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2023 may well go down as the year the 1911 became relevant again. Over the past half-decade, we’ve seen the remarkable growth of Staccato, which has created a wildly successful business selling race guns to cops, but the OG double-stack 1911 has alwa

Various aspects of the history of the United States Army, the oldest branch of the U.S. military, are currently chronicled at multiple museums across the country. These include the United States Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia; the United St

Andrew Bottrell’s life changed instantly on October 1, 2011. Less than four months earlier, he deployed to Afghanistan as a U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) tech attached to SEAL Team 10. On that fateful day, the vehicle Bottrell was ridin

If there’s one knife that’s a true multitasker, it has to be a small fixed blade. They’re stronger than almost any folding knife, handy to carry around, and ready to go once they clear leather or Kydex. Unfortunately, poorly written or poorly interpr

In past years, there have been some significant engineering and manufacturing advancements with the AR-15 — enough to warrant picking up a wrench and trying them out. The concept to produce a dual role carbine essentially has two requirements: Requir

Smith & Wesson has been a mainstay of the American firearms industry for generations. While they now make AR-type rifles and even tried their hand at subguns in the past, pistols make up the vast majority of their original engineering inventory. So i

Dan Wesson has been teasing us with the DWX since they first showed it at SHOT Show in January 2019. Promising the ideal mashup of 1911 and CZ 75 components, we waited, like the rest of the gun world, with baited breath for it to hit the shelves. And

Griffin Armament has done it again with the exciting launch of a new batch of next-generation rifle silencers. The biggest new innovation on these silencers is an active retention system known as the DUAL-LOK. If you’re a suppressor fanatic or even j

Editors’ note; The following article contains an image of the aftermath of a bear attack. Bret Bohn doesn’t remember how fast he was moving or if his feet were even touching the ground. As he rushed down the snow-covered bank toward what was surely a

So you’ve decided that your life isn’t complete without a full-sized 10mm handgun to tote around the woods. And why not — it’s a solid choice for just about anything on two legs or four, bears included. Until a few years ago, the Glock 20 was the onl

It seems, for the commercial pistol market, the future is in your holster. The last half-decade has seen a veritable onslaught of options from every major manufacturer we can think of — from the first-generation of true pocket pistols, focused on “sh

Originally founded in 1864 by Josef Wernd as “Josef & Franz Werndl & Company,” Steyr has been innovating for almost 160 years. Their first service rifle, the Werndl-Holub breech loading rifle, was adopted by the Austrian Army back in 1867. As the com

We now live in an era where every American has experienced significant disruptions to their daily life. Whether from a disease, an increase in sociopolitical angst and even violence, tension surrounding racial issues, or all of the above, many commun

Ever since Frank DeSomma founded POF-USA over 20 years ago, the company has marched to the beat of its own drummer. They started with the AR platform, becoming well-known for their line of piston-driven guns amongst a sea of direct-impingement guns.

While some large and power-hungry digital night vision units have seen special use for over a decade, wearable units have been plagued with low resolutions, unacceptable image latency, limited spectrums, and other limitations. The recent release of t

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, following a months-long buildup of forces across their shared border, and in Belarus. U.S. intelligence agencies warned of the impending operation, Russian authorities denied it, and most of the Ukrainian

Toward the end of 2022, RECOIL took a major step in a new direction. We’ve always worked tirelessly to give you unflinching insight into a wide array of guns and gear, information and expertise on developing new skillsets, exposure to all aspects of

Back in 2019, Maxim Defense won RECOIL’s Best of SHOT award and also graced the cover of RECOIL Issue 41 when they released the PDX, a short 5.5-inch barreled PDW with an overall length of 18.75 inches and offered in 5.56mm, .300BLK, and — our favori

You probably aren’t going to buy this, but it’s still going to change your world. When 4K televisions dropped onto the scene in 2012, they had $20,000 price tags but shocked with eye-popping performance no one had ever seen before. For most folks, th

[Editor’s Note: A video of this interview can be found on RECOIL.tv or our YouTube channel.] Any warrior worth their salt will tell you combat is a team sport, and they’re absolutely right. But just like in any team sport, there are people who not on

Few firearms in the world stir up nostalgia like the SPAS 12. Its menacing appearance cemented it as the go-to Hollywood scattergun in the ’80s and ’90s. It made so many memorable silver-screen appearances that modern videogame designers still choose

Ironically, some of our staff have been enjoying Flying Leap wines for years but only recently found out they were veteran owned. Turns out that this southern Arizona vineyard is the brainchild of Mark Beres, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy