Springfield Armory has just announced a new line of upgraded and enhanced SAINT Victor AR rifles and pistols. Constantly looking to improve its product line, Springfield Armory has just announced that its popular SAINT Victor line of AR rifles and pistols is receiving a redesign. Boasting improvements and enhancements throughout, the new guns will be available in both 5.56x45mm and ...

BACK IN THE CAROLINAS FOR A SECOND YEAR Welcome to CANCON A Fully Suppressed Range Day! The World’s Favorite Suppressed Shooting Festival! CANCON is back again on the East Coast: Clinton, South Carolina. Join us on November 7th & 8th, 2025 for an action-packed weekend of fully suppressed shooting! BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE HERE The Clinton House Plantation Shooting Complex ...

A quick look at the new Cipher series of IWB concealed carry holsters from Henry Holsters. It can be hard to find the perfect holster for your carry setup. If you carry inside the waistband, it can be even harder, but when it comes to concealment, it usually proves true that the slimmer the holster, the better. That’s why Henry ...

Turkey imports more firearms to the United States than any other nation, and in the 21st century they’ve earned a reputation for producing affordable arms — and Canik is the reason why anyone takes them seriously.  It was 2015 and RECOIL Issue 18 when we first covered Canik — we were impressed with them, and it’s only gotten better since ...

The 6GT is a peak round for thermal hunting due to its flat shooting nature and very low recoil. Sights like the Armasight Contractor heavily benefit when combined with a low recoil platform. How the rising 6mm bore challenges the established order. The 6mm bore has been around for quite some time, and it has almost always been met with ...

Pictures by Nick Slatten When the Sept. 11 attacks shook our nation to its core, 17-year-old Nick Slatten was one of thousands who answered the call to stand and fight.  Soon after graduating from high school in his hometown of Sparta, Tennessee, Slatten was on his way to basic training. Months later, he was a paratrooper in the storied 82nd ...

A discussion on firearm laws, handgun rosters and three new California-compliant Shadow Systems pistols. Before we even start talking about the new California-compliant Shadow Systems pistols, let’s take a step back. Why should anyone even care what’s going on in California or other ban states? Aren’t they lost causes? Shouldn’t California just drop into the Pacific Ocean and drift away ...

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 guns in the hands of ...

Beretta USA originally launched the all-steel-frame Beretta 92X Performance 9mm sporting pistol in 2019. That launch was significant because it offered Beretta 92 shooters a full-steel-frame option as a regular catalog item tather than a special-order or special-edition pistol with a special-edition price tag. Since then, Beretta kept offering other variations of the 92X Performance including the Defensive model for ...

Reptilia Corp. is expanding its parts and accessories for modern AR-15 tactical carbines. The most recently launched new product is the new Reptilia Picker, an ambidextrous safety for standard AR-15-pattern lower receivers. While many ambidextrous safety selector levers for AR-15 pattern firearms are already on the market, the main design consideration behind the new Reptilia Picker ambidextrous safety selector is ...