GUNS Magazine

01/16/2025

In one of the biggest about-faces we’ve seen, Mark Zuckerberg — owner of Facebook and Instagram parent company, Meta — announced the end of third-party fact-checking and changes to the company’s content moderation policies. What does this have to do with guns? A lot, actually.

In one of the biggest about-faces we've seen, Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of third-party fact-checking and changes to Facebook and Instagram's content m

01/14/2025

It should come as no surprise that Massad Ayoob — longtime GUNS Magazine and American Handgunner Magazine contributor — is a Top 5 Finalist for "Top 2A Writer" in this year's The Gundie Awards! Stay tuned next week to find out if he won...

01/13/2025

Everybody knows .22 rifles are very persnickety about their ammo, but why? In this episode, Roy and Brent discuss the reasons for this common ballistic peevishness and offer some other ideas to make your favorite .22 a literal tack-driver.

Everybody knows .22 rifles are very persnickety about their ammo, but why? In this episode, Roy and Brent discuss the reasons for this common ballistic peevi...

01/03/2025

New gear for the new year!

Guns and the gear to carry and outfit them. Check out 2025’s latest.

01/02/2025

I was a little boy whose bedroom bookshelf’s centerpiece was a much-thumbed copy of the 1947 Stoeger Gun Bible. I looked at the magazine rack in the Corner Pharmacy in Concord, NH and was riveted by the sight of a by-God gun magazine, the first of its kind to hit the newsstand.

Massad Ayoob looks back at 1955

01/01/2025

To kick off the New Year, Editor Brent Wheat offers his thoughts on what I think the world of shooting will look like in 30 years as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of GUNS Magazine!

Thoughts on the 100th Anniversary of GUNS Magazine

12/31/2024

If you started partying to celebrate R***r’s 75th birthday in 2024 then keep on rolling because 2025 marks Guns Magazine’s 70th birthday.

Shotguns from 1955

12/30/2024

Everything old is new again...

Landmark R***r single action revolvers

12/29/2024

A pair of classics!

A pair of Great Western revolvers on the cover of GUNS Magazine

12/28/2024

It was 1955...

Riflery in 1955

12/27/2024

The process involved only a few different propellants, several different powder charges and bullet weights and types.

How to choose a pet reload

12/26/2024

Looking to dress up your R***r Wrangler or Super Wrangler with good-looking wood grips? If so, Parabellum Woodcraft can help you out.

Parabellum grip review

12/24/2024

Rosie cheeks, a gelatinous belly and a Tec-9? Brent Wheat, Tom McHale and Roy Huntington discuss the best carry options for jolly Saint Nick and his little helpers.

Rosie cheeks, a gelatinous belly and a Tec-9? Brent Wheat, Tom McHale and Roy Huntington discuss the best carry options for jolly Saint Nick and his little help

12/23/2024

It isn’t often someone gets to shoot a newly introduced pistol, then lives long enough to see it become an ultra-rare, high-dollar collectible.

Review of the Semmerling LM-4 pistol

12/22/2024

If you like “gadgety” stuff — things that fold out and turn into something useful and unexpected, like a stapler that morphs into a fully functional motorcycle — you’ll love Popticals Popzulu folding glasses.

If you like “gadgety” stuff — things that fold out and turn into something useful and unexpected, like a stapler that morphs into a fully functional motor

12/22/2024

Sometimes, the best gifts don't come wrapped...

No, the headline is not misspelled, and as we head toward my Yuletide birthday — the 75th, if it’s anyone’s business — I got an early gift. It didn’t

12/21/2024

When Columbia River Knife & Tool (CRKT) wanted a special knife to celebrate their 30th anniversary, they turned to one of their longtime custom knife collaborators, Russ Kommer. The result is the exquisite Soldotna hunting knife, named for a town on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska where Russ and CRKT founder Rod Bremer would often hunt.

CRKT Soldotna knife review

12/20/2024

Some things never go out of style, and guys like Big Al DiPrima prove it every day by building and carrying cool guns while keeping the mullet alive.

Big Al knows his revolvers