Photography by Straight 8 Editor’s Note In this column, we look back at iconic guns that have either stood the test of time or vanished without trace. Eleven years ago, we took notice of a new shotgun from Beretta, which had yet to make a mark on the U.S. gun-buying public. As is our style,…
NEW from Midwest Industries is the latest line of AR-15 handguards, the Combat Rail HD. Building off the MI Night Fighter, the Combat Rail HD is Midwest’s latest and greatest duty-ready handguard. After getting the chance to run it over the past month, it’s nice to be able to talk about it finally. Available in…
Ruger has been in it to win it lately by targeting exactly what people want, even if it isn’t always what we need. Instead of coming out with its version of the new duty grade something or other, the company gives the people what they want, like .22 LR single-action army clones. The Wrangler was…
It was CANCON Arizona 2025 when Jaguar Silencers first caught our eye. In a world of silencers that look like a waterpipes hanging off pistols, here was one that, well, looked almost like a big vape or something. Silencers are typically shaped like tubes, because the bodies have traditionally been constructed from them. Manufacturers buy…
There’s a saying in the precision-shooting world that “a rifle will always out-shoot the shooter,” meaning the equipment, innately, is its most accurate until a human operator is introduced into the equation. While this saying is truer for some rifles versus others, when it comes to rifles chambered in 22LR, one thing is for certain:…
RECOIL has teamed up with the elite optics team at EOTECH to give one lucky winner a piece of gear that’s built to dominate in any environment: the Vudu 1-10×28 FFP Riflescope with Daylight Bright Reticle—valued at over $2,000. This contest is open from July 8–16, 2025, and entering is simple. Just sign up with…
Ballistic chronographs measure the velocity of rounds you send downrange. This can vary quite a bit from the benchmarks that you find on the back of a box of factory ammo. Knowing the muzzle velocities for your firearm and ammunition is important because it’s a critical variable in understanding the trajectory your bullets will follow…
GForce Arms of Reno, Nevada, has certainly made a big splash by importing different firearms made in Turkey, but with tariff instabilities the importer from the Biggest Little City in the World is switching their sights to domestically produced firearms. This one is the Jawbone. GForce famously uses Biblical nomenclature (see our article on the…
Developing a new gun isn’t easy, unless your desired level of quality involves a piece of scrap lumber, a length of galvanized pipe, some hose clamps, and a nail to serve as the firing pin. Professional firearm designers must first tackle the design and mechanical engineering phase, creating a mechanism that functions reliably while navigating…
Automatic or switchblade knives refer to a class of knives as wrongly maligned as so-called assault weapons or dangerous dog breeds. They terrify the low-information types and have been banned or restricted to various degrees based on uninformed fear mongering. People in the know about these knives, however, find them useful (and downright fun). Surprising…