RECOIL Presents: Concealment

Trends can be hard to see in the moment because it’s difficult to read the label while you’re inside the bottle. But further down the line you can look back and see where things came from. Compensated pistols first saw a surge in the 1980s, and in th

The subject of this Crapshoot came from a batch of police trade-ins from the evidence locker. Most were useless junk guns, but this Ruger New Model Single-Six was a mere $159. The reason for the low price was the barrel; a 3-inch section was thorough

candgholsters.com FITS: Wide range of semi-auto pistols, from 1911s to Walthers (refer to website for list of fitments) MSRP: $80 NOTES: C&G Holsters recently unveiled their GEN6 family of holsters, incorporating everything they’ve learned to date —

Here’s the history of the .40 Smith & Wesson cartridge according to the internet: Once upon a time there was the 9x19mm cartridge, but it was weak and girly and didn’t kill bad guys in Miami during the FBI’s big gunfight there in 1986. So then came t

In the 1600s, John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” While Donne was waxing poetic about the human condition, his fundamental premise applies to our everyday lives. Whethe

For most of the 20th century in the U.S. of A., good guy handguns came in three flavors. For uniformed military personnel, there was the Colt M1911A1 Government Model. For law enforcement officers, security guards, and others who carried their handgu

Women make up an ever-increasing percentage of gun owners, and with that comes all sorts of stereotypes about what it means to “shoot like a girl.” We women are indeed often more petite than the average man, with smaller hands and less upper-body and

If you could have only one handgun for the end of days, which would you choose? The Glock 19 would surely be one of the top answers to this question. It’s the prototypical “do-it-all” pistol — it’s big enough to shoot well but compact enough to conce

Most clothing that’s purposebuilt for carrying concealed is designed by companies that manufacture tactical gear — not those with a keen eye for high fashion. Even with discreet features and quality materials, most clothing designed to hide weapons a

In the 20th century if you wanted to put together a custom gun, the 1911 was the answer. In the 21st? It’s a Glock. There are more Glock clones out there than any other pistol by a hefty margin. It’s not hard to see why either, as all the critical di

Despite rumors of its death, the revolver is right in the midst of a real renaissance. There are more new and revamped designs hitting the market now than in the previous several decades. In the world prior to the launch of SIG’s P365 in 2018, the re

Do you have the skill, capability, and time to solve this problem? The internet-tough-guy response is rarely thoughtful or close to reality. A dozen terrorists storming a Walmart with AKs aren’t going to be stopped by one person with a wheel gun. Rea

RECOIL was the first print publication in the U.S. to cover the Canik line of pistols, and we’ve had a soft spot for them since their introduction. The latest offering is one of the most anticipated launches this year and is currently backordered by

It’s late on a Friday night (early on a Saturday morning, if we’re being honest). You’ve been hanging out with a few friends from the office at a local watering hole in the nightlife district to celebrate finishing up a grueling end-of-quarter report

We heard a saying once, something to the effect of, “Don’t mess with an old man wearing a fanny pack in Texas.” Once the sole purview of gentlemen-of-age who donned them with jorts and pearly white New Balance sneakers, fanny packs have come back int