RECOIL Presents: Concealment

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While the idiom of “long, hot summer” is often used to indicate a particularly dangerous time, the link between crime and heat are correlations rather than causations. This summer has already seen the hottest days since we began recording temperature

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The latest from Lionheart is a new gun but one with a lot of history. In the early 1980s, South Korea’s Daewoo first began designing a handgun named the DP51. When it was adopted by the Korean military in 1989, it was dubbed the K5. The K5 saw limite

The very first major production 9mm AR, the Colt Model 635, was born right alongside the first millennials back in 1982. Commonly referred to as the Colt SMG, it and variants thereof were developed as an American alternative to compete with the glut

Whether you’re brand new to carrying a gun or have toted one for decades, a number of skills are important, even vital, to a successful armed life. Some will seem obvious. You should know how to use your gun of choice and be able to hit where you’re

For almost the entirety of the 19th century, “repeating handgun” effectively meant “revolver.” Toward the close of that era, however, various mechanisms were employed to harness the energy of a fired cartridge to eject the spent case and feed a new o

For most of us, it’s a staple of action movies and an icon of first-person shooter video games that’s rarely seen in the American wild. For others, it’s a gun they love to hate — or perhaps a gun they hate to love. The somewhat obscure and oft-misund

There’s a recurring trope in everything from science-fiction flicks to fairy tales about the hero who’s shrunk to a tiny figure and then returned to normal size later in the story. It turns out that this story arc can apply as much to factual pistols

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Henry Repeating Arms has been making lever-action rifles since 1996, so one would assume their first revolver would be a single-action model to complement the historicity of the lever action, along with possible use in Cowboy Action Shooting. So it t

We don’t need to extol the value of everyday preparedness — if you’re reading this magazine, you already know its importance. But being prepared without looking prepared is a much more daunting task, and requires a conscious decision to blend into th

The Benelli M1 Super 90 dates to 1986, with the earliest ones imported by Heckler & Koch. The guns were never really marketed properly, but ironically proved very popular with hunters with a long barrel, short magazine tube, and conventional stock. I

America in the 1890s ushered in a new era of consumerism. As a result, marketing played a key role in influencing a generation of potential firearms customers. While there were many advertisements directed toward women for soap, detergent, and other