The Smart Way to Buy Guns Online
A series of posts that will guide you through the maze of guns and firearms. We give you advice, help and answer those simple questions you don’t always want to ask.
Every Remington 870 in the last RemArms catalog, sorted into 12 lines with maker specs, range notes and a pick for each job, plus the discontinued models you will meet used, barrel interchangeability, magazine capacity and optics.
Six Springfield Hellcat variants, two frame sizes and two calibers, sorted out. Specs and MSRP from Springfield, magazine and optic compatibility, discontinued models to watch for, and the one to buy for each job.
Shield X, Shield Plus, Shield EZ, M2.0 and the discontinued originals: what each M&P Shield model is, how they differ, which magazines fit which gun, and which one to buy in 2026.
Every current Mossberg 500 variant compared, from the All Purpose Field and the two-barrel combos to the Retrograde and ATI Tactical, with barrel interchange rules, capacity by barrel length and the 590, 590A1 and Maverick 88 explained.
Ruger rebuilt the 10/22 line for 2026 with the BX-Trigger as standard. Here is every current model, from the $299 Carbine to the Custom Shop Competition, with the maker’s specs and my pick for each kind of shooter.
Colt Python value in 2026, from 68 used sales we logged: originals sold for $1,395 to $4,302, 2020-on guns for $755 to $1,300. Prices by year and barrel.
Smith and Wesson serial number lookup: find the real serial number, read its era from the format, check the ATF list and get the ship date by factory letter.
Colt serial number lookup: how Colt’s own database works, the serial ranges a public list puts years on, and what a Colt archive letter costs by model.
Remington serial number lookup: decode the barrel date code on an 870, 700 or 1100, with sourced year letters and factory serial tables for older models.