What It Costs to Shoot Like the Movies
We counted the rounds in Hollywood’s most legendary shootouts and ran them through real 2026 ammo prices. John Wick is a bargain. A minigun is a financial crime. Here’s the bill.
Cool Guns
Fun, shareable gun history, trivia, records, and stories.
Celebrity Guns: What the Stars Actually Owned
The guns famous stars actually owned, from Elvis’s gold-engraved revolvers to John Wayne’s $517,500 Colt, plus the myths and record auction prices behind them.
The Stories Behind Gun Names and Nicknames
The real stories behind 15 famous gun nicknames, from the Tommy Gun and Peacemaker to the AR-15, including the Saturday Night Special myth most people get wrong.
The Most Famous Gunfights in History
The most famous gunfights in American history, from the O.K. Corral to the 1997 North Hollywood shootout, with the myths Hollywood got wrong about each one.
Video Game Guns vs. Real Life
Which video game guns are real firearms in disguise, which are pure fiction, and what shooters get wrong, from silent suppressors to the AR-15 vs AWP myth.
The Longest Confirmed Sniper Kills in History
The longest confirmed sniper kills ever recorded, from Canada’s verified 3,540m record to the contested 3,800m claim, plus the deadliest snipers in history.
4 Guns for Every Dog: America’s Wildest Gun Ratios
4 guns for every dog. 201 million more guns than cars. A line of firearms that nearly reaches the Moon. America’s 500 million guns, in ratios you can picture.
America Has More Guns Than People (And It’s Not Even Close)
The US is the only country on Earth with more civilian guns than people: about 120 per 100 residents, versus 52.8 for #2 Yemen and 4.6 for England.
Americans Own More Guns Than Every Army on Earth Combined
American civilians own about 393 million guns, roughly three times the 133 million held by every military on Earth combined. The math behind the wildest US gun stat.