Top 10 Pistols With Accessory Rails
Outfitting pistols with lights or other accessories can be nigh impossible unless the sidearms are equipped with accessory rails.
Handgun accessory rails come in various...
Top 10 Sub-Gauge Defense Shotguns
The 12-gauge-chambered shotgun or shotshell-firing gun are the de facto cartridge favorites for home self defense, but there are a few other chamberings that...
Three Older 45s: Should I Buy Any of Them?
One of the questions we get most often at Gun Tests is whether an older gun someone has happened on is worth the time...
10 Most Recent Best Buy Gun and Accessory Recommendations
Gun Tests evaluates firearms, accessories, and ammunition head to head every month, and our highest accolade is the Best Buy ranking, which considers performance...
Top 10 Single-Action Rimfire Revolvers
Revolvers chambered in 22 Long Rifle and 22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire rounds offer low recoil and low cost of operation. Generally, they're inexpensive as...
What Gun Should I Buy for Concealed Carry in 2026?
Gun Tests writers get asked this question all the time — What Gun Should I Buy for Concealed Carry? — and answering it is...
Top 10 45 ACP Handguns for 2026
At Gun Tests, we have tested dozens of pistols and revolvers chambered in 45 ACP, most of them 1911s, either full size, Commander, or...
FN America FNX-45 Tactical FDE 66968 45 ACP
The FN FNX-45 Tactical in Flat Dark Earth (FDE) is a hammer-fired semiautomatic, short-recoil-operated pistol modeled after the FNP-45, which was FN’s service pistol...
Smith & Wesson M&P 45 M2.0 13586 45 ACP
One of our testers has a Smith & Wesson Model 559 in his safe. That pistol is a second-generation version of the S&W Model...
CZ-USA 97BD 01406 45 ACP
The CZ 97BD is the decocker version of the model 97B. The 97 series was based on the CZ75 design which, like the Browning...
Ruger New Model Blackhawk Convertible No. 5242 45 Colt/45 ACP
Part of the reason why Colt introduced the New Frontier was the wild success of Bill Ruger’s Blackhawk single-action revolvers with adjustable sights that...
We Shouldn’t Need A Reminder
I want to remind Gun Tests readers about how important it is to secure our firearms from the curious, the inept, and the deranged. Just...
