

Best Overall (Rimfire) : Taurus TX22 Competition SCR.Best for Outdoorsmen: Colt Python 3-inch.Best Revolver (Centerfire) : Korth 2.75-inch Carry Special.Best Overall (Centerfire): Wilson Combat SFX9.We also needed help with ammunition, targets, and holsters, and without Federal, Buffalo Bore, Thompson Targets, and Galco, our test of the best handguns would not have been possible. This gave us a balanced opinion of experienced shooters, aged from 22 to 57 years.

So, to help with the test, I invited Field & Stream senior editor, Matthew Every trained law enforcement SWAT officer Will McGuire and graduate of Gunsite Academy’s 250 pistol course Sebastian Mann. I use the word “we,” because one shooter cannot provide a practical evaluation of how a group of handguns might appeal or interface with different people. We’d like to help prevent that, and it’s why we conducted a test at my home and private range in West Virginia to evaluate as many of the year’s latest, most popular handguns as we could find. If you’re one of the thousands of people looking for a new handgun, the last thing you want is to experience buyer’s remorse the first time you take it to the range. But guns cost money and with inflation, money is tight. More people are buying handguns than ever before, making them the best-selling firearms in America right now.
