January/February 2024 #70

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RECOIL magazine is a firearms lifestyle magazine covering not only guns but the lifestyle gun enthusiasts enjoy.

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On The Cover
ML 37 37mm launcher, Full Kit MSRP: $1,700 URL: iwainternationalinc.com CAS 2.0 with Minimus Placard and horizontal 5 round 40mm pouch MSRP: $495 URL: arborarmsusa.com Tradesmen Pack Grenadier Kit, w/40mm pouches MSRP: $250 URL: arborarmsusa.com 37mm
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Down Range
As of press time, the firearms community is experiencing one of its periodic attacks of the vapors, with ammo prices spiking on news coming out of the Middle East. Apparently, all it takes is some third-rate terrorist asshole to bump his gums about a
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Editor/Iain Harrison Managing Editor/Laura Peltakian Features Editor/Dave Merrill Contributing Editor/Steven Kuo Network Manager/Tom Marshall Web Editor/David Lane Contributors/Tyler Edwards, James Grant, Kenda Lenseigne, Ivan Loomis, Mike Searson, J
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Incoming
L-VIA FIELD KNIFE (RAMPED AND BLACKWASHED) MSRP: Starts at $109 URL: kopisdesigns.com This little bad boy is a collaboration between Kopis Designs and Ed Calderon of Ed’s Manifesto, a personal security expert and former law enforcement officer. Based
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THE OHIO CIVIL WAR & ARTILLERY SHOW
There’s no doubt that the American Civil War remains a “hot-button” issue after more than 160 years. The war truly pitted brother against brother and tore the nation apart. Some of the wounds haven’t healed to this day, while others have been freshly
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Decked Out For Bug Out
If the city comes crumbling down around you and you have no choice but to bug out, what kind of vehicle would you choose to get out of town in? It sounds like a simple question, but reality makes it a lot tougher to answer than we’d like it to be. As
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Clip-point Blades
The clip point is one of the more common knife blade shapes used as an EDC or hunting knife. These blades look like the forward third of the blade is “clipped” off—it can be straight or concave. Variants include the California clip, with a clip great
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Alternate-world Rifle
Imagine a world where the M14/M1A never came to be. While we’ve given the M14 a lot of guff about being the shortest-lived mass-issue rifle in American military history — and therefore a failure — it still served an oft-overlooked role: as a transito
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Refined Rimfires
While it’s a truism that you’ll never outgrow a .22, you can always trade up to a better model. This is what Springfield hopes the legions of 10/22 and Marlin 60 owners do when they get handsy with their new Model 2020s. These two variants of 2020 ri
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Finnish Brutality
No sh*t, there I was, basically living Starship Troopers. After a long day of five shooting events on the range, plus another five physical challenges on the “Field of Glory,” I was sitting naked in a sauna and eventually showering off with fellow co
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Drum-fed Jackhammer
Standard Manufacturing makes some neat and rather atypical firearms. Their main lines are reproductions of 1911s, single-action revolvers, and a clone of the Colt Woodsman — and each is better than the originals upon which they were based. However, t
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Sling It
The sling bag is nothing new. It’s been around since the earliest days of concealed carry, when young men in sandals could easily hide their EDC items such as a rock, some water, and a fish. Since then, there has been a large resurgence in off-body c
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EXPOSED & ENCLOSED
TRIJICON.COM Price: $849 Trijicon is often credited with leading the charge for durable, duty-ready optics up to the task. But they fell behind on things like top-load batteries, reticle options, and an enclosed-emitter variant. We’re happy to announ
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Improvised Weapons Of The Russo-ukrainian War
By its very nature, war has a tendency to accelerate weapons development. New solutions to old problems are proposed, built, tried, and assessed in a never-ending feedback loop, measured in carnage and destruction. The Russo-Ukrainian war is on the v
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Setting The New Standard
When you’re a legacy company, one that others have been chasing for decades, you can’t just release a new product on a whim. There are expectations and anticipations to manage, because they’re held to a higher standard. SureFire is one such company.
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Iray Rico Pro Rh50 Thermal Weapons Sight
Zooming in to take a better look at a potential target is intuitive when you’re dealing with day optics. When it comes to thermal sights however, it’s different. The user usually has to step through various levels of digital magnification, each more
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Hungarian Dragunov
It was December 1996. I was a 12-year-old kid with a bowl cut living in Appalachia who loved reading about war and guns. My personal Library of Alexandria and window to the world of firearms was an ancient gas station down the street run by a Vietnam
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My Little Friend
There’s no denying the sex appeal of a grenade launcher. Whether you’re a war historian, video gamer, or movie buff, your likelihood of encountering some kind of pop-culture grenade launcher reference is pretty high. But the government doesn’t like t
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Bead-blasted Grey Matter
While they’ve certainly had their ups and downs like the rest of the market, SilencerCo is more than simply back at full force. Their production facility rivals those of major firearms manufacturers, and virtually all SilencerCo does is suppressors.
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Austin Knudsen
Austin Knudsen is a rare bird in the halls of government — a politician who actually knows something about the shoulder thing that goes up. From his roots on the family farm in northeast Montana to ringing steel at one of the most legendary 3-gun mat
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THE PRE 27 S&W MAGNUM
The Pre 27 Smith & Wesson, or arguably more appropriately Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum is a cornerstone gun for many revolver collectors. In production for less than two decades before Smith & Wesson released the Model 27, it was the gun that launched
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First Responder Coffee Co
Coffee and cigars go together like peanut butter and jelly. So, it’s no surprise that a veteran-owned coffee company would also branch out into cigars. This is exactly the path taken by First Responder Coffee Company, founded by retired Delta Force O

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