Gear & Ammo

Sterile lab testing in ballistic gelatin is great, but the ultimate laboratory is the street. Here are the loads that seem to be doing best there, input written in blood from gunfights police departments have experienced with defensive ammunition.

Not taking into account A1 and A2 iron sights, your AR can have one of two types of optics - red-dot sights or magnified scopes. Here's a look at both.

Vero Vellini has made a name for itself the past two decades, producing comfortable handcrafted slings for hunting. Now the German company looks to do the same for tactical gear, with its Vero Tactical Two-Point Adjustable Sling.

Winchester's Defender Line just got bigger with the addition of a 20-gauge segmenting slug, a round that aims to simplify the shotgun platform. It offers all the advantages of buckshot and a slug, without shooters having to reload.

Necessity continues to be the mother of invention and there has been a rash of it in a bid to help New York gun enthusiast hit by the NY SAFE Act. Check out the tweaks these Empire State residents have made to their modern sporting rifles to keep them legal.

Reloaders and modern sporting rifle fans have fueled one Oklahoma retailer's sales as of late with ARs and used brass leading his sales.

There’s no reason keeping a handgun safely locked away from the kids and being prepared for that moment you hear a breaking window in the middle of the night needs to be mutually exclusive. With today’s offerings of quick-access handgun safes, gun owners can ensure the highest levels of both safety and access.

R.I.P. ammo has made a lot of noise recently, claiming it's “The Last Round You'll Ever Need”. But is that the fact of the matter? Take a look at these videos of ballistic tests to see if the 9mm round really lives up to its hype.

Oakley Prizm emphasize and reduce certain wavelengths of light, giving shooters an advantage by highlighting targets and making them standout.

A no-frills, easy to mount high-definition video camera, the ATN Shot Trak HD attaches to a standard weaver mount for easy mounting on rifles, shotguns, handguns or bows.

If you’ve ever shared a duck blind with someone who claims to hit every bird they pull the trigger on, you’ll appreciate the new Spectra Shot shotgun shells.

Reloading .22-caliber centerfire cartridges requires precision, but the attention to detail pays off in the field. Accurately loaded cartridges can make your next varmint hunt -- whether it be squirrel, woodchuck or coyote -- a blast.

Gun leather can be a stubborn thing. Stiff and tight, a new holster can impede a smooth draw and be equally as tricky on a clean re-holster. But a method called blocking can make breaking in a holster a snap.

With all the cool guns on display at SHOT Shot 2014 it's easy to forget the other end of the equation -- ammunition. Here is just a taste of what's hitting the ammo market in the next year, with some new reloading supplies thrown in for good measure.

Those living in states with laws against standard-capacity 30-round magazines know the smaller options just don't look or feel right. Plinker Arms, however, has created a solution that give shooters back their magazines, while abiding by the law.

Fast, flat and dead-on to 415 yards, the new 26 Nosler is said to be the world's most powerful 6.5mm commercial cartridge.