When the Marine Corps began changing out their old M16A2 rifles for the newer M16A4s after the beginning of the Iraqi War, there was an internal contingent pushing for the compact M4. The M4 carbine not only has a shorter 14.7-inch barrel than those 20-inch Marine Corps muskets, but importantly, it features a collapsible stock.…
G9 Defense has introduced its latest advancement in ammunition: the 9mm Subsonic round. Designed as a 126-grain External Hollow Point (EHP) and made entirely of copper, this round is engineered to maintain consistent performance through common barriers encountered in defensive situations. Unlike many subsonic rounds adapted from supersonic designs, the 126gr Subsonic 9mm is purpose-built…
The Ortgies was a standout design from an era when Europe seemingly produced dozens of new pocket pistols every year. It was designed toward the end of World War I and entered production shortly thereafter. The larger model was chambered in either .32 or .380, with a more diminutive model (almost identical except for scale)…
By Tom Marshall and Dave Merrill RED DOTS, LPVO, & LONG RANGE SCOPES, OH MY. American manufacturing is better and more accessible than ever. Our collective knowledge and understanding of the AR-15 platforms has resulted in mid-market rifles in 2021 with more accuracy potential than the premiums of the past. The modern AR-15 is the…
DON’T CALL IT A 2011 Whether you want to call them double-stack 1911s or 2011s, guns like these used to live solely in the domain of gamers, paraprofessional tinkerers, and shadetree ’smiths. They started gaining popularity in recent years because of the combination of reduced cost, increased reliability, and consumer boredom with plastic pistols. There…
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RECOIL 14 Days of Christmas 2024 – Day 11 Night Fision Explore RECOILweb: NEXT STEP: Download Your Free Target Pack from RECOIL For years, RECOIL magazine has treated its readers to a full-size (sometimes full color!) shooting target tucked into each big issue. Now we’ve compiled over 50 of our most popular targets into this…
A PLETHORA OF OPTIONS, FROM SHOTGUNS TO HANDGUNS. Narrowing down the best gun for home defense can feel overwhelming. Between the advice at the gun store, the people online, and your friend’s brother’s buddy who used to be a cop, it can feel like too much information. To avoid adding to that noise, we’ll keep…
RECOIL 14 Days of Christmas 2024 – Day 11 Night Fision Explore RECOILweb: NEXT STEP: Download Your Free Target Pack from RECOIL For years, RECOIL magazine has treated its readers to a full-size (sometimes full color!) shooting target tucked into each big issue. Now we’ve compiled over 50 of our most popular targets into this…
Just how strong is SLA resin for printing? Robert Silvers, formerly of AAC and Remington, sought to find out exactly that. After performing some experiments Silvers determined that Siraya Blu was the strongest. And he further tested it by designing a .22LR silencer out of it. Here is the description from his YouTube video: I…