Plain-English guides to the gun makers we sell and the rules that come with buying, written by the shop in Birmingham, AL.
On October 9, 2026, ATF said it will no longer enforce NFA approval, registration or the tax stamp for suppressors, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and AOWs. Here is what changed, what didn't, and how we handle each item at Trademark Guns.
American factories made about 9.55 million firearms in 2024, according to ATF's latest manufacturing report. Ruger made the most guns, SIG Sauer made the most pistols, and the top three companies built more than a third of everything.
CZ has made guns in Uherský Brod, Czech Republic since 1936. Shooters know it for the CZ 75 and its competition offspring, and for the Scorpion EVO 3 pistol-caliber carbine. CZ now owns Colt, too.
2 in stock nowColt has made guns in Hartford, Connecticut since the 1800s. The Single Action Army, the 1911 and the M16 all carry its name, and the reborn Python and Anaconda revolvers have made Colt hot again.
Glock turned a simple polymer pistol into the most common handgun in American holsters. Here is how the company started, how to make sense of the model numbers, and what to check when you buy one new or used.
1 in stock nowHeckler & Koch has built military and police guns in Oberndorf, Germany since 1949. Its roller-delayed G3 and MP5 made the name, and today HK sells pistols like the VP9 and rifles like the MR556 to civilian shooters.
3 in stock nowRuger made more guns than any other American company in 2024. It started with a single .22 pistol in a Connecticut machine shop and now builds everything from the 10/22 rimfire rifle to Marlin lever-actions.
SIG Sauer made more pistols in America than anyone else in 2024. Its roots are Swiss and German, but its U.S. company in New Hampshire now builds the Army's service pistol and the P365, one of the most popular carry guns made.
Smith & Wesson has been making revolvers since the 1850s and gave the world the .357 and .44 Magnum. Today it's America's second-largest gun maker, known as much for the M&P pistol line as for its wheelguns.
Springfield Armory, Inc. borrowed a famous name, but it built its own following with the M1A rifle, a deep 1911 catalog and the Hellcat micro-compact. Here is who they are and what they make.