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This issue of RECOIL hits the shelves as we head to Vegas for SHOT Show, where we’ll be joining the rest of the crowds to check out the latest product releases from across the firearms world. While it’s all too easy to become jaded after years of the

MSRP: $300 URL: bastinelliknives.com There’s just something irresistible about a karambit. With its curved blade and retention ring, this Indonesian design is innately sexy and quite dangerous in the right hands. The problem, though, is that the claw

Back in 1988, Benchmade Knives introduced their patented Axis lock. This was a lock mechanism designed and made by custom knife makers Bill McHenry and Jason Williams. McHenry and Williams sold the rights of the mechanism to Benchmade who renamed it

It’s no surprise that the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) is a bit secretive — so much so that the CIA has a museum that isn’t actually open to the public. Likewise, the FBI Museum now requires a special background check to visit. But then there’s t

The overall concept of a bus has changed very little since it was invented — get lots of people from here to there. But what if here and there ends up being some Tolkien-esque hellhole that barely has running water, much less reliable thoroughfares?

The U.S. suppressor market is screwed up due to our insane laws. Because of the $200 transfer tax and monthslong wait time for approval, we gravitate toward cans that have the widest range of capabilities, no matter what host they’re destined for. So

In a true case of “what’s old is new again” the last several years have seen not only a resurgence of the lever action rifle, but an evolution of it. Although this platform was once reserved for ranchers and cowboy action shooters, well-known compani

You know that feeling when you pay a ton of money to go to a training course, and you either begin to feel like you know more than the instructor or that he’s just full of sh*t? The experience at the Teufelshund Tactical Advance MP5 Operator’s Course

Many prospective students ask what equipment to bring. Here are six key recommendations to get the most out of your experience and to use your MP5 to its fullest potential. Some of these accessories are platform-specific, so we cover both the full-si

When the APC9K replaced the MP5K in various arms rooms, it signified a shift that Hemingway aficionados would identify as the painful death of the old world for a newer, more contemporary operating style. Of the many terms used in gun culture, “Manua

5.45x39mm — the famed “poison bullet” according to the Mujahadeen who first encountered the round back in the ’80s. Only a few short years ago, these rounds could be had by the case for less than $250. Thanks to the ATF and some idiot who allegedly b

Along time ago in a galaxy (and war zone) far, far away, a contact smiled and pressed a handful of rounds into my hand. “Here, take these. The guy I took them from doesn’t need them anymore,” he explained. Looking them over, it was a typical 9mm copp

Sometimes, companies based in completely different countries release products that seem tailor-made for each other. When we got wind that CZ was going to launch a precision version of their excellent 457 rimfire rifle, and Norma had been working on a

Even bigger and better than last year, this past Veterans Day Weekend saw our third CANCON event down in Fleming, Georgia. We started CANCON in 2022 with the intent to create an immersive range experience ripped straight from the pages here at RECOIL

On May 18, 2022, William English of Georgetown University published the most comprehensive gun owner survey ever undertaken. The numbers within have been highly publicized, including by such admirably wonderful outlets like The Reload, but there hasn

There’s something very Victorian and steampunk-esque about the GM6 Lynx. It has the proportions of a steam locomotive or a traction engine, and its mechanism ker-chunks back and forth like an ancient machine tool. But there’s also an element of Stars

Pistol cans, for the most part, suck, but if you’ve got to have one, you might as well get something that can be used on rifles as well, to balance out some of the suckiness. Dead Air’s Mojave 9 sucks less than most, because not only can you use it o

Staccato/STI pretty much defined the genre of full-sized, double-stack 1911s, and we’re surprised that it took so long for others to enter this market niche, given that their patent on the two-part frame expired way back in 2012. Staccato’s happy to

Garmin is known for its GPS navigators, starting in 1989 with innovative navigation products for aviation and expanding into the outdoor, sports, and wearable sectors. However, now they’re shaking up the chronograph world with the new Garmin Xero C1

When Sarah Joy Albrecht walked into Pennsylvania 2nd Amendment attorney Josh Prince’s office with her idea for “Hold My Guns,” he didn’t hesitate to ask: “Are you a gun grabber?” A year earlier a very close friend of the Albrecht family committed sui

It took an hour to get to the gun shop, but you don’t mind; you caught word they had something you’ve been pining after for years — and it’s a price you can afford. You don’t even try negotiating as you slap the cash on the counter to buy it. Finally

Norm Hooten is an unlikely pop culture icon but, thanks to a minor difference in weapons clearing procedures, a snapshot of him has been immortalized in the popular canon. However, like all good one-liners, there’s so much more to not only that story

The Walther PPK is, in the scheme of things, a very influential pistol. Not only was it the choice of various iterations of James Bond, but it also served military and police organizations for decades after it made its first appearance in the 1930s.

We love to see the diversity of backgrounds and military/first responder pedigrees of the various brands we cover in the column. But this particular installment of Veteran Vices represents all four branches of the military, as well as the U.S. Intell