buyers guide
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Best AR-15 uppers for the money in 2025
A guy at the counter last week had two uppers laid out side by side, both around $550, and asked…
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Best .22LR handguns for practice: what to actually buy
Last Saturday at my local indoor range I counted four different guys shooting rimfire off the same bay, and three…
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Best air pistols for backyard practice in 2025
My neighbor two doors down on Sycamore Court asked me last month if I was “shooting a real gun back…
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Best red dot sights under $300 for 2025
Forty rounds into a defensive pistol class last October, my buddy’s $89 dot died. Not the battery. The glass fogged…
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Best shooting ear protection: what I’d actually buy
A guy came into the shop last month holding a pair of muffs he’d had since maybe 2003, foam crumbling…
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Best turkey hunting shotguns: seven guns I’d actually carry this spring
Opening morning last April, sitting against a white oak off a logging road outside a buddy’s place near Coshocton County,…
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Best gun cleaning kits: what’s actually worth buying in 2025
Last Saturday I had three guns laid out on the bench at once – a Ruger 10/22, a Glock, and…
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