At SHOT Show 2023, Joe Woolley, Contributing Editor for Gun Tests Magazine, interviewed Richard Hamilton, Owner of Uintah Precision, about the company's new Modern...

SHOT 2023: Tricking Out Your Henry Lever Rifle

Dan Clayton-Luce, VP Communications for Henry Repeating Arms, tells Gun Tests Contributing Editor Joe Woolley how to trick out a Henry lever-action rifle. Details...

SHOT 2023: Aero Precision Solus Rifle

At SHOT Show 2023, Joe Woolley, Contributing Editor for Gun Tests Magazine, interviewed Kirk Foreman, Product Marketing Coordinator for Aero Precision, and learned about...

New Shooter’s Guide: What Is a Pistol Caliber Carbine?

If you’re just entering the firearms world, you may see the term Pistol Caliber Carbine, or PCC, and not quite understand what it means....

SHOT 2022: Tokarev Shotguns Are Ready for the Trenches

SDS Imports LLC is an importer of firearms and accessories located in Knoxville, TN. Tokarev TX3 12HD Pump Action Shotgun - 18.5" Proof Tested 4140 Barrel w/...

Repairing Crosman Air Guns

The quantity of air-gun parts per gun is about the same or less than the number of parts in cartridge firearms. In fact, many air-gun parts look and function like their counterparts in firearms we're already familiar with. Here's an inside look at the Crosman 760 air rifle.

TrackingPoint Stops Accepting Orders

TrackingPoint, the Pflugerville, Texas-based maker of "Precision-Guided Firearms" that cost upwards of $10K, announced on its website that it is no longer accepting orders due to "financial difficulty."

CMMG Adds 5.56mm Caliber to New AR Pistol Line-Up

CMMG Adds 5.56mm Caliber to New AR Pistol Line-Up

TriStar Releases New Raptor ATAC Turkey Shotgun

TriStar Arms is announcing its new Raptor ATAC Turkey shotgun in 12 gauge just in time for the 2014 turkey hunting season.

Who Do You Want as the Next US AG?

President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. Many gun-rights groups didn’t like Bondi, who they say came in with a weak 2nd Amendment...