“handguns”

Custom, tricked-out handguns are great, but all you really need can be found in these basic hunters.

CCI has long been king of the shotshell for handguns, but its engineers had been working on the next generation of products for some time. The idea was simple: deliver more power than the company's standard offerings. It's what customers wanted. As you might have figured out, the name "Big 4" was born straight from the new line's main selling point: Each cartridge is loaded with No. 4 lead shot.

Self-branded as "The Value Experts," TriStar is home to an array of respectable shotguns and handguns, which are often available at a budget-conscious price point. The company has, for years, rolled out a variety of fine-shooting scatterguns. One thing that's long eluded it, however, is a 3½-inch autoloader for the more dedicated waterfowl hunters among us. That changed at SHOT Show 2017, however, when TriStar announced its new Viper Max.

American Rifleman's Joe Kurtenbach introduces the basics of shooting with pistol-mounted red-dot optics.

Ruger may have the softest-shooting 10mm handgun on the market now that the company has introduced its Super Redhawk chambered for the cartridge.

Get a closer look at the EOTech EFLX Mini Reflex Sight, the latest addition to our #SundayGunday series.

Here’s a detailed look at the top black bear cartridges for rifles and handguns.

For 2023, Taurus introduces its Raging Hunter .460 S&W Magnum, featuring a 10.5-inch barrel with a proprietary compensator that drastically tames recoil, and a bottom rail for attaching stabilizing devices like bipods or shooting sticks.

Don't like getting too close to that snake before you send it to meet its maker? We put two of CCI’s handgun shotshell loads to the test, which are designed to deliver more energy at longer ranges than conventional offerings.