Figuring out how to get a gun license in Connecticut starts with a decision most guides skip: whether you want a pistol permit or just an eligibility certificate. The permit costs four times as much and takes longer, but it covers everything — carrying concealed …
How to Get a Gun License in New Jersey: FID, Permits, and Carry
If you’re trying to work out how to get a gun license in New Jersey, the first thing to understand is that there isn’t one. New Jersey issues several separate credentials — a Firearms Purchaser Identification Card to buy long guns and handgun ammunition, a …
Dillon XL750 Review: Is the Blue Press Worth It?
The Dillon XL750 has a reputation that precedes it — the blue press serious reloaders point at when someone asks what to buy, backed by a warranty that has become industry folklore. Most of that reputation is deserved. But there’s something about buying one that …
Hornady Lock-N-Load Ammo Plant Review: Is It Worth It?
The Hornady Lock-N-Load Ammo Plant is what happens when you stop buying reloading equipment piece by piece and just get the whole bench at once. It bundles the Lock-N-Load AP progressive press with a case feeder, a pistol bullet feeder, and close to thirty other …
Wheeler Armorers Handgun Sight Tool Review: Is It Worth It?
The Wheeler Armorers Handgun Sight Tool sits in an odd spot — too expensive to be an impulse buy, too useful to ignore if you own a few pistols and like doing your own work. It’s a bench-mounted sight pusher that drifts dovetail front and …
HK VP9CC Review: Is This H&K Micro-Compact Worth It?
The HK VP9CC is Heckler & Koch’s answer to a question its fans had been asking for years: where’s the true micro-compact? For a while the closest thing was the VP9SK, a fine subcompact that many felt was still a bit thick for deep concealment. …
HK VP9SK Review: Is This Discontinued Subcompact Still Worth It?
The HK VP9SK earned a devoted following as one of the best-shooting subcompact 9mms ever made — and then Heckler & Koch discontinued it. If you’re researching one in 2026, here’s the honest situation: it’s no longer in production, remaining new stock is limited and …
Smith & Wesson Equalizer Review: Which Version Should You Buy?
The Smith & Wesson Equalizer answers the one real complaint people had about the Shield EZ: capacity. It keeps the EZ line’s easy-rack slide and gentle handling, then marries them to double-stack magazines so you get up to 15 rounds instead of 8 — in …
Smith & Wesson Shield EZ Review: Which Caliber Is Right for You?
The Smith & Wesson Shield EZ exists to solve one problem better than almost any other pistol on the market: racking the slide and loading the magazine when your hands won’t cooperate. Arthritis, carpal tunnel, an injury you’re recovering from, hands that have simply lost …
Vortex Crossfire II Review: Which Configuration Fits Your Rifle?
The Vortex Crossfire II has been the default answer to “what’s a good budget scope” for years, and it earned that position honestly. But the buying picture changed recently: Vortex introduced the Crossfire HD line to succeed it, which means anyone shopping today faces a …