Recoil

To mark the start of the new year, we always try and do something a bit different with the cover of RECOIL. Because we wound up with so much interesting kit, the decision as to what gun to feature front and center caused much heated debate among the

Hollywood has depicted some interesting races over the years. Gumball Rally, Cannonball Run, Rat Race, and Speed Zone were about as close as most of us could probably get to living out our automotive fantasies on public roads. But what if someone act

We travel nearly an hour across dry, dusty back roads in rural Idaho. Eventually we pull to a stop outside of a regular-looking steel building on a small family farm. There’s nothing exceptional going on — at least not until you step inside. This is

My driver moves slowly through the blasted empty streets of Sirte, Libya. Here, in this once prosperous coast town, home to Gaddafi and now ISIS, it’s difficult to tell friend from foe. Bullet-pocked and bomb-shattered buildings seem empty. Clusters

Believe the hype. This is the first truly innovative pistol design in over 30 years, with the potential to advance the evolution of handguns as we know them. Mighty big talk for a one-eyed fat man? Not when you can back it up. This isn’t the first fi

For me, the 2018 Tactical Games in Fayetteville, North Carolina, did a lot to validate my training, as a prior service member, law enforcement, and contractor. But some context would be helpful here — like what are the Tactical Games? The Tactical Ga

Little is a relative term. In relation to centerfire, rifle-caliber guns, the Nosler Custom Handgun makes it possible to take a long shot with a little gun. Designed for handgun hunting, the NCH is in a class of its own, as a rifle-caliber, bolt-acti

During a family viewing of the Discovery Channel show Forged in Fire, Bill Geissele’s son, Abraham, expressed interest in bladesmithing. Geissele, being a supportive father figure and successful entrepreneur, decided to create a knife company for his

Just a few years ago, SIG SAUER was barely a blip on anyone’s radar. To say SIG has become a worldwide leader in firearms would be an accurate statement, but few know that was their intent all along. SIG’s 19th century original motivations to be in t

Looking across the broad spectrum of rifle cartridges that grace gun store shelves these days, it’s hard to fathom the need for another. Yet, to the keen eye, there are performance gaps among the neatly stacked boxes, unobvious to most of us, that be

It’s been more than eight years since U.S. military members began running around the world with the SCAR Mk20 SSR. And now you can get your grubbies on a damn-near 1:1 clone in the form of the SCAR 20S. For a long time now, we’ve seen the Mk20 pop up

“The plan is sh*t, Joe. Plain and simple.” Mason clamped his cigar between his teeth and flipped through the pages and print photos laid out on the table between them. Joe Yates leaned forward in his chair, his own cigar perched between two fingers.

There are few pursuits in life more costly than boat ownership and equestrian competition of any sort. Somehow, precision rifle competition feels like it’s a not-so-distant third place in that ranking of activities. It’s not uncommon to see Precision

If you like your SureFire, you can keep your SureFire — at least that’s what the employees of the Fountain Valley, California, company tell us. Fresh in the booth at SHOT Show 2019 will be a brand-new 9mm silencer from SureFire. The aptly named Ryder

Getting paid to shoot is one of those jobs that many would love to have, but only a rarified few get to actually experience. The sheer amount of will and determination it takes to put in the countless hours of practice, hundreds of thousands of round

You may have some nagging injuries, or maybe you just put on some extra weight over the years that your primary physician is telling you to lose. Either way, it sounds like you may need some help in the health and fitness department. It actually take

Artist: Jason Weiss Ink Monkey Roseburg, OR Scott Couch: My carry gun is a S&W Shield in .40. The banner is “Don’t Tread On Me,” honoring my love for the 2nd Amendment. My wife thought of it all as a birthday gift to me a few years back. Image 1 Arti