Walk into a well-stocked gun counter right now and you are likely to see something that felt unlikely a decade ago: gleaming, old-school wheelguns sitting front and center, with “sold” tags piling up.

After starting my career at PCMag as an intern more than a decade ago, I’m back as one of its editors, focused on managing laptops, desktops, and components coverage. With 15 years of experience, I ...