As the trend of demand for higher precision and accuracy continues across firearm types, rifles have become the centerpiece for maximizing that capability. From mile rifles to recce builds, the desire to have consistent first-round impacts continues. A growing sector of this pursuit of precision is methods to keep a rifle level. But why is…
You’ve spent years building your collection and worked way too hard to let some ne’er-do-well gank it to feed his meth habit. If you’re considering investing in a gun safe to protect your property from light-fingered miscreants, here’s what to look for in the good, better, best categories, as understanding key features and price points…
When most people think of “real” knives, images of 1980s action films with muscle-bound heroes sporting massive Bowie knives with serrated spines, hollow handles to store fishing gear, and a mostly useless compass may spring to mind. The fact is that, more often than not, a sub-3-inch blade can take care of 95 percent of…
It’s not a stretch to say that we’re currently witnessing an inflection point in the history of warfare. Cheap, disposable unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones are having as much of an impact on this aspect of the human condition as the advent of the machine gun in the early 20th century, and no specialism be…
You enter a small city situated in the interior of a mountainous region. Crossing a bridge, you begin to examine the architecture of a town that grew due to the quiet presence of organized crime. The city was something of a hideout, a sanctuary, where the locals benefited from the bosses, products, and people who…
NEW from Vortex is the Razor Gen 3, 4-24x44mm FFP rifle scope! A major release that fills the gap in the Razor line between the Gen 3 1-10×24 LPVO and the 6-36×56 long range scope, this new 4-24×44 fits right in between the two. I’ve had this on the range for the past month, and…
By Dave Merrill and Iain Harrison Back in 2019, Maxim Defense won RECOIL’s Best of SHOT award and also graced the cover of RECOIL Issue 41 when they released the PDX, a short 5.5-inch barreled PDW with an overall length of 18.75 inches and offered in 5.56mm, .300BLK, and — our favorite in this form…
When it comes to Hornady, two things are inevitable: introducing new cartridges, and people hating on Hornady’s new cartridge. Americans born the same year that 6.5 Creedmoor was introduced are old enough to vote this year, but that doesn’t stop people from hating on it 18 years later. When Hornady introduced the 338ARC to the…
A short taxi ride from the center of Krakow’s bustling and ancient downtown, tucked into a wooded suburban district lies the Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego, which is attached to an active military base. It houses one of the most impressive collections of MiG’s, SU’s, and Mi’s outside of Russia. Unfortunately, as I have no desire to…
Sponsored Content At SAR USA, “The best should be within everyone’s reach” is much more than a tagline upon which the company hangs it’s hat: It’s a philosophy and a promise that gets assembled into each an every gun that ships out their factory doors. When they say that quality firearms shouldn’t be a privilege…