Vortex Optics Defender series of open emitter pistol optics have been a welcome addition to the world of red dots and proven to punch way above their price class. The question everyone has been asking, “what about an enclosed dot?” was sort of teased with the release of Vortex’s Viper Shotgun Enclosed MRDS. But now…
Adjustable gas blocks. Buffer weights. Springs. Fractions of ounces cut from a BCG. Suppressed or unsuppressed. Barrel length. Profile too? Sub or super. All the puzzle pieces that answer the question: “Will it run?” The reason for adding a .300 Blackout short-barreled rifle or AR pistol to the safe will vary from person to person.…
In January of 1945, a battle raged in Colmar, France, against a stronghold of the German 19th Army. This battle, known as the Battle of the Colmar Pocket, while not very well known, was a critical battle for the Allies to win. Defeating the Germans and driving them from this terrain would shorten the front,…
I wanted to test three threaded-muzzle bolt actions in a reference chambering well known to hunters and shooters, the .308 Winchester, along with a less-common bolt-action choice, the .300 AAC Blackout. The latter is more often chambered in AR-15 uppers because it has the same overall length, base diameter, and rim diameter as the 5.56…
Way back in Concealment Issue 35 we took a Staccato C2 and worked it over for our OPTIMIZED column. Since then, this pistol has remained unchanged from its final form at the end of that article, faithfully serving as the author’s EDC pistol for nearly three years. But, as they say, it’s never too late…
Photos by Kenda Lenseigne We deliberately don’t feature a lot of ARs in RECOIL. Not because we’re not fans —quite the opposite — but because every man and his dog is in the AR biz, and we’d rather cover guns that are a little less vanilla. Granted, the carbine we reach for most is an…
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Photos courtesy Miami Armored Did you know that if you win a sizeable enough lottery jackpot in certain states that your name, residence, prize amount, and other details become matter of public record that are essentially out of your control? That might be nice when Lamborghini solicits you to come test drive that Revuelto you’ve…
Photos by Sunni McAllister ‘‘Beans to bullets.” That was the initial goal when retired Army Ranger Tom Fuller founded Armageddon Gear. Every item one would need should the world go to sh*t, all in one place. Just as importantly, he wished to share the knowledge: how to survive. Fuller, now age 55, served in the…
Photography by Straight 8 & Kenda Lenseigne Editor’s Note: In this column, we look back at iconic guns that have either stood the test of time or vanished without trace. About a decade ago, the folks at TrackingPoint seemed to have a whole pot of tech startup capital to throw around on R&D and put…