What Is a 2011 Pistol? The OA Defense 2311, Explained
What a 2011 pistol is and how it differs from a 1911, explained through OA Defense’s 2311: the six-model lineup, P320 magazines, carry size and the giveaway package.
Accessories & Gear
Gun accessories and gear reviews for 2026: optics, holsters, magazines, safes, and the upgrades that actually matter. Hands-on takes from working gun experts.
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How to Clean a Gun: 10 Steps and When to Do It
Ten gun cleaning steps from hunter education and NSSF safety guidance, plus a when-to-clean lookup by situation and a simple way to track round counts and service dates.
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Steel Targets: Safe Distances, Steel Grades and Thickness
How close you can stand to steel targets by Shooting Targets USA’s own distance charts, plus what AR500 and SR500 mean, which plate thickness fits your caliber, and how to hang it.
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Gifts for Gun Lovers: 12 Ideas and How to Give a Gun Legally
Twelve gifts for gun lovers sorted by the kind of shooter they suit, from the carrier to the reloader to the cook, plus what federal law says about giving a gun as a gift.
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Real Avid Gun Cleaning Kit: Bore-Max and Smart-Torq
Real Avid’s Bore-Max Master Cleaning Kit turns its case into a gun cradle and covers .22 caliber pistols to 12-gauge shotguns; the Smart-Torq kit sets scope and action screws from 15 to 65 inch-pounds. Both are one prize in the Giving Thanks giveaway.
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Gun Giveaways: One Winner Takes $10,000+ in Guns and Gear
The Giving Thanks Guns & Gear Giveaway puts 15 prizes worth $10,000+ in one winner’s hands. Free to enter November 1–30, 2026, for U.S. residents 21 and older outside New York and Florida.
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Best Gun Cleaning Kit for Every Gun: 9 Picks by Caliber
Nine gun cleaning kits sorted by the gun they clean, from a $13.99 pull-through for the range bag to a $219.99 bench workstation, with calibers, rod type and maker prices.
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Bullet Drop Chart: Six Deer Calibers, 100 to 500 Yards
One table, six deer calibers, one zero: how far a .30-06, .308, .300 Win Mag, 6.5 Creedmoor, .243 and .270 drop at 300, 400 and 500 yards, from Hornady’s own numbers.
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243 Ballistics Chart: 12 Factory Loads, 100 to 500 Yards
Drop, energy and wind drift for 12 .243 Winchester factory loads from 58 to 100 grains, on a 200-yard and a 100-yard zero, built on each maker’s own published numbers.
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Best Thermal Monocular for Hogs and Coyotes, Sorted by Price
Eight thermal monoculars in stock at the maker, $489 to $3,199.97, sorted by the job each fits, plus what 384 vs 640, NETD and detection range mean, and two state rules on carrying thermal with a gun.
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Best Shooting Ear Protection: 9 Picks and the NRR Math
Nine shooting ear protection picks, from $6.99 foam plugs to Bluetooth earbuds, each run through NIOSH’s field derating, plus OSHA’s math for plugs under muffs, measured gun noise levels and why a suppressed rifle still needs plugs.
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Best Gun Safe for What You Own: 7 Picks by the Numbers
Seven gun safes sorted by the job they do, from a $399.99 bedside box to a 63-gun safe, with steel gauge, fire minutes and who rated them, straight from each maker.
