Tactical

For 105 years, the Marine Scout Sniper was one of the most specialized instruments of war in the American arsenal. Grueling training in fieldcraft, shooting, reconnaissance, evasion, and more, the Scout Sniper Program has produced some of the best marksmen in the world. With the Marine Corps closing the program in 2023, this legacy of precision is in danger of ...

Several years ago, during the hardest time of my life, a friend of mine took me to a Precision Rifle Series match in order to get out for the day and hopefully forget my present circumstances. I had lost someone. And I learned just how far one can fall into despair. To give you an idea of how far gone ...

Every culture has their own distinct blade — be it the Filipino balisong, Scottish Sgian Dubh, or Old English seax. But perhaps none is as enigmatic as the Japanese tanto. Most of the time, however, our preconceived notions of the tanto are completely wrong.  In Japanese, the word tanto means “short blade.” As the style arose midway during the Heian ...

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 U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...